Ofir Marciano

Ofir Marciano
Marciano playing for Israel in 2015
Personal information
Full name Ofir Meir Marciano
Date of birth (1989-10-07) 7 October 1989
Place of birth Ashdod, Israel
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Hibernian
Number 1
Youth career
1999–2008 Ashdod
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2017 Ashdod 123 (0)
2015–2016 → Royal Excel Mouscron (loan) 6 (0)
2016–2017 → Hibernian (loan) 21 (0)
2017– Hibernian 34 (0)
National team‡
2014– Israel 11 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:26, 7 October 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 04:26, 7 October 2018 (UTC)

Ofir Meir Marciano (or Martziano, Hebrew: אופיר מרציאנו‎; born 7 October 1989)[1] is an Israeli footballer, who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish Premiership club Hibernian. Marciano has also played for Ashdod and Royal Excel Mouscron, and he has played 11 times for the Israel national team.

Career

Club career

Marciano signed for Ashdod in 2008, and has made over 120 league appearances for the Israeli club. On 7 July 2015, he signed a season-long loan deal with Belgian club Royal Excel Mouscron.[2]

In August 2016, he signed for Scottish club Hibernian on loan for the 2016–17 season,[3] although red tape held up his eligibility to play for the club.[4] Marciano said that he was sold on the move by fellow Israeli Nir Bitton, who plays for Celtic.[5] Following a three-week delay, it was announced on 26 August that Marciano had obtained his work permit after passing an English test.[6] He made his debut for the club on the following day, in a 4–0 win against Greenock Morton.[7] Marciano made 21 league appearances as Hibernian won the 2016–17 Scottish Championship, earning promotion to the Scottish Premiership.[8]

In June 2017, he signed a four-year deal with Hibernian.[9] Marciano was replaced in the team by Ross Laidlaw in September, with Marciano missing one game due to observing Yom Kippur.[10] Marciano regained his place, but in June 2018 he underwent surgery on a finger injury.[11][12] This caused him to miss matches early in the 2018–19 season, which led to Hibs signing Hungarian goalkeeper Adam Bogdan.[11]

International career

He made his international debut on 10 October 2014, as Israel won 2–1 against Cyprus in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying.[13] Marciano was recalled to the Israel squad in November 2016,[14] but had to withdraw after suffering a knee injury in training.[15] He played in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Spain in March 2017, but was at fault for the second goal of a 4–1 defeat.[16]

Personal life

Marciano is married to Israeli model Shelly Marciano (née Regev). They reside in Musselburgh[17] and have a son named Sun.[18]

He was born in Ashdod, Israel, to a Sephardic Jewish family.

Career statistics

Club

As of 04:26, 7 October 2018 (UTC)[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Ashdod 2009–10[20] Israeli Premier League 20———20
2010–11[20] Israeli Premier League 90———90
2011–12[20] Israeli Premier League 350———350
2012–13[20] Israeli Premier League 320—30—350
2013–14[20] Israeli Premier League 28010——290
2014–15[20] Israeli Premier League 3302050—400
Total 13903080—1500
Royal Excel Mouscron 2015–17[20] Pro League 60———60
Hibernian 2016–17[21] Scottish Championship 21050—2[lower-alpha 1]0280
2017–18[22] Scottish Premiership 3401040—390
2018–19[23] Scottish Premiership —————
Total 550604020670
Career total 200090120202230
  1. ↑ Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup

International

Israel national team[24]
YearAppsGoals
201430
201570
201710
Total110

Honours

Hibernian

References

  1. ↑ "Israeli Sports", Jewish Sports Review, Vol. 9, No. 11, Issue 107, p. 21, January/February 2015.
  2. ↑ "New Ligioner: Marciano signed to Mouscron-Péruwelz". One. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Temple, Alan (3 August 2016). "Hibs snap up Israel international goalkeeper Ofir Marciano ahead of Championship curtain-raiser". Deadline News. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  4. ↑ Hardie, David (16 August 2016). "Ross Laidlaw: I won't give up Hibs gloves without a fight". Edinburgh Evening News. Johnston Press. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  5. ↑ Haggerty, Anthony (27 August 2016). "Hibs stopper Ofir Marciano: Celtic star Nir Bitton sold me on a move to Scotland". Daily Record. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  6. ↑ Johnstone, Darren (26 August 2016). "Hibs keeper Ofir Marciano passes English test - but admits he cannot understand his team-mates". Deadline News. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  7. ↑ Mitchell, Paul (27 August 2016). "Hibernian 4-0 Greenock Morton". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  8. 1 2 "Hibernian 3–0 Queen of the South". BBC Sport. BBC. 15 April 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  9. ↑ "MARCIANO JOINS ON PERMANENT DEAL". www.hibernianfc.co.uk.
  10. ↑ Davie, Scott (23 September 2017). "Ross County 0–1 Hibernian". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  11. 1 2 Hardie, David (14 July 2018). "Hibs goalkeeper Ofir Marciano facing another month out of action". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  12. ↑ Hardie, David (15 August 2018). "Ofir Marciano played through pain as Hibs chased Europa spot". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  13. ↑ "Cyprus 1-2 Israel". European Football. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  14. ↑ Pilcher, Ross (7 November 2016). "Hibs' Ofir Marciano to miss Falkirk clash due to Israel call". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  15. ↑ Brown, Anthony (10 November 2016). "Hibs keeper Ofir Marciano sent for MRI scan after knee injury". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  16. ↑ Bell, Arch (24 March 2017). "Spain continue the reconquest". Marca. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  17. ↑ "Supermodel wife of Hibs keeper Ofir Marciano has fallen in love with Edinburgh". Edinburgh Evening News. 4 December 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  18. ↑ Revev Marciano, Shelly (9 June 2017). "MODEL❤️️ SHELLY REGEV MARCIANO on Instagram: "Feeling blessed 👼🏻It's a BOY 💙🙌🏻"". Instagram. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  19. ↑ Ofir Marciano at Soccerbase
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ofir Marciano at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Ofir Marciano in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Ofir Marciano in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  23. ↑ "Games played by Ofir Marciano in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  24. ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Ofir Martziano". www.national-football-teams.com.
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