Ezequiel Skverer

Ezequiel Skverer
Skverer with Hapoel Tel Aviv in September 2014
Personal information
Born (1989-02-24) February 24, 1989 (age 35)
Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Nationality
  • Argentina
  • Israel
Listed height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Listed weight83 kg (183 lb)
Career information
NBA draft2011: undrafted
Playing career2007–2020
PositionPoint guard
Career history
2007Maccabi Tel Aviv
2007–2012Givat Shmuel / Habika
2012–2013Hapoel Eilat
2013–2014Hapoel Holon
2014–2015Hapoel Tel Aviv
2015–2016Ironi Nes Ziona
2016–2019Hapoel Gilboa Galil
2019–2020Hapoel Afula
Career highlights and awards

Ezequiel Skverer (Hebrew: יחזקאל סקוורר; born February 24, 1989) is an Israeli-Argentine former professional basketball player.

Early life

Skverer is Jewish, he was born in Bahía Blanca, Argentina. Skverer lived his first 4 years in Argentina before growing up in Karmiel, Israel. He played for Ironi Nahariya youth team.

Skverer was later joined Maccabi Tel Aviv youth team and helped them to win the Championship and State Cup titles in 2007.[1]

Professional career

In 2007, Skverer started his professional career with Maccabi Tel Aviv. On December 28, 2007, Skverer parted ways with Maccabi and joined Maccabi Givat Shmuel / Habika of the Liga Leumit.[2]

In his fourth season with Habikaa, Skverer helped them to promote to the Israeli Premier League after they swept Hapoel Tel Aviv 3–0 in the best-of-five series.[3]

In his fifth season with Habikaa, Skverer was named Israeli Young Player of the Month for games played in November [4] and participated in the 2012 Israeli All-Star Game.[5] Skverer finished the season averaging 6.7 points and 3 assists per game and was named Israeli League Rising Star.[6]

On July 4, 2013, Skverer signed a two-year deal with Hapoel Holon.[7]

On July 16, 2014, Skverer signed a two-year deal with Hapoel Tel Aviv, joining his former head coach Oded Kattash.[8]

On June 24, 2015, Skverer signed a two-year deal with Ironi Nes Ziona.[9]

On August 3, 2016, Skverer signed with Hapoel Gilboa Galil for the 2016–17 season.[10] On November 5, 2016, Skverer recorded a career-high 21 points, shooting 8-of-13 from the field, along with 3 rebounds and 2 assists in a 73–75 loss to Maccabi Rishon LeZion.[11] On April 18, 2017, Skverer participated in the 2017 Israeli All-Star Game.[12] Skverer played 32 games for Gilboa Galil and averaged 8.3 points and 3.3 assists per game.

On July 16, 2017, Skverer signed a two-year contract extension with Gilboa Galil.[13] On March 18, 2018, Skverer suffered a knee injury in a match against Hapoel Jerusalem and later was ruled out for the rest of the season.[14]

On July 28, 2019, Skverer signed a 1+1 deal with Hapoel Afula of the Israeli National League.[15]

Israel national team

Skverer was a member of the Israeli U-18 [16] and U-20[17] national teams.

See also

References

  1. ^ "דאבל נפלא לקבוצת הנוער". maccabi.co.il (in Hebrew). May 15, 2007.
  2. ^ "הגבעה מצרפת את סקוורר". safsal.co.il (in Hebrew). December 28, 2007. Archived from the original on April 6, 2018. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  3. ^ "הבקעה עלתה לליגת העל אחרי 83:96 על הפועל". one.co.il (in Hebrew). May 16, 2011.
  4. ^ "השחקן הצעיר של החודש - יחזקאל סקוורר". one.co.il (in Hebrew). November 1, 2011.
  5. ^ "אולסטאר: צפו בניצחון הישראלים. 40 לכדיר". sport5.co.il (in Hebrew). March 8, 2012.
  6. ^ "נבחרי העונה - 2011/2012". basket.co.il (in Hebrew). May 17, 2012.
  7. ^ "יחזקאל סקוורר סיכם בהפועל חולון לשנתיים". sport5.co.il (in Hebrew). July 4, 2013.
  8. ^ "הפועל תל אביב: יחזקאל סקוורר חתם לשנתיים". walla.co.il (in Hebrew). July 16, 2014.
  9. ^ "Ironi Nes Ziona signs Ezequiel Skverer with a two-year contract". Sportando.com. June 24, 2015. Archived from the original on June 20, 2017. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
  10. ^ "בעקבות קרפלס: יחזקאל סקוורר עולה לגן נר". basket.co.il (in Hebrew). August 3, 2016.
  11. ^ "Winner League, Game 5: M. Rishon Vs Gilboa Galil - Box Score". basket.co.il. November 5, 2016.
  12. ^ חקלאי, ברק (April 18, 2017). "נבחרת הזרים ניצחה 127:139 באולסטאר". ynet.co.il (in Hebrew).
  13. ^ "אל אל יחזקאל: סקוורר ממשיך בגן נר". basket.co.il (in Hebrew). July 16, 2017.
  14. ^ "יחזקאל סקוורר עבר ניתוח בברכו וגמר את העונה". ONE.co.il (in Hebrew). March 21, 2018.
  15. ^ "מפתיע: סקוורר חתם לשתי עונות בהפועל עפולה". ONE.co.il (in Hebrew). July 28, 2019. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
  16. ^ "Skverer at the 2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship". fibaeurope.com.
  17. ^ "Skverer at the 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship". fibaeurope.com.