Rami Gershon

Rami Gershon
רמי גרשון
Personal information
Full nameRami Gershon
Date of birth12 August 1988
Place of birthRishon LeZion, Israel
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 12 in)
Playing positionCentre back / Left back
Club information
Current team
Gent
Number55
Youth career
2006–2008Hapoel Rishon Lezion
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2010Hapoel Rishon Lezion36(0)
2009–2010Standard Liège (loan)2(0)
2010–2013Standard Liège9(0)
2010–2012Kortrijk (loan)43(1)
2013Celtic (loan)3(1)
2013– 2014Waasland-Beveren18(1)
2014–Gent26(1)
National team
2008–2010Israel U2110(0)
2010–Israel19(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 May 2013.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 November 2014

Rami Gershon (Hebrew: רמי גרשון; born 12 August 1988 in Rishon LeZion, Israel) is an Israeli footballer who currently plays as a centre back or left back for Jupiler League club Gent.

Career

Gershon began his career with Hapoel Rishon Lezion and joined on 6 July 2009 on trial to Standard Liège of the Jupiler League,[1] formerly was on trial with Germinal Beerschot Antwerpen.[2] After successfully finishing the trial Liege loaned Gershon for 1 season with an option to buy him at the end which they eventually did at the summer of 2010 and immediately loaned him to Kortrijk for one season.

Celtic

On 9 January 2013, Celtic's Chief Executive, Peter Lawwell announced that Gershon had signed a loan deal until the end of the season. On 9 February 2013, Gershon made his Celtic début away to Inverness CT in the Scottish Premier League, managing to score and put Celtic into a 1-2 lead, the match ended 1-3.[3]

International career

Gershon has won 10 caps for the Israel U21 and 12 caps for Israel .[4] In October 12, 2010 Gershon made his debut for Israel in the 1-2 loss to Greece, in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group F. Gershon scored his first goal for the national team in Israel's 2-0 away win over Malta, also in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group F.[5]

Honours

Celtic

References