Denny Gropper

Denny Gropper (or Danny Gruper,[1] Hebrew: דני גרופר; born 16 March 1999) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a left-Back or as a midfielder for Bulgarian club Ludogorets Razgrad and for the Israel national football team.

Denny Gropper
Personal information
Full name Denny Gropper
Date of birth (1999-03-16) 16 March 1999
Place of birth Haifa, Israel
Position(s) Left-Back, midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Ludogorets Razgrad
Number 14
Youth career
2010–2015 Maccabi Haifa
2015–2017 Hapoel Haifa
2017–2018 Ironi Nesher
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Hapoel Afula 30 (4)
2019–2022 Hapoel Tel Aviv 56 (2)
2022– Ludogorets Razgrad 19 (0)
International career‡
2019–2020 Israel U21 4 (0)
2022– Israel 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 April 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2021

Early life

Gruper was born in Haifa, Israel, to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. His uncle is Israeli former international footballer Ronny Rosenthal.[2]

Club career

Gropper joined the Maccabi Haifa youth department as a child. In 2015 he moved to the youth departments of Hapoel Haifa and Ironi Nesher. In 2018 he first appeared in a senior team when he signed for one season at Hapoel Afula, where he impressed with a breakout season when he scored 4 goals in 30 league games in the National League.[3] In May 2019 he signed for three seasons at the Israeli Hapoel Tel Aviv club.[4] In March 2022 Gropper signed a contract with Bulgarian champions Ludogorets Razgrad.[5]

Honours

Ludogorets Razgrad

See also

References
  1. "Israel – D. Gruper – Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway.
  2. "16 שחקנים עשו הכל כדי שצמרת הכדורגל הישראלי תבחין בהם. העונה הם הצליחו". הארץ.
  3. "דני גרופר" (in Hebrew). 26 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  4. Zenziper, Nadav (26 May 2019). "דני גרופר חתם בהפועל תל אביב". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  5. "Лудогорец подписа с още двама чужденци" (in Bulgarian). zemia-news.bg. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
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