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Omri Afek

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Omri Afek
Personal information
Full name Omri Afek
Date of birth (1979-03-31) March 31, 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Kiryat Ono, Israel
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder / Defender
Youth career
Hapoel Kiryat Ono
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2003 Hapoel Tel Aviv 84 (14)
1998–1999Maccabi Jaffa (loan) 17 (3)
2003–2005 Racing Santander 25 (2)
2004–2005Salamanca (loan) 23 (0)
2005–2007 Beitar Jerusalem 27 (5)
2007–2009 Maccabi Haifa 35 (3)
2009–2011 Bnei Yehuda 31 (1)
International career
2000 Israel U21 4 (0)
2002–2006 Israel 27 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Omri Afek (Hebrew: עמרי אפק; born 31 March 1979) is a retired Israeli footballer who last played for Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv.

Afek was mainly a midfielder that also operated as a defender.

Early life

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Afek was born in Kiryat Ono, Israel, to a Jewish family.

Football career

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During his professional career, Afek played for Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Jaffa (loan), Beitar Jerusalem, Maccabi Haifa and Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv.

He also had a two-year abroad spell at Racing de Santander; in 2003–04 La Liga, he signed alongside compatriot Dudu Aouate, both rejoining Yossi Benayoun - the club also sold that very summer a fourth Israeli, Ilan Bakhar. In his second year, Afek was loaned to Segunda División outfit UD Salamanca.

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