| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yoav Pini Gerafi | ||
| Date of birth | (1993-08-29) 29 August 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Tel Mond, Israel | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)1 | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2014 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 5 | (0) |
| 2014–2023 | F.C. Ashdod | 180 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Hapoel Ra'anana (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Hapoel Tel Aviv (loan) | 22 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Hapoel Haifa | 60 | (0) |
| 2025– | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1 | (0) |
| 2026– | → Hapoel Haifa F.C (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022– | Israel | 4 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 June 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 September 2024 | |||
Yoav Pini Gerafi (sometimes Jarafi or Jerafi,23 Hebrew: יואב פיני ג'ראפי; born 29 August 1993) is an Israeli footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Tel Aviv and the Israel national team.
Early life
Gerafi was born in Tel Mond, Israel, to a family of Mizrahi Jewish (Yemenite-Jewish) descent.
Club career
Gerafi made his professional debut for Hapoel Ra'anana in the Israeli Premier League on 14 February 2015, coming on as a substitute in the 14th minute for Shoval Gozlan after starting goalkeeper Daniel Lifshitz was sent off in the 11th minute. The match finished as a 2–1 win for Hapoel Ra'anana.4
On 11 June 2023 signed for two seasons in Hapoel Haifa.5
International career
In March 2019, Gerafi was first called up to the senior Israel national team ahead of the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Slovenia and Austria.6 He made his debut on 27 September 2022 in a friendly game against Malta.7
References
References
- "Yoav Gerafi".
- "Yoav Jarafi - - European Qualifiers".
- "Yoav Pini Jerafi - Goalkeeper of Ironi Ashdod".
- "Hapoel Ra'anana vs. Maccabi Netanya - 14 February 2015". Soccerway. Perform Group. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- Ben Dor, Doron (11 June 2023). "עולה לכרמל: גראפי חתם לשנתיים בהפועל חיפה" (in Hebrew). ONE. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- Sidi, Moshe (12 March 2019). "יואב ג'ראפי זומן לסגל נבחרת ישראל" [Yoav Gerafi was invited to the Israeli national team]. ashdodonline.co.il (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- "Malta v Israel game report". ESPN. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.