Ronny Gafney

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Ronny Gafney

Personal information
Date of birth	(1980-03-11) March 11, 1980 (age 32)
Place of birth	United States
Playing position	Left Back
Club information
Current club	Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.
Number	18
Youth career
1997–1998	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1998–2000	Maccabi Tel Aviv	13	(0)
2000–2001	Hapoel Petah Tikva	10	(0)
2001–2006	Bnei Yehuda	145	(4)
2006-2007	Beitar Jerusalem	19	(0)
2007-2009	Maccabi Haifa	4	(0)
2009-	Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.	33	(0)
National team‡
2006-present	Israel	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 May 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 01:18, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Ronny Gafney (Hebrew: רוני גפני‎; born March 11, 1980) is an American-Israeli footballer who plays for Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Though born in the United States, his family moved back to Israel in 1988 where he started to play organized football. His developmental years were spent at Maccabi Tel Aviv, where he made his professional debut during the 1998–99 season in a match against Hapoel Tzafririm Holon. Though he could not break the first team on a regular basis as Dedi Ben Dayan was just coming into his own, so Gafni headed to Hapoel Petah Tikva where he languished on the bench. His move to Bnei Yehuda gave him playing time, and he even scored a game winning goal in the 2002–03 season against his future club Beitar Jerusalem. Eventually he was recognized as being one of the best left backs in all of Israel at that time. He was rewarded with an appearance at the end of the Avraham Grant send off game versus Denmark.

Honours

• Israeli Premier League (2):
  • 2006-07
  • 2008-09

External links

• Stats at Bnei Yehuda's official website
• Ronny Gafney at National-Football-Teams.com