Ronny Gafney

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Ronny Gafney
Personal information
Date of birth	March 11, 1980 (1980-03-11) (age 28)
Place of birth	, U.S.
Playing position	Left Back
Club information
Current club	Maccabi Haifa
Number	24
Youth clubs
1997–1998	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998–2000 2000–2001 2001–2006 2006-2007 2007-present	Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Petah Tikva Bnei Yehuda Beitar Jerusalem Maccabi Haifa	? (?) 10 (0) ? (?) 19 (0) 0 (0)
National team2
2006-present	Israel	1 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:32, 18 June 2007 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 01:18, 18 June 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Ronny Gafney (Hebrew: רוני גפני‎; born March 11, 1980) is an American-Israeli footballer who plays for Maccabi Haifa. He is a new addition at Kiryat Eliezer. Last season he joined Beitar Jerusalem from Bnei Yehuda where he served as captain and led the team to the Israel State Cup final.

Though born in the United States, his family moved back to Israel in 1988 where he started to play organized football. His developmental years were spent at Maccabi Tel Aviv, where he made his professional debut during the 1998–99 season in a match against Hapoel Tzafririm Holon. Though he couldn't break the first team on a regular basis as Dedi Ben Dayan was just coming into his own, so Gafni headed to Hapoel Petah Tikva where he languished on the bench. His move to Bnei Yehuda gave him playing time, and he even scored a game winning goal in the 2002–03 season against his future club Beitar Jerusalem. Eventually he was recognized as being one of the best left backs in all of Israel at that time. He was rewarded with an appearance at the end of the Avraham Grant send off game versus Denmark.

Gafney signed for Beitar Jerusalem during the close season under the condition that he would be the preferred left back.

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