Niv Antman (; born 2 August 1992) is an Israeli footballer currently playing in

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 ...

Career

Antman, the son of veteran goalkeeper

Giora Antman Giora Antman (; born 15 November 1962) is an Israeli former football player and currently the goalkeeping coach at Maccabi Haifa. Antman was the goalkeeping coach at Maccabi Haifa for 18 years until he was replaced in 2012 by Avi Peretz. After ...

, played in his youth career in Maccabi Tzur Shalom and

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 ...

, before moving to

. Antman graduated to the senior team in 2012 and got his break at the first team as replacement for an injured first goalkeeper

Tvrtko Kale Tvrtko Kale (now Dreshler Kale, ; born 5 June 1974) is a retired Croatian-Israeli footballer who played as of July 2015 for Maccabi Kiryat Gat. The newspaper ''Slobodna Dalmacija'' rated him the best player in the Croatian First League in 2004. ...

, playing 6 full matches during the 2013–14 season. In 2015, Antman returned to the team's starting lineup. In 2011, Antman played two matches with the Israel U19 team, against

Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

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References

1992 births Living people Jewish Israeli sportspeople Israeli men's footballers 21st-century Israeli sportsmen Footballers from Haifa Hapoel Haifa F.C. players Hapoel Rishon LeZion F.C. players FC Dordrecht players Ironi Nesher F.C. players Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C. players Sektzia Ness Ziona F.C. players Israeli Premier League players Liga Leumit players Eerste Divisie players Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Israeli expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Israel men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers {{Israel-footy-goalkeeper-stub