Daniel Lifshitz

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Daniel Lifshitz
Personal information
Full name Daniel Lifshitz
Date of birth (1988-04-24) 24 April 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
2004–2007 Maccabi Haifa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Maccabi Netanya 17 (0)
2010–2011 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 1 (0)
2011–2012 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3 (0)
2012 Maccabi Umm al-Fahm 15 (0)
2013 Hapoel Ashkelon 17 (0)
2013–2014 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan 19 (0)
2014 Maccabi Herzliya 12 (0)
2014–2016 Hapoel Ra'anana 26 (0)
2015–2016Maccabi Tel Aviv (loan) 1 (0)
2016–2017 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1 (0)
International career
2008–2009 Israel U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 September 2015

Daniel Lifshitz (Hebrew: דניאל ליפשיץ, born 24 April 1988) is an Israeli former footballer.

Biography[edit]

Lifshitz was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. His father was from kibbutz Nir Oz. His mother was a Swedish woman who had met his father in Israel. He moved to Israel as a child with his family, and grew up on Nir Oz.[1] On 7 October 2023, his grandparents, Oded and Yocheved, were kidnapped to the Gaza Strip by Hamas during the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. On 23 October 2023, his grandmother, 85-year-old Yocheved Lifschitz, was released from Hamas captivity after 17 days. [2]

Playing career[edit]

On 17 June 2008, Lifshitz signed a four-year contract with Maccabi Netanya.[3] In the summer of 2010 he left Netanya and signed a contract with Maccabi Ahi Nazareth for one season. Later he moved to play for Hapoel Beer Sheva, Maccabi Umm al-Fahm, Hapoel Ashkelon, Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan and most recently he signed with Maccabi Herzliya in Liga Leumit. On May 20, 2018 Lifshitz retired from football.

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ "דניאל ליפשיץ: "אתה מדביק לי עכשיו סטיגמה של שוער שיכור"".
  2. ^ ""I went through hell, says 85-year-old hostage released by Hamas"".
  3. ^ Michel, Hen (2008-06-17). השוער דניאל ליפשיץ חתם במכבי נתניה [Goalkeeper Daniel Lifshitz Signs With Maccabi Netanya] (in Hebrew). ONE. Retrieved 2010-01-10.

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