Neta Lavi (; born 25 August 1996) is an Israeli

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Israel national team.

Club career

In 2010, Lavi joined the Maccabi Haifa youth team. He became captain of the Maccabi Haifa youth team that won the double in 2014. Lavi has made his official debut for the senior

Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa () is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football, Basketball, Weightl ...

on 28 October 2015 in a game against Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona in the Toto Cup. Lavi made his

Israeli Premier League The Israeli Premier League (, Ligat HaAl, ) is a professional association football league in Israel and the highest level of the Israeli football league system. The league is contested by 14 clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and rele ...

debut for the senior Maccabi Haifa on 7 December 2015, in a match against

Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Haifa Football Club (, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Haifa'') is an Israeli professional football club located in the city of Haifa. The club won one championship (1998–99) and 4 Israeli cups (1962–63, 1965–66 and 1973–74, 2 ...

. On 27 January 2023 signed for

club

International career

Lavi was part of the Israeli youth national team and Played 8 times for the Israeli U-19 and 12 times for the Israeli U-21 national side, under Israeli manager

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. Lavi made his debut for the senior Israel national team on 31 May 2016, coming on as a substitute during a friendly match against Serbia.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Maccabi Haifa *

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, 2021–22,

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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 ...

: 2015–16 *

Toto Cup The Israel Toto Cup (, ''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, Ligat Ha'Al; and the Israeli 2nd division Liga Leumit. Both of the ...

: 2021–22 *

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

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lavi, Neta 1996 births Living people Israeli men's footballers Footballers from Haifa District Maccabi Haifa F.C. players Gamba Osaka players Israeli Premier League players J1 League players Israel men's international footballers Israel men's youth international footballers Israeli expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Japan Men's association football midfielders 21st-century Israeli sportsmen