Guni Israeli
{{short description|Israeli basketball player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Guni Israeli
| image = Guni Israeli Holon (cropped).jpg
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| caption = Guni Israeli playing for Holon, 2016
| position = Point guard
| height_m = 1.82
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| league =
| team = Free agent
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|11|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Gvat, Israel
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| nationality = Israeli
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| career_start = 2002
| career_end =
| years1 = 2002–2004
| team1 = Hapoel Lev Hasharon
| years2 = 2005
| team2 = Maccabi Givat Shmuel
| years3 = 2005–2007
| team3 = Hapoel Gilboa/Afula
| years4 = 2007–2008
| team4 = Hapoel Holon
| years5 = 2008–2011
| team5 = Hapoel Gilboa Galil
| years6 = 2011–2012
| team6 = Hapoel Jerusalem
| years7 = 2012–2013
| team7 = Maccabi Ashdod
| years8 = 2013–2017
| team8 = Hapoel Holon
| years9 = 2017
| team9 = Maccabi Ashdod
| years10 = 2017–2018
| team10 = Maccabi Haifa
| years11 = 2018–2021
| team11 = Hapoel Galil Elyon
| highlights =
- 2× Israeli League champion (2008, 2010)
- Israeli League Rising Star (2007)
- Israeli League Assists Leader (2007)
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Guni Israeli ({{langx|he|גוני יזרעאלי}}; born 18 November 1984) is an Israeli professional basketball player who last played for Hapoel Galil Elyon of the Israeli National League. In 2007, he was the Israeli Premier League Assists Leader.
Early years
Israeli was born in Kibbutz Gvat, Israel. He played for Hapoel Emek Yizra'el (Jezreel Valley) youth team, he also played for Ort Leibovich, Netanya high-school team, together with Raviv Limonad and helped them to win the state championship.
Professional career
In 2005, Israeli signed with Hapoel Gilboa/Afula. In his second season with Afula, he was named Israeli League Rising Star.
In 2007, he was the Israeli Premier League Assists Leader.
On 18 June 2007, Israeli signed with Hapoel Holon for the 2007–08 season.{{cite news|title=גוני יזרעאלי חתם בחולון|url=https://sports.walla.co.il/item/1124675|work=walla.co.il|date=18 June 2007|language=he}} Israeli helped Holon to win the 2008 Israeli League Championship.
On 2 July 2008, Israeli signed with Hapoel Gilboa Galil.{{cite news|title=גוני יזרעאלי חתם בגליל\גלבוע|url=http://www.one.co.il/Article/17-18/2,620,1222,0/119051.html|work=one.co.il| date=2 July 2008|language=he}} In his second season with the team, Israeli helped Gilboa Galil to win 2010 Israeli League Championship. On 22 June 2010, Israeli signed a one-year contract extension with Gilboa Galil.{{cite news|title=Guni Israeli extends with Gilboa Galil|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/israel/82307/guni-israeli-extends-with-gilboa-galil.html|work=Sportando.com|date=22 June 2010}}
On 29 July 2011, Israeli signed with a two-year contract with Hapoel Jerusalem.{{cite news|title=Hapoel Migdal lands Guni Israeli|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/israel/30014/hapoel_migdal_lands_guni_izraeli.html|work=Sportando.com| date=29 July 2011}}
On 18 July 2013, Israeli returned to Hapoel Holon for a second stint, signing a two-year deal.{{cite news|title=הפועל חולון: גוני יזרעאלי חתם לשנתיים|url=https://sports.walla.co.il/item/2662035|work=walla.co.il| date=18 July 2013|language=he}} On 24 June 2015, Israeli signed a two-year contract extension with Holon.{{cite news|title=הפועל חולון: הרכז גוני יזרעאלי סגר בקבוצה לשנתיים נוספות|url=https://sports.walla.co.il/item/2866552|work=walla.co.il| date=24 June 2015|language=he}}
On 6 June 2017, Israeli returned to Maccabi Ashdod for a second stint, signing a one-year deal.{{cite news|title=גוני יזרעאלי חוזר לקדנציה שנייה באשדוד|url=http://basket.co.il/news.asp?id=15850|work=basket.co.il| date=6 June 2017|language=he}} On 8 November 2017, Israeli parted ways with Ashdod after appearing in five games.{{cite news|title=אחרי 5 מחזורים: גוני יזרעאלי עוזב את מכבי אשדוד
|url=http://www.nrg.co.il/online/3/ART2/901/710.html|work=nrg.co.il|date=8 November 2017|language=he}} Two days later, Israeli signed with Maccabi Haifa for the remainder of the season.{{cite news|title=עולה לכרמל: גוני יזרעאלי מגיע לחיפה|url=http://basket.co.il/news.asp?id=16202|work=basket.co.il|date=10 November 2017|language=he}} On 28 March 2018, Israeli parted ways with Haifa.{{cite web|title=Maccabi Hunter Haifa Sign Guard Oded Brandwein, Release Guni Israeli|work=Sportando.com|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/europe/israel/269546/maccabi-hunter-haifa-sign-guard-oded-brandwein-release-guni-israeli.html|date=28 March 2018}}{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
On 26 June 2018, Israeli signed a two-year deal with Hapoel Galil Elyon of the Liga Leumit.{{cite news|title=יורד ללאומית: גוני יזרעאלי חתם בגליל עליון לשנתיים|url=https://sports.walla.co.il/item/3168917|work=walla.co.il|date=26 June 2018|language=he}}
References
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External links
- [https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Guni-Israeli/Summary/29207 RealGM.com profile]
- [http://basket.co.il/player.asp?PlayerId=10799&lang=en Basket.co.il profile]
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