Denny Gropper
{{Short description|Israeli footballer (born 1999)}}
{{BLP sources|date=September 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Denny Gropper
דני גרופר
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| full_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|03|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Haifa, Israel
| height =
| position = Left-back, midfielder{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 2010–2015
| youthclubs1 = Maccabi Haifa
| youthyears2 = 2015–2017
| youthclubs2 = Hapoel Haifa
| youthyears3 = 2017–2018
| youthclubs3 = Ironi Nesher
| years1 = 2018–2019
| clubs1 = Hapoel Afula
| caps1 = 30
| goals1 = 4
| years2 = 2019–2022
| clubs2 = Hapoel Tel Aviv
| caps2 = 56
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2022–2025
| clubs3 = Ludogorets Razgrad
| caps3 = 42
| goals3 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2019–2020
| nationalteam1 = Israel U21
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2022–
| nationalteam2 = Israel
| nationalcaps2 = 2
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| club-update = 26 May 2025
| nationalteam-update = 17 November 2021
}}
Denny Gropper (or Danny Gruper,{{cite web | url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/danny-gruper/571940/ | title=Israel – D. Gruper – Profile with news, career statistics and history|website=Soccerway }} {{langx|he|דני גרופר}}; born 16 March 1999) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a left-back or midfielder for the Israel national football team.
Early life
Gruper was born in Haifa, Israel, to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. His uncle is Israeli former international footballer Ronny Rosenthal.{{cite news | url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/sport/israel-soccer/.premium-1.7239261 | title=16 שחקנים עשו הכל כדי שצמרת הכדורגל הישראלי תבחין בהם. העונה הם הצליחו | newspaper=הארץ }}
Club career
Gropper joined the Maccabi Haifa youth department as a child. In 2015 he moved to the youth departments of Hapoel Haifa and Ironi Nesher. In 2018 he first appeared in a senior team when he signed for one season at Hapoel Afula, where he impressed with a breakout season when he scored 4 goals in 30 league games in the National League.{{cite web|url=https://www.htafc.co.il/2019/07/16/%D7%93%D7%A0%D7%99-%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%A8/|title=דני גרופר|date=26 June 2019|accessdate=26 June 2019|language=Hebrew|archive-date=11 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511042901/https://www.htafc.co.il/2019/07/16/%D7%93%D7%A0%D7%99-%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%A8/|url-status=dead}}
In May 2019 he signed for three seasons at the Israeli Hapoel Tel Aviv club.{{cite news|url=https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5515432,00.html|title=דני גרופר חתם בהפועל תל אביב|first=Nadav|last=Zenziper|newspaper=Ynet |date=26 May 2019|accessdate=26 May 2019|language=Hebrew}} In March 2022 Gropper signed a contract with Bulgarian champions Ludogorets Razgrad.{{cite web | title = Лудогорец подписа с още двама чужденци| url =https://zemia-news.bg/index.php/sport-3/96934-%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%86-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0-%D1%81-%D0%BE%D1%89%D0%B5-%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0-%D1%87%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8.html | author= |publisher = zemia-news.bg | date = 2 March 2022 | accessdate=24 September 2022|language = bg}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 26 May 2025}}
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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Hapoel Afula
|30 | 4 | 5 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 5 | ||||
| rowspan="4"|Hapoel Tel Aviv
|21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 1 | |||
| 2020–21
|Israeli Premier League |29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 1 | |||
| 2021–22
|Israeli Premier League |6 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 1 | |||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!56 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 69 | 3 | |||
| rowspan="5"|Ludogorets Razgrad
|4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 2022–23
|Bulgarian First League |15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 8{{efn|One appearance in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League, one appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League}} | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24
|Bulgarian First League |4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25
|Bulgarian First League |19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!42 | 0 | 6 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 1 | ||
| rowspan="4"|Ludogorets Razgrad II
|3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 2023–24
|Bulgarian Second League |2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 2024–25
|Bulgarian Second League |1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!6 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 0 | |||||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!105 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 143 | 8 |
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Honours
Ludogorets Razgrad
References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|danny-gruper/571940}}
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Category:Israeli Premier League players
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