Rami Gershon

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Rami Gershon
רמי גרשון

| image = Rami-fan-1432539885.jpg

| caption = Gershon (right) as a Gent player with a fan in 2015

| fullname = Rami Gershon

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|08|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Israel

| height = {{Height|m=1.89}}

| position = Centre back, Left back

| currentclub = Maccabi Haifa

| clubnumber = 55

| youthyears1 = 1996–2008

| youthclubs1 = Hapoel Rishon Lezion

| years1 = 2008–2010

| clubs1 = Hapoel Rishon Lezion

| caps1 = 36

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2009–2010

| clubs2 = → Standard Liège (loan)

| caps2 = 2

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2010–2013

| clubs3 = Standard Liège

| caps3 = 15

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2010–2012

| clubs4 = → Kortrijk (loan)

| caps4 = 43

| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2013

| clubs5 = → Celtic (loan)

| caps5 = 3

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2013–2014

| clubs6 = Waasland-Beveren

| caps6 = 18

| goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2014–2017

| clubs7 = Gent

| caps7 = 79

| goals7 = 1

| years8 = 2017–

| clubs8 = Maccabi Haifa

| caps8 = 84

| goals8 = 1

| nationalyears1 = 2008–2010

| nationalteam1 = Israel U21

| nationalcaps1 = 11

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| medaltemplates =

| nationalyears2 = 2010–2019

| nationalteam2 = Israel

| nationalcaps2 = 26

| nationalgoals2 = 2

| club-update = 15 April 2024

| nationalteam-update =

}}

Rami Gershon ({{langx|he|רמי גרשון}}; born 12 August 1988) is an Israeli footballer who plays as a centre back or as a left back for Maccabi Haifa and the Israel national team.

Early life

Gershon was born in Rishon LeZion, Israel, to a family of Greek-Jewish descent.{{Cite web|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/after-35-years-israeli-national-soccer-team-returns-to-new-york/|title=After 35 years, Israeli national soccer team returns to New York}}

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.[http://verviers.lameuse.be/sports/mercato/2009-07-06/standard-rami-gershon-defenseur-israelien-test-713053.shtml Standard: Rami Gershon, un défenseur israélien en test] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100401110235/http://verviers.lameuse.be/sports/mercato/2009-07-06/standard-rami-gershon-defenseur-israelien-test-713053.shtml |date=2010-04-01 }} 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 announced that Gershon had signed a loan deal until the end of the season.{{cite web|url=http://www.celticfc.net/newsstory?item=3540 |title=Rami Gershon joins Celtic |publisher=Celtic FC |accessdate=9 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220185132/http://www.celticfc.net/newsstory?item=3540 |archivedate=20 December 2013 }} On 9 February 2013, Gershon made his Celtic début away to Inverness CT in the Scottish Premier League, managing to score and put Celtic into a 1–2 lead, the match ended 1–3.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/21311327 |title=Celtic recovered from an early setback to clock up a comfortable win against Caley Thistle in Inverness |publisher=BBC Sport|first=Martin |last=Conaghan |date=9 February 2013 |accessdate=24 February 2017}}

=K.A.A. Gent=

In 2014, the Belgian team Gent 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 Israel.[http://www.lacapitale.be/sports/foot_belge/nos_clubs/standard/2009-07-12/standard-ultime-test-matin-11h-ecremage-714196.shtml Standard: ultime test ce matin (11h) avant l’écrémage] LaCapital.be, 12 July 2009 {{in lang|fr}} On 12 October 2010 Gershon made his debut for Israel in the 1–2 loss to Greece, 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 Malta, also in the Euro 2012 qualifiers.[https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0254-0d7d277daecb-c8e3fb1e8fa0-1000--israel-end-on-high-in-malta/ Israel end on high in Malta] UEFA.com, 11 October 2011 On 22 March 2013, Gershon scored against Portugal in Ramat Gan Stadium in the 3–3 draw.[https://web.archive.org/web/20130324230503/http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2014/matches/round=2000294/match=2008672/postmatch/report/ Coentrão comes to Portugal's rescue in Israel] UEFA.com, 22 March 2013

Personal life

In 2014, Gershon started dating Israeli model Neta Alchimister. They became engaged in 2018. They were married June, 2019. Their first son was born on 16 November 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=iw&sl=iw&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fsport1.maariv.co.il%2Fsquare%2FArticle-800247|title = Google Translate}}{{Cite web |date=2023-11-17 |title=אמאלה: נטע אלחמיסטר ילדה בן בכור |url=https://pplus.ynet.co.il/rechilut/article/rjrovlw4a |access-date=2023-11-24 |website=pplus |language=he}}

Career statistics

=International=

:Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first

class="wikitable" ! Goal !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
1 \| 11 October 2011 \|\| Ta'Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali \|\| {{fb\|Malta}} \|\| align=center\|2–0 \|\| align=center\|2–0 \|\| UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
2 \| 22 March 2013 \|\| Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan \|\| {{fb\|Portugal}} \|\| align=center\|3–1 \|\| align="center" \|3–3 \|\| 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

class="wikitable"

! Goal !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition

| 11 October 2011 || Ta'Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali || {{fb|Malta}} || align=center|2–0 || align=center|2–0 || UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

| 22 March 2013 || Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan || {{fb|Portugal}} || align=center|3–1 || align="center" |3–3 || 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification