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Dudu Biton
Personal information
Full name	Dudu Biton
Date of birth	1 March 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Netanya, Israel
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Hapoel Kfar Saba
Number	11
Youth career
	Beitar Nes Tubruk
0000–2006	Maccabi Haifa
2006–2007	Beitar Nes Tubruk
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006	Maccabi Haifa
2007–2008	Maccabi Tel Aviv
2008–2010	Hapoel Ra'anana
2010–2011	Hapoel Petah Tikva
2011–2012	Charleroi
2011–2012	→ Wisła Kraków (loan)
2012–2015	Standard Liège
2013	→ APOEL (loan)
2014	→ Alcorcón (loan)
2014	→ Maribor (loan)
2015	→ Hapoel Tel Aviv (loan)
2015–2017	Hapoel Tel Aviv
2016	→ Hapoel Kfar Saba (loan)
2018	Hapoel Acre
2018–2019	F.C. Ashdod
2019	Hapoel Haifa
2019–2021	Hapoel Afula
2021–2022	Sektzia Ness Ziona
2022–2023	Maccabi Petah Tikva
2023	Maccabi Jaffa
2023–	Hapoel Kfar Saba
International career
2004–2005	Israel U17
2006–2007	Israel U19
2008–2010	Israel U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 March 2024

Dudu Biton (Hebrew: דודו ביטון; born 1 March 1988) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a striker for Hapoel Kfar Saba.

Career

Club

Biton played in the youth clubs of Beitar Nes Tubruk and Maccabi Haifa. He made his debut for Maccabi Haifa in Ligat ha'Al on 12 May 2006 in the last league fixture against Bnei Sakhnin, becoming a league champion.^[2] This was his only appearance for the senior team and during 2006–07 season he returned to Beitar Nes Tubruk.

Later he played for Maccabi Tel Aviv for one season before signing in Hapoel Ra'anana from Liga Leumit, where he took part of their historic promotion to Ligat ha'Al, their first since the club inception. On 16 July 2010, after two seasons with Hapoel Ra'anana, Biton signing in Hapoel Petah Tikva, just five days later he scored his first goal for Hapoel Petah Tikva in their loss against Hapoel Ashkelon.

On 4 January 2011, Biton signed with Charleroi from the bottom of the Belgian Pro League, which was relegated at the end of the 2010–11 season.^[3] After the season, Biton signed a one-year loan deal with Polish Ekstraklasa side Wisła Kraków.^[4] On 11 June 2012, he transferred to Standard Liège for an undisclosed fee, signing a four-year contract.^[5]

On 25 January 2013, Biton joined Cypriot side APOEL on a loan deal from Standard Liège until the end of 2012–13 season.^[6] Biton scored on his debut against Nea Salamina at GSP Stadium on 2 February 2013, just five minutes after being subbed in the 85th minute, to make the final score 2–0 for APOEL. He also scored in the following two matches, counting in total three goals in his first three appearances with APOEL. During his loan spell at APOEL, Biton scored six goals in 13 appearances and helped the club to win the 2012–13 Cypriot First Division.

On 13 January 2014, Biton joined Spanish second division team AD Alcorcón on a loan deal from Standard Liège until the end of 2013–14 season.

On January 16, 2015, Biton joined on loan Israeli first division team Hapoel Tel Aviv, signing a half year contract.

Statistics

As of: 6 December 2014

Club	Season	League	Domestic League		Domestic Cups		European Cups		Total
Club	Season	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Maccabi Haifa	2005–06	Ligat ha'Al	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2006–07	Ligat ha'Al	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2007–08	Ligat ha'Al	10	0	4	0	3	0	17	0
Hapoel Ra'anana	2008–09	Liga Leumit	31	8	5	4	–		36	12
	2009–10	Ligat ha'Al	30	9	6	3	–		36	12
	Total		61	17	11	7	–		72	24
Hapoel Petah Tikva	2010–11	Ligat ha'Al	15	12	4	1	–		19	13
Charleroi	2010–11	Pro League	12	5	–		–		12	5
Wisła Kraków (loan)	2011–12	Ekstraklasa	25	11	4	2	7	3	36	16
Standard Liège	2012–13	Pro League	10	1	0	0	–		10	1
APOEL (loan)	2012–13	First Division	13	6	–		–		13	6
Standard Liège	2013–14	Pro League	0	0	1	1	5	0	6	1
Alcorcón (loan)	2013–14	Liga Adelante	6	0	–		–		6	0
Maribor (loan)	2014–15	PrvaLiga	11	1	3	1	0	0	14	2
Hapoel Tel Aviv (loan)	2014–15	Ligat Ha'Al	12	2	0	0	0	0	12	2
Career total			164	53	26	11	10	3	202	67

Honours

Maccabi Haifa

Israeli Premier League: 2005–06

APOEL

First Division: 2012–13

Maribor

Slovenian PrvaLiga: 2014–15

References

^ "David Biton". wisla.krakow.pl. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
^ "תאור המשחק [Title Game]" (in Hebrew). maccabi-haifafc.walla.co.il. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
^ ביטון חתם בוויסלה קראקוב: הגעתי למועדון גדול [Biton signed in Wisła Kraków: I reached a big club] (in Hebrew). ONE!. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
^ "Dudu Biton w Wiśle" [Dudu Biton in Wisła] (in Polish). Wisła Kraków. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
^ "Transfert de Dudu BITON !". standard.sudpresse.be. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
^ "Υπέγραψε ο Biton" (in Greek). APOEL FC. 25 January 2013. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2013.