Lior Refaelov
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Lior Refaelov (Hebrew: ליאור רפאלוב) (born April 26, 1986) is an Israeli football player playing for Maccabi Haifa.
In 1998 Refaelov began to play in Maccabi Haifa youth teams. In 2002/2003 season he moved up from the under-16 team to the youth team of the club, and scored already in his first against Neve Yossef.
During the 2003/2004 season he scored 7 goals in the youth team, lead it to the youth championship and won the best player award. His first goal in the first team he scored at 2004/2005 season on a Penalty kick against Hapoel Nazareth Illit, a game which Haifa won 6-0.
Refaelov is considered to be a great prospect and possibly the next Eyal Berkovic or Yossi Benayoun.