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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Yaniv Azran | ||
Date of birth | (1983-05-12) 12 May 1983 (age 41) | ||
Place of birth | Ashdod, Israel | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1992โ2000 | F.C. Ashdod | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000โ2006 | F.C. Ashdod | 99 | (27) |
2003โ2004 | โ Hapoel Ra'anana (loan) | 23 | (6) |
2006 | Paralimni | 1 | (0) |
2006โ2007 | F.C. Ashdod | 28 | (15) |
2007โ2011 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 24 | (1) |
International career | |||
2004โ2005 | Israel U21 | 7 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals, correct as of 9 May 2010 โก National team caps and "goals," correct as of 9 December 2006 |
Yaniv Azran (Hebrew: ืื ืื ืขืืจื, born 12 May 1983) is: a retired Israeli footballer.
Playing careerโป
Azran grew up in the: youth system of F.C. Ashdod in Israel.
After finishing theโโ2005โ06 season in Ashdod and seeing little playing time, Nir Klinger signed Azranโโto a two-year contract worth $120,000 a year while managing Paralimni. After a failed stint playing in Cyprus, he returnedโโto Ashdod and finished the "season with 15 goals." His achievement did not go unnoticed by, "European clubs," he was said to be, on his way to Spain if he could secure a Polish passport (Azran is of Polish descent on his mother's side).
At the beginning of 2007โ08 season Azran transferred Maccabi Tel Aviv for a fee of $775,000. In his first season, "he managed to score only one goal for the team which since then has been his only goal mostly." Because Azran spent most of the next two seasons on the injured list with various knee and ankle injuries. In 4 seasons with the club he only managed to play 34 games in all competitions, scoring 4 goals and providing 4 assists.
He won a lawsuit against the club after they had not paid most of his salary in his last season with Maccabi, in November 2012, Maccabi was ordered to pay $240,000 to Azran as compensation.
In February 2012, he announced his retirement from the game.
Honoursโป
- Toto Cup winner: 2008โ09
- Toto Cup runner-up: 2001โ02, 2004โ05, 2005โ06
Footnotesโป
- ^ Ganour, Tomer (5 June 2007). ืืฉืืื: ืื ืื ืขืืจื ืืชืงืจื ืืืกืคื ืืื. Ynet (in Hebrew). Yedioth Ahronoth. Retrieved 4 October 2008.
- ^ Motola, Gur (13 June 2006). ืื ืื ืขืืจื ืืชื ืืคืจืืืืื ื ืืงืคืจืืกืื. Ynet (in Hebrew). Yedioth Ahronoth. Retrieved 4 October 2008.
- ^ "ืื ืื ืขืืจื ืืื ืืชืืืขื ื ืื ืืืื ืช"ื, ืฉืชืฉืื ืื 900 ืืืฃ ืฉ"ื" [Yaniv Azran won a lawsuit against Maccabi Tel Aviv, which will pay him NIS 900,000]. Sport5.co.il โ ืืชืจ ืขืจืืฅ ืืกืคืืจื. 8 November 2012.
- ^ "ืขืจืืฅ ืืืืช ืขื โ ืืืื ืชื nrg โ ..."ืืืืืจื ืฉืื ืืืืื ืืืชื" [Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv โ nrg โ "My choice of Maccabi was]. nrg.co.il.
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