Rami Gershon ( he, רמי גרשון; born 12 August 1988) is an Israeli

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who plays as a

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or as a

left back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

for

Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa ( he, מכבי חיפה) is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football ...

and the Israel national team.

Early life

Gershon was born in

Rishon LeZion Rishon LeZion ( he, רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן , ''lit.'' First to Zion, Arabic: راشون لتسيون) is a city in Israel, located along the central Israeli coastal plain south of Tel Aviv. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan ar ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, to a family of Greek-Jewish descent.

Club career

Gershon began his career with Hapoel Rishon Lezion and joined on 6 July 2009 on trial to Standard Liège of the Jupiler League. After finishing the trial Liege loaned Gershon for one season with an option to buy him at the end which they eventually did at the summer of 2010 and immediately loaned him to K.V. Kortrijk for one season.

Celtic

On 9 January 2013, Celtic's Chief Executive,

Peter Lawwell Peter Lawwell (born 27 May 1959) is the former chief executive of Scottish Premiership club Celtic. He retired in June 2021 from his role as CEO. He was announced as successor to current Celtic chairman Ian Bankier on 2nd December 2022 and will ...

announced that Gershon had signed a loan deal until the end of the season. On 9 February 2013, Gershon made his

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début away to Inverness CT in the

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, managing to score and put

into a 1–2 lead, the match ended 1–3.

K.A.A. Gent

2014, the Belgian team

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transferred Gershon to Belgium. He was quite quickly one of the players in the basic team, and he was a mainstay in the 2015-Championship-team and a year later in the Champions League-campaign.

International career

Gershon has won 10 caps for the Israel U21 and 21 caps for

. On 12 October 2010 Gershon made his debut for

in the 1–2 loss to

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, in a Euro 2012 Qualifier. On 11 October 2011, Gershon scored his first goal for the national team in Israel's 2–0 away win over

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, also in the Euro 2012 qualifiers. On 22 March 2013, Gershon scored against

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

Ramat Gan Stadium Ramat Gan Stadium ( he, אצטדיון רמת גן, ''Itztadion Ramat Gan'') is a football stadium in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. It served as the national stadium of Israel until 2014. Overview Completed in 1951 and serving ...

in the 3–3 draw.

Personal life

In 2014, Gershon started dating Israeli model

Neta Alchimister Neta Alchimister ( he, נטע אלחמיסטר; born April 20, 1994) is an Israeli model, swimwear designer, and social media personality. Biography Alchimister was born in Rishon LeZion, Israel, to Israeli-born parents of Ashkenazi Jewish (A ...

. They became engaged in 2018. They were married June, 2019.

Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first''

Honours

Club

Celtic *

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Gent *

Belgian Pro League The Belgian Pro League,(officially the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler), is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 18 clubs since the 2020–21 season and reduced to 16 team ...

: 2014–15 Maccabi Haifa *

Israeli Premier League The Israeli Premier League ( he, ליגת העל, ''Ligat Ha`Al'', ), is a professional association football league which operates as the highest division of the Israeli Football League – the state's league of Israel. The league is contested b ...

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, 2021–22, 2022-2023 *

Toto Cup The Israel Toto Cup ( he, גביע הטוטו, ''Gvia Ha'Toto'') is an association football tournament that features clubs in the two highest divisions in Israel: the Israeli Premier League ( Ligat Ha'Al), and the second division Liga Leumit. Fro ...

: 2021–22 *

Israel Super Cup The Israel Super Cup, also known as the Champion of Champions ( he, אלוף האלופים, Aluf HaAlufim), is an Israeli association football club competition played as a single match between the winner of the latest Israeli top league champion ...

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gershon, Rami 1988 births Living people Israeli footballers Israel men's international footballers Hapoel Rishon LeZion F.C. players Standard Liège players K.V. Kortrijk players Celtic F.C. players S.K. Beveren players K.A.A. Gent players Maccabi Haifa F.C. players Israel men's under-21 international footballers Belgian Pro League players Israeli Premier League players Israeli expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Scotland Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Israeli people of Greek-Jewish descent Men's association football central defenders Men's association football fullbacks Footballers from Rishon LeZion