Alon Turgeman (; born 9 June 1991) is an Israeli professional

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who plays as a

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for

Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Be'er Sheva Football Club (, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Be'er Sheva'') is an Israeli professional association football, football club from the city of Beersheba, Be'er Sheva, that competes in the Israeli Premier League. The club was estab ...

Early life

Turgeman was born in

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, to a family of

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descent.

Club career

He started to play football as a kid when he was part of Beitar Nes Tubruk. He represented Israel at the

2009 Maccabiah Games The 18th Maccabiah Games (), were held in July 2009. According to the organizing committee these were the largest games held yet. These Games were the world's fifth-largest sporting event, behind the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, World Poli ...

, winning a bronze medal. In 2010, he moved to

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, and became a member of the senior side when he was 18 years old. In his only year with the senior team he made 30 caps, 8 goals and 2 assists and help the team to stay in the league. On 7 August 2011 under the recommendation of

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to the owner

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he signed with Israeli giants

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. In his first season as a player of Maccabi Haifa Turgeman scored 7 goals and assist another 3 more in the first half of the season he came off the bench but in the second half of the season following the injury of

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and the departure of

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he began to be in the starting 11. in his second season with the team following the minority minutes that he received he considered to leave in January but after a call with manager

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he decided to stay and begin play more in the end of the season Turgeman scored 9 goals and assist another 3 more.

International career

Turgeman has played extensively for his nation at youth level from the under-19 side, to the under-21 side of which he took part in the

2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, or simply the 2013 Euro Under-21, was the 19th staging of UEFA's UEFA European Under-21 Championship, European Under-21 Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Israel from 5–18 June 2013. The Is ...

and scored one goal.

Club career statistics

Honours

Bnei Yehuda *

Israel State Cup The Israel State Cup (, ''Gvia HaMedina''), is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israel Football Association (IFA). The State Cup was first held in 1928 as the People's Cup. Because it involves clubs of all standards ...

: 2016–17 Hapoel Haifa *Israel State Cup: 2017–18 Hapoel Beer Sheva *

: 2024–25

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Turgeman, Alon 1991 births Living people Jewish Israeli sportspeople Footballers from Hadera Men's association football forwards Israeli men's footballers Israel men's youth international footballers Israel men's under-21 international footballers Israel men's international footballers Beitar Nes Tubruk F.C. players Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. players Maccabi Haifa F.C. players Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. players Hapoel Haifa F.C. players FK Austria Wien players Wisła Kraków players Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. players Israeli Premier League players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Ekstraklasa players Competitors at the 2009 Maccabiah Games Maccabiah Games medalists in football Maccabiah Games bronze medalists for Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Austria Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Poland 21st-century Israeli sportsmen