Yahav Gurfinkel

Yahav Gurfinkel
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-06-27) 27 June 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Amikam, Israel
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Chengdu Rongcheng
Youth career
Maccabi Haifa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2021 Maccabi Haifa 3 (0)
2017–2018 → Hapoel Nazareth Illit (loan) 36 (4)
2018–2020 → Hapoel Hadera (loan) 50 (0)
2020–2021 → Hapoel Haifa (loan) 30 (0)
2021–2022 IFK Norrköping 6 (0)
2022–2024 Hapoel Tel Aviv 46 (0)
2024– Chengdu Rongcheng 30 (0)
International career‡
2014 Israel U16 2 (0)
2015 Israel U17 4 (0)
2015–2016 Israel U18 4 (0)
2016–2017 Israel U19 10 (0)
2018–2020 Israel U21 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 February 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 July 2021

Yahav Gurfinkel (Hebrew: יהב גורפינקל; born 27 June 1998) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a defender for Chinese Super League club Chengdu Rongcheng.

Early life

Gurfinkel was born in moshav Amikam, Israel, to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent.

Club career

He made his Israeli Premier League debut for Maccabi Haifa on 21 January 2017 in a game against Ironi Kiryat Shmona.[1]

On 31 May 2022, Gurfinkel's contract with IFK Norrköping was terminated by mutual consent.[2]

On 1 February 2024, Hapoel Tel Aviv announced that Gurfinkel would be transferring to Chinese Super League club Chengdu Rongcheng.[3]

Career statistics

As of match played 2 November 2024[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Maccabi Haifa 2016–17 Israeli Premier League 3 0 0 0 2 0 — — 5 0
2019–20 0 0 — 1 0 — — 1 0
2020–21 0 0 — 2 0 — — 2 0
Total 3 0 — 5 0 — — 8 0
Hapoel Haifa (loan) 2017–18 Liga Leumit 36 4 1 0 — — — 37 4
Hapoel Hadera (loan) 2018–19 Israeli Premier League 22 0 4 0 0 0 — — 26 0
2019–20 28 0 1 0 0 0 — — 29 0
Total 50 0 5 0 0 0 — — 55 0
Hapoel Haifa (loan) 2020–21 Israeli Premier League 30 0 2 0 — — — 32 0
IFK Norrköping 2021 Allsvenskan 6 0 2 0 — — — 8 0
Hapoel Tel Aviv 2022–23 Israeli Premier League 29 0 1 0 3 0 — — 33 0
2023–24 17 0 0 0 5 0 — — 22 0
Total 46 0 1 0 8 0 — — 55 0
Chengdu Rongcheng 2024 Chinese Super League 30 1 1 0 — — — 31 1
Career total 201 5 12 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 226 5

References

  1. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 21 January 2017.
  2. ^ "YAHAV GURFINKEL OCH IFK NORRKÖPING GÅR SKILDA VÄGAR" (in Swedish). IFK Norrköping. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  3. ^ "יהב גורפיקנל נמכר לשאנגדו רונגצ׳נג הסינית" (in Hebrew). htafc.co.il. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  4. ^ Yahav Gurfinkel at Soccerway


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