Yuval Spungin (or Yuval Shpungin, Hebrew: יובל שפונגין; born 3 April 1987) is an Israeli footballer who plays for Hapoel Kfar Shalem. He has played for the Israel national under-17 football team, the Israel national under-18 football team, the Israel national under-19 football team, the Israel national under-21 football team, and the Israel national football team. He won a gold medal with Team Israel in the 2005 Maccabiah Games. He has also played for Maccabi Tel Aviv, AC Omonia, RAEC Mons, Ironi Kiryat Shmona, F.C. Ashdod, and Hapoel Marmorek.
 Spungin with Maccabi Tel Aviv | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yuval Spungin | ||
| Date of birth | 3 April 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Ramat Gan, Israel | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hapoel Kfar Shalem | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2010 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 125 | (2) |
| 2010–2013 | AC Omonia | 72 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | RAEC Mons | 17 | (0) |
| 2014–2018 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 40 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 7 | (0) |
| 2019 | Ashdod | 10 | (0) |
| 2019 | Hapoel Marmorek | 12 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Hapoel Kfar Shalem | 29 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2003–2004 | Israel U-17 | 13 | (0) |
| 2005 | Israel U-18 | 7 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | Israel U-19 | 21 | (1) |
| 2006–2008 | Israel U-21 | 15 | (0) |
| 2007–2014 | Israel | 27 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 June 2015 | |||
Spungin was born in Ramat Gan, Israel. Spungin's family are of Estonian extraction and he holds an Estonian passport.[1]
Club career
editSpungin won a gold medal with Team Israel, alongside Itay Shechter, in the 2005 Maccabiah Games.[2]
In January 2010, Spungin signed a three-year contract with AC Omonia, starting from June 2010.
In July 2013, Spungin signed a two-year contract with R.A.E.C. Mons.
In the summer of 2014, Spungin returned to Israel and signed with Maccabi Tel Aviv. At the beginning of 2014–15 season he played few games before suffering from injuries. On May 17, 2015, he returned to play after 8 months in the championship match against Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C. which Maccabi won 2–1. On May 22, 2018 Maccabi Tel Aviv released Spungin after he finished his contract.
On May 24, 2018, Spungin signed to Israeli Premier League club Ironi Kiryat Shmona.
On 10 July 2019 Spungin signed the Liga Alef club Hapoel Marmorek.[3]
National career
editOn 7 March 2007 he made his debut in the Israel National team in a friendly game against Ukraine.
On 24 March 2007 was his first appearance in an official international game against England.
Career statistics
edit| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Israel | League | Israel State Cup | Toto Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2004–05 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Liga Al | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2005–06 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 1 | ||
| 2006–07 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
| 2007–08 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Cyprus | League | Cypriot Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2010–11 | AC Omonia | 1st Division | 18 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| 2011–12 | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Belgium | League | Belgian Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2013–14 | R.A.E.C. Mons | Belgium | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 0 | ||
| Israel | League | Israel State Cup | Toto Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2014–15 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Liga Al | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 2015–16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 197 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 261 | 3 | ||
Honours
editClub
editReferences
edit- ^ "Football: Israel's heroes". the Guardian. 19 November 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Ynetnews, By (20 July 2005). "Israel captures soccer gold" – via www.ynetnews.com.
- ^ יובל שפונגין חתם בהפועל מרמורק Michael Vaiserman, 10 July 2019 (in Hebrew)
External links
edit- Yuval Spungin at National-Football-Teams.com
- Yuval Spungin at Soccerway