Orel Dgani
 Dgani playing for Maccabi Haifa in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 January 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Pardes Hanna-Karkur, Israel | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Center-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hapoel Petah Tikva | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Maccabi Netanya | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2011 | Maccabi Netanya | 74 | (3) |
| 2011–2016 | Maccabi Haifa | 85 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | → Hapoel Tel Aviv (loan) | 32 | (1) |
| 2016–2020 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 112 | (4) |
| 2020–2024 | Beitar Jerusalem | 91 | (1) |
| 2024–2025 | Hapoel Haifa | 23 | (0) |
| 2025– | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 28 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008–2011 | Israel U21 | 7 | (0) |
| 2010–2022 | Israel | 21 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 June 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 March 2022 | |||
Orel Dgani (Hebrew: אוראל דגני; born 8 January 1989) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a center-back for Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Petah Tikva and the Israel national team.
Early life
[edit]Dgani was born in Pardes Hanna-Karkur, Israel, to a Moroccan-Jewish family.
Career
[edit]Dgani is a protégé of Maccabi Netanya youth ranks and in 2008 he became a permanent player in the senior team. In 2010, he was appointed as the captain of the team.
On 31 August 2011 he signed a four-year contract with Maccabi Haifa for a fee of $1m.[1]
In the 2013–14 season he was on loan at Hapoel Tel Aviv.
On 4 August 2020 he signed a three years contract at Beitar Jerusalem.
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]Maccabi Haifa
- Israel State Cup (1): 2015–16
Club career statistics
[edit]- (correct as of 1 June 2023)[2]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Toto Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Maccabi Netanya | 2008–09 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| 2009–10 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 1 | |
| 2010–11 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2 | |
| 2011–12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| Maccabi Haifa | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2013–14 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 2014–15 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| 2015–16 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2016–17 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 2017–18 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 3 | |
| 2018–19 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 2020–21 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 2021–22 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | |
| Career | 376 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 52 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 465 | 11 | |
References
[edit]External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Orel Dgani.
- Orel Dgani – Israel Football Association league player details (archive)
- Orel Dgani – Israel Football Association national team player details (archive)
- Orel Dgani – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Orel Dgani at WorldFootball.net
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Categories:
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Israeli Mizrahi Jews
- Israeli men's footballers
- Footballers from Pardes Hanna-Karkur
- Maccabi Netanya F.C. players
- Maccabi Haifa F.C. players
- Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players
- Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players
- Hapoel Haifa F.C. players
- Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. players
- Israeli Premier League players
- Liga Leumit players
- Israel men's international footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- 21st-century Israeli sportsmen