Rami Gershon


Rami Gershon is an Israeli former footballer who played as a centre-back or as a left-back for Maccabi Haifa and the Israel national team.

Early life

Gershon was born in Rishon LeZion, Israel, to a family of Greek-Jewish and Iraqi-Jewish descent.

Club career

Gershon began his career with Hapoel Rishon Lezion and joined on 6 July 2009 on trial to Standard Liège of the Jupiler League. After finishing the trial Liege loaned Gershon for one season with an option to buy him at the end which they eventually did at the summer of 2010 and immediately loaned him to K.V. 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 [Caledonian Thistle F.C.|Inverness CT] in the Scottish Premier League, managing to score and put Celtic into a 1–2 lead, the match ended 1–3.

K.A.A. Gent

In 2014, the Belgian team Gent transferred Gershon to Belgium. He was quite quickly one of the players in the basic team, and he was a mainstay in the 2015-Championship-team and a year later in the Champions League-campaign.

International career

Gershon has won 10 caps for the Israel U21 and 21 caps for Israel. On 12 October 2010 Gershon made his debut for Israel in the 1–2 loss to Greece, in a UEFA [Euro 2012 qualifying Group F|Euro 2012 Qualifier]. On 11 October 2011, Gershon scored his first goal for the national team in Israel's 2–0 away win over Malta, also in the Euro 2012 qualifiers. On 22 March 2013, Gershon scored against Portugal in Ramat Gan Stadium in the 3–3 draw.

Personal life

In 2014, Gershon started dating Israeli model Neta Alchimister. They became engaged in 2018. They were married June, 2019. Their first son was born on 16 November 2023.

Career statistics

International

GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
111 October 2011Ta'Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali2–02–0UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
222 March 2013Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan3–13–32014 [FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification]

Honours

Celtic
Gent
Maccabi Haifa