Rami Gershon (; born 12 August 1988) is an former Israeli
footballer
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who playd as a
centre back
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or as a
left back
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for
Maccabi Haifa
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and the
Israel national team.
Early life
Gershon was born in
Rishon LeZion
Rishon LeZion ( , "First to Zion") is a city in Israel, located along the central Israeli coastal plain south of Tel Aviv. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan area.
Founded in 1882 by Jewish immigrants from the Russian Empire who were ...
,
Israel
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, to a family of
Greek-Jewish descent.
Club career
Gershon began his career with Hapoel Rishon Lezion and joined on 6 July 2009 on trial to Standard Liège of the Jupiler League. After finishing the trial Liege loaned Gershon for one season with an option to buy him at the end which they eventually did at the summer of 2010 and immediately loaned him to
K.V. Kortrijk
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for one season.
Celtic
On 9 January 2013, Celtic's Chief Executive,
Peter Lawwell
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announced that Gershon had signed a loan deal until the end of the season. On 9 February 2013, Gershon made his
Celtic
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Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
*Celtic music
*Celtic nations
Sports Foot ...
début away to
Inverness CT in the
Scottish Premier League
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, managing to score and put
Celtic
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Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
*Celtic music
*Celtic nations
Sports Foot ...
into a 1–2 lead, the match ended 1–3.
K.A.A. Gent
In 2014, the Belgian team
Gent
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* Ghent ( Dutch: Gent), a Belgian city
** K.A.A. Gent, a football club from Ghent
** K.R.C. Gent, a football club from Ghent
** Gent RFC, a rugby club in Ghent
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transferred Gershon to Belgium. He was quite quickly one of the players in the basic team, and he was a mainstay in the 2015-Championship-team and a year later in the
Champions League-campaign.
International career
Gershon has won 10 caps for the
Israel U21 and 21 caps for
Israel
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. On 12 October 2010 Gershon made his debut for
Israel
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in the 1–2 loss to
Greece
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, in a
Euro 2012 Qualifier. On 11 October 2011, Gershon scored his first goal for the national team in Israel's 2–0 away win over
Malta
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, also in the Euro 2012 qualifiers. On 22 March 2013, Gershon scored against
Portugal
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in
Ramat Gan Stadium
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Overview
Completed in 1951 and serving as Israel's largest stadium e ...
in the 3–3 draw.
Personal life
In 2014, Gershon started dating Israeli model
Neta Alchimister
Neta Alchimister (; born April 20, 1994) is an Israeli Model (person), model, swimwear designer, and social media personality.
Early life
Alchimister was born in Rishon LeZion, Israel, to Sabra (person), Israeli-born parents of Ashkenazi Jewish ...
. They became engaged in 2018. They were married June, 2019. Their first son was born on 16 November 2023.
Career statistics
International
:''Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first''
Honours
Celtic
*
Scottish Premier League
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:
2012–13
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Gent
*
Belgian Pro League
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:
2014–15
Maccabi Haifa
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Israeli Premier League
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:
2020–21
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,
2021–22,
2022–23
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Toto Cup
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:
2021–22
*
Israel Super Cup
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:
2021
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,
2023
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References
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1988 births
Living people
Israeli men's footballers
Israel men's international footballers
Hapoel Rishon LeZion F.C. players
Standard Liège players
K.V. Kortrijk players
Celtic F.C. players
S.K. Beveren players
KAA Gent players
Maccabi Haifa F.C. players
Israel men's under-21 international footballers
Belgian Pro League players
Israeli Premier League players
Israeli expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland
Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
Israeli people of Greek-Jewish descent
Men's association football central defenders
Men's association football fullbacks
Footballers from Rishon LeZion
21st-century Israeli sportsmen