Samuel Lavan

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Samuel Lavan
שמואל לבן
Personal information
Full name Samuel Haim Lavan
שמואל חיים לבן
Date of birth January 21, 1982 (1982-01-21) (age 26)
Place of birth    Flag of Israel Jerusalem, Israel
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Flag of Belgium K. Berchem Sport
Youth clubs
1995-1997
1997–1999		 Beerschot
Lierse S.K.
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1999–2001
2001-2002
2002–2005
2005
2005-2007
2007-present		 Eendrach Aalst
Beitar Jerusalem
K.M.S.K. Deinze
K.S.V. Roeselare
Royal Antwerp
K. Berchem Sport		 0- (-)
08 (0)
0- (-)
0- (-)
21 (1)
0- (-)   
National team2
1998-1999
2003		 Israel U16
Israel U21		 8 (1)
1 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 19:48, 29 December 2007 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 19:48, 29 December 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Samuel "Shmulik" Lavan (Hebrew: שמואל "שמוליק" לבן‎, born January 21, 1982) is an Israeli footballer at Royal Antwerp F.C. in Belgium.

Samuel Lavan was born in Israel, but left for Belgium when he was fourteen years old. He began playing youth football at Lierse S.K. and soon after moved to the K.S.C. Eendracht Aalst youth team where he reached the quarter-finals of the European youth championship.

After a successful time in Aalst he returned to Lierse S.K. but this time he played for the first team after which he was signed by Beitar Jerusalem F.C. for the 2001-2002 season.

After only one season in Israel he signed with K.M.S.K. Deinze from the second division in Belgium, after three years in K.M.S.K Deinze he was signed by Royal Antwerp F.C. in June of 2005. Lavan also holds a Belgian passport.

His name recently has been added to the short list of Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.. Manager Itzhak Shum would like to sign Lavan as a backup defender. [1]

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