Yoav Gerafi

Yoav Gerafi
Personal information
Full name Yoav Pini Gerafi
Date of birth (1993-08-29) 29 August 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Tel Mond, Israel
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Hapoel Haifa
Number 1
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Hapoel Kfar Saba 5 (0)
2014–2023 F.C. Ashdod 180 (0)
2014–2015 → Hapoel Ra'anana (loan) 2 (0)
2019–2020 → Hapoel Tel Aviv (loan) 22 (0)
2023– Hapoel Haifa 25 (0)
International career‡
2022– Israel 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2022

Yoav Pini Gerafi (sometimes Jarafi or Jerafi,[2][3] Hebrew: יואב פיני ג'ראפי; born 29 August 1993) is an Israeli footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Haifa and the Israel national team.

Early life

Gerafi was born in Tel Mond, Israel, to a family of Mizrahi Jewish (Yemenite-Jewish) descent.[citation needed]

Club career

Gerafi made his professional debut for Hapoel Ra'anana in the Israeli Premier League on 14 February 2015, coming on as a substitute in the 14th minute for Shoval Gozlan after starting goalkeeper Daniel Lifshitz was sent off in the 11th minute. The match finished as a 2–1 win for Hapoel Ra'anana.[4]

On 11 June 2023 signed for two seasons in Hapoel Haifa.[5]

International career

In March 2019, Gerafi was first called up to the senior Israel national team ahead of the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Slovenia and Austria.[6] He made his debut on 27 September 2022 in a friendly game against Malta.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Yoav Gerafi".
  2. ^ "Yoav Jarafi - - European Qualifiers".
  3. ^ "Yoav Pini Jerafi - Goalkeeper of Ironi Ashdod".
  4. ^ "Hapoel Ra'anana vs. Maccabi Netanya - 14 February 2015". Soccerway. Perform Group. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  5. ^ Ben Dor, Doron (11 June 2023). "עולה לכרמל: גראפי חתם לשנתיים בהפועל חיפה" (in Hebrew). ONE. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  6. ^ Sidi, Moshe (12 March 2019). "יואב ג'ראפי זומן לסגל נבחרת ישראל" [Yoav Gerafi was invited to the Israeli national team]. ashdodonline.co.il (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Malta v Israel game report". ESPN. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.


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