Alon Turgeman (Hebrew: אלון תורג'מן; born 9 June 1991) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a forward for Hapoel Be'er Sheva.[1][2]

Alon Turgeman
Turgeman with Maccabi Haifa in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-06-09) 9 June 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Hadera, Israel
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Number 17
Youth career
Beitar Nes Tubruk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Hapoel Petah Tikva 25 (6)
2011–2017 Maccabi Haifa 114 (30)
2016Hapoel Tel Aviv (loan) 14 (1)
2016–2017Bnei Yehuda (loan) 31 (4)
2017–2018 Hapoel Haifa 34 (12)
2018–2021 Austria Wien 28 (10)
2020Wisła Kraków (loan) 9 (6)
2021–2023 Hapoel Haifa 69 (20)
2023– Hapoel Be'er Sheva 32 (6)
International career
2009–2010 Israel U19 9 (0)
2010–2013 Israel U21 11 (2)
2018 Israel 2 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Israel
Maccabiah Games
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Maccabiah
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024

Early life

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Turgeman was born in Hadera, Israel,[3][4] to a family of Jewish descent.[5][6][7]

Club career

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He started to play football as a kid when he was part of Beitar Nes Tubruk. He represented Israel at the 2009 Maccabiah Games, winning a bronze medal.[8]

In 2010, he moved to Hapoel Petah Tikva, and became a member of the senior side when he was 18 years old. In his only year with the senior team he made 30 caps, 8 goals and 2 assists and help the team to stay in the league.[9]

On 7 August 2011 under the recommendation of Shlomo Scharf to the owner Ya'akov Shahar he signed with Israeli giants Maccabi Haifa. In his first season as a player of Maccabi Haifa Turgeman scored 7 goals and assist another 3 more in the first half of the season he came off the bench but in the second half of the season following the injury of Wiyam Amasha and the departure of Vladimir Dvalishvili he began to be in the starting 11.[9]

in his second season with the team following the minority minutes that he received he considered to leave in January but after a call with manager Arik Benado he decided to stay and begin play more in the end of the season Turgeman scored 9 goals and assist another 3 more.

International career

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Turgeman has played extensively for his nation at youth level from the under-19 side, to the under-21 side of which he took part in the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and scored one goal.[10]

Club career statistics

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Club Season League Cup Toto Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hapoel Petah Tikva 2010–11 25 7 1 0 4 1 0 0 30 8
Maccabi Haifa 2011–12 29 6 5 1 1 0 3 0 37 7
2012–13 21 6 2 2 6 1 0 0 29 9
2013–14 34 15 0 0 0 0 5 3 39 18
2014–15 23 3 2 0 7 2 0 0 32 5
2015–16 7 0 0 0 6 3 0 0 13 3
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2015–16 14 1 0 0 6 3 0 0 14 1
Bnei Yehuda 2016–17 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3
Hapoel Haifa 2017–18 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 7
Career 99 22 8 3 11 2 8 3 102 28

Honours

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Bnei Yehuda

Hapoel Haifa

References

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  1. ^ Alon Turgeman at Soccerway
  2. ^ "ההתאחדות לכדורגל בישראל - Alon TURGEMAN".
  3. ^ "Reference at www.thejc.com".
  4. ^ "Reference at www.news1.news". Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Alon_turgeman17 on Instagram: "שבת שלום🤓"".
  6. ^ "Alon_turgeman17 on Instagram: "איזה כייף שיש יהודים מדהימים בכל העולם !!! תודה רבה לקהילה היהודית נתתם לי להרגיש שאני לגמריי לא לבד ❤️ תודה לכולם על הברכות והאיחולים חיממתם לי את הלב😊 Thank you for each one of you for the blessings. I really appreciate that 🙌🏽"".
  7. ^ "Alon_turgeman17 on Instagram: "@wislakrakowsa Shabbat shalom ❤️"".
  8. ^ "ההתאחדות לכדורגל בישראל - עמוד משחק". www.football.org.il.
  9. ^ a b "Israel - A. Turgeman - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
  10. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Alon Turgeman (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com.
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