Gal Mesika

Gal Mesika
Personal information
Full name Gal Mesika
Date of birth (1988-06-29) June 29, 1988
Place of birth Herzliya, Israel
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
Maccabi Herzliya[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Maccabi Herzliya 4 (0)
2007–2008 Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan (loan) 1 (0)
2009–2010 Maccabi Kafr Kanna 25 (0)
2010 Hapoel Kfar Shalem 1 (0)
2010–2011 Shimshon Bnei Tayibe 10 (0)
2011–2012 Hapoel Bnei Lod 22 (0)
2012–2013 Hapoel Ra'anana 2 (0)
2014 Amishav Petah Tikva 15 (1)
2014–2015 F.C. Kafr Qasim 16 (0)
2015 Maccabi Netanya 0 (0)
Total 96 (1)
National team
2006 Israel U-18 2 (0)
2006–2007 Israel U-19[2] 15 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
Gal Mesika
Born: 29 June 1988
Herzliya, Israel
Career information
Position(s) Placekicker
Height 5 ft 11.3 in (181 cm)
Weight 165 lb (75 kg)

Gal Mesika (born June 29, 1988) is an Israeli American football and association football player. He was born in Herzliya, Israel. In association football he is a goalkeeper and has previously played with Hapoel Ra'anana from 2013-2014 and began playing for Maccabi Netanya in 2015. He was the also previously the starting goalkeeper for the Israel national under-19 football team.[3]

In 2015, Mesika made the transition into playing American football, and joined the Israel national American football team as a placekicker.[4] After seeing Mesika play Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots stated he expected to soon see an Israeli play in the NFL.[5] In February 2016 Mesika was invited to be the first ever Israeli to try out for the NFL.[6]

Personal life

His father was also a footballer who played for Maccabi Herzliya and also served as the CEO of the club from 1996 to 2009.[7]

References

  1. ↑ http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/PlayerDetails.aspx?PLAYER_ID=6329&SEASON_ID=16
  2. ↑ http://football.org.il/NationalTeam/Pages/NationalTeamPlayerDetails.aspx?PLAYER_ID=6329&NATIONAL_TEAM_ID=149
  3. ↑ "Israeli soccer player earns tryout with NFL". Retrieved 2018-05-10.
  4. ↑ "Israeli soccer player trying out for the NFL". The Canadian Jewish News. 2016-02-17. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
  5. ↑ "Israeli soccer-turned-football star Mesika headed to US tryout". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
  6. ↑ Terry, Erica (2016-02-17). "Israeli Soccer Player Gal Mesika to Try Out with NFL". Jspace News. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
  7. ↑ "שמעון מסיקה סיים את תפקידו במכבי הרצליה". שמעון מסיקה סיים את תפקידו במכבי הרצליה (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2017-11-17.
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