Omri Altman

Omri Altman (Hebrew: עומרי אלטמן‎; born March 23, 1994) is an Israeli footballer, but he has also Hungarian citizenship[1] who plays as a midfielder for Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Tel Aviv.

Omri Altman
Personal information
Full name Omri Altman
Date of birth (1994-03-23) March 23, 1994
Place of birth Ramat Gan, Israel
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Hapoel Tel Aviv
Number 7
Youth career
2005–2011 Maccabi Tel Aviv
2011–2013 Fulham
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Maccabi Tel Aviv 11 (0)
2014–2015 → Hapoel Petah Tikva (loan) 29 (4)
2015–2017 Hapoel Tel Aviv 54 (8)
2017–2019 Panathinaikos 30 (4)
2019– Hapoel Tel Aviv 32 (9)
National team
2010 Israel U16 2 (0)
2010–2011 Israel U17 13 (2)
2011 Israel U18 2 (0)
2011–2012 Israel U19 16 (1)
2013–2017 Israel U21 18 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:58, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Altman joined the youth squad of Maccabi Tel Aviv at the age of 11 and ever since showed remarkable performances for the team. In result for his good performances with the club, at the age of 17, he was signed by Fulham on a youth loan. After 24 appearances with the reserves team he signed a two-year professional contract with the club.[2]

On 27 June 2013, Altman was loaned back to Maccabi Tel Aviv.[3] On 17 July 2013, Altman made his first ever official appearance with the senior team of Maccabi in an important match against Győri ETO FC in the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds. On 20 October 2013, he made his league debut in a 1-0 victory against Ironi Ramat Hasharon.[4]

On 19 June 2015 signed with Hapoel Tel Aviv for 5 years.

Panathinaikos

On 28 June 2017 Altman signed a three-year contract with Panathinaikos from Hapoel Tel Aviv for a transfer fee of approximately €150,000.[5] On 17 September 2017, he scored with a header the only goal in a 1-0 home win against Apollon Smyrni.[6] The Israeli youth international was brought to the club as a virtual unknown from Hapoel Tel Aviv for a fee in the region of €150,000. This highlights the severe financial constraints impacting Marinos Ouzounidis. The attacking midfielder, however, has done relatively well barring an injury that kept him out for some time. His two goals in the first half of the season came in a home win against Apollon Smyrni and in a draw away against Xanthi.

On 4 March 2018, Panathinaikos' Israeli attacking midfielder, Omri Altman, suffered cruciate ligament injury during away derby clash against Olympiacos and will miss the last six championship matches of the Greens and therefore the remainder of 2017-18 season.[7] His return was initially pencilled in for September or October 2018, but it got delayed as he returned to his native Israel for further treatment. There had now been a new delay as Panathinaikos coach Giorgos Donis wants the midfielder to undergo a slow recovery process to ensure he is 100% fit before even being considered for the first team. The new return date is estimated to be January 2019, with heavier training commencing in December, that would make it 10 months on the sidelines for the 24 year old.[8] On 21 January 2019, after a very difficult period for the midfielder marred by injury (313 days to be exact) he returned to the squad in a 1-0 away loss against Lamia. On 16 February 2019, a month after his return he scored after a great pass from captain Dimitris Kourbelis and the Isralian chested the ball down superbly before firing a powerful shot beyond Nikos Papadopoulos from the edge of the penalty area, sealing a vital 1-0 home win game against Asteras Tripoli.[9]

Return to Hapoel

On 14 July 2019 Altman returned to Hapoel Tel Aviv.[10]

References
  1. "Izreali középpályást figyelhet a magyar válogatott szövetségi kapitánya". Budapest: origo.hu. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  2. "Fulham set to sign Israeli kid Altman after midfielder's trials with Liverpool and Arsenal". London: Daily Mail. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  3. "MTA negotiating loan deal for Omri Altman". Maccabi Tel Aviv. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  4. "Maccabi Tel Aviv vs Ironi Ramat Hasharon". Maccabi Tel Aviv. Archived from the original on 23 November 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  5. "Πλήρωσε τη ρήτρα για Άλτμαν ο Παναθηναϊκός". www.sport24.gr. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  6. "Κρατάει μόνο τη πρώτη νίκη, 1-0 ο Παναθηναϊκός τον Απόλλωνα Σμύρνης". www.sport24.gr. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  7. "Σοκ με Άλτμαν στον Παναθηναϊκό!". www.sport-fm.gr. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  8. "Παναθηναϊκός: Σοκ με Αλτμαν, επιστρέφει τον Γενάρη του 2019!". www.sdna.gr. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  9. "Παναθηναϊκός - Αστέρας 1-0: Ο Άλτμαν ξεκλείδωσε την άμυνα των Αρκάδων". www.sport24.gr. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  10. Rahmani, Maor (14 July 2019). "שמית: עומרי אלטמן חתם בהפועל תל אביב" (in Hebrew). Retrieved 14 July 2019.

Honours

Club
Maccabi Tel Aviv
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