Gadi Brumer ( he, גדי ברומר; born 5 November 1973) is a former Israeli professional

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who played for

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Career

Brumer (who played at centre-back and sweeper positions), is notable for playing his entire career for Maccabi Tel Aviv (see

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), and was famous not only for his intelligence in defence, but also for his fighting spirit and his commitment, having often played whilst injured. Brumer was summoned to a trial with

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in June 1996, thus becoming the first and only Israeli to be on trial with the club. Though he was good in the trial, Manchester preferred Norwegian

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. Brumer was offered contracts from other teams in the

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, but decided to hold out for a big club which never happened and Brumer continued with his home club.

Honours

* Israeli championships (3): **1994–95, 1995–96, 2002–03 *

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(4): **1994, 1996, 2001, 2002 *

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(1): **1998–99

Personal life

Gadi's twin brother

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was a midfielder and both played together in

for 9 seasons.

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* * 1973 births Living people Israeli Jews Israeli footballers Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players Association football defenders Israel international footballers Israeli twins Twin sportspeople {{Israel-footy-defender-stub