Guy Haimov ( he, גיא חיימוב; born 9 March 1986) is a former

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

i professional

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who played as a

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Early life

Haimov was bor and raised in Holon,

, to a Bukharan-Jewish family.

Club career

Haimov grew up playing for the

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...

youth systems . He was part of the youth team that won the 2003/2004 Youth Championship. Although he was a part of the senior squad for 3 seasons he never played a

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match for

but took part in

Toto Cup The Israel Toto Cup ( he, גביע הטוטו, ''Gvia Ha'Toto'') is an association football tournament that features clubs in the two highest divisions in Israel: the Israeli Premier League (Ligat Ha'Al), and the second division Liga Leumit. F ...

matches. Haimov made his league debut in a

Premier League The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Fo ...

match against Hakoah Maccabi Amidar/Ramat Gan on 10 February 2007 for Hapoel Kfar Saba with which he spent 2 seasons on loan. Haimov was back in

after signing a 3-year contract. On 8 August 2012, Haimov was loaned to

AEK Larnaca AEK Larnaca FC ( el, AEK; for short Αθλητική Έvωση Κίτιον Λάρνακας , translit=''Athletiki Enosi Kition Larnakas'', "Athletic Union Kition of Larnaca") is a Cypriot professional football club based in Larnaca. The club ...

from the

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division ( el, Πρωτάθλημα Α΄ Κατηγορίας) is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. Since February 2016, it is sponsored by Cyta and is thus officially ...

International career

In 2003, Haimov was part of the Israel U17 that participated at the 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship. On September 6, 2011 Haimov made his senior international debut replacing injured Dudu Aouate at half time on

EURO 2012 The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2012 or simply Euro 2012, was the 14th European Championship for men's national football teams organised by UEFA. The final tournament, held between 8 June and 1 ...

qualifier against

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he conceded 3 goals resulting in 3–1 loss.

Honours

Club

; Hapoel Kiryat Shmona *

Israel Super Cup The Israel Super Cup, also known as the Champion of Champions ( he, אלוף האלופים, Aluf HaAlufim), is an Israeli association football club competition played as a single match between the winner of the latest Israeli top league champio ...

(1): 2015 ; Hapoel Beer Sheva *

Israeli Premier League The Israeli Premier League ( he, ליגת העל, ''Ligat Ha`Al'', ), is a professional association football league which operates as the highest division of the Israeli Football League – the state's league of Israel. The league is contested b ...

(2):

2016-17 16-17 is a band from Basel, Switzerland. Their music combines punk rock, hardcore punk, jazz and industrial music. Biography 16-17 was founded in 1983 by Alex Buess, Knut Remond and Markus Kneubühler. When the group played its first con ...

, 2017-18 *

(2):

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...

(1): 2016–17

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Haimov, Guy 1986 births Living people Israeli men's footballers Israel men's international footballers Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. players Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan F.C. players Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C. players AEK Larnaca FC players Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. players Maccabi Haifa F.C. players Israeli expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Israeli Premier League players Liga Leumit players Cypriot First Division players Footballers from Holon Men's association football goalkeepers Israeli Mizrahi Jews