Omri Altman

Omri Altman (Hebrew: עומרי אלטמן; born 23 March 1994) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Israeli side Hapoel Tel Aviv.

Omri Altman
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-03-23) 23 March 1994
Place of birth Ramat Gan, Israel
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Hapoel Tel Aviv
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)
2019–2021 Hapoel Tel Aviv 62 (18)
2021–2022 Arouca 5 (0)
2022–2023 AEK Larnaca 36 (10)
2023– Hapoel Tel Aviv 0 (0)
International career‡
2010 Israel U16 2 (0)
2010–2011 Israel U17 13 (2)
2011 Israel U18 2 (0)
2011–2012 Israel U19 16 (1)
2013–2016 Israel U21 18 (8)
2022– Israel 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:01, 15 January 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2022

Early and personal life

Altman was born in Ramat Gan, Israel, to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish (Hungarian-Jewish) descent.

He also holds a Hungarian passport.[1]

Club career

Early career at Maccabi Tel Aviv and Fulham

Altman joined the youth squad of Maccabi Tel Aviv at the age of 11. His good performances attracted interest from Premier League clubs[2] and earned him a move to Fulham in 2011.[3]

On 27 June 2013, Altman was loaned back to Maccabi Tel Aviv.[4] 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.[5]

On 19 June 2015, he signed with Hapoel Tel Aviv for five 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.[6] On 17 September 2017, he scored with a header the only goal in a 1–0 home win against Apollon Smyrni.[7] 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, Altman suffered cruciate ligament injury during the Panathinaikos' away derby clash against Olympiacos which resulted in him missing the remainder of 2017-18 season.[8] His return was initially penciled in for September or October 2018, but it got delayed as he returned to his native Israel for further treatment. 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 which Altman chested the ball down superbly before firing a powerful shot beyond Nikos Papadopoulos from the edge of the penalty area, sealing a 1–0 home win game against Asteras Tripoli.[9]

Return to Hapoel

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

Arouca

In September 2021, Altman joined Portuguese club Arouca.[11]

AEK Larnaca

In January 2022, Altman signed with Cypriot club AEK Larnaca for 2.5 years.[12]

Hapoel Tel Aviv

On 14 June 2023 returned to Hapoel Tel Aviv and signed for 3 years.[13]

International career

Altman made his debut for the Israel national football team on 27 September 2022 in a friendly game against Malta.[14]

Honours

Club

Maccabi Tel Aviv

See also

References
  1. "Izreali középpályást figyelhet a magyar válogatott szövetségi kapitánya". Budapest: origo.hu. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  2. Benson, Ryan (8 March 2011). "Maccabi Tel Aviv claim they have agreed a deal to sell teenager Omri Altman to Fulham". Goal.com. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  3. "Omri Excited". Fulham FC. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  4. "MTA negotiating loan deal for Omri Altman". Maccabi Tel Aviv. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  5. "Maccabi Tel Aviv vs Ironi Ramat Hasharon". Maccabi Tel Aviv. Archived from the original on 23 November 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  6. "Πλήρωσε τη ρήτρα για Άλτμαν ο Παναθηναϊκός". www.sport24.gr. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  7. "Κρατάει μόνο τη πρώτη νίκη, 1-0 ο Παναθηναϊκός τον Απόλλωνα Σμύρνης". www.sport24.gr. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  8. "Σοκ με Άλτμαν στον Παναθηναϊκό!". www.sport-fm.gr. Retrieved 4 March 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.
  11. "ליגיונר חדש: אלטמן חתם בארוקה הפורטוגלית" [A new legioner: Altman signed with Portuguese Arouca]. One (in Hebrew). 26 September 2021.
  12. "המעבר הושלם: עומרי אלטמן חתם לשנתיים וחצי בא.א.ק. לרנקה" [The transfer is complete: Omri Altman signed for 2 and a half years with AEK Larnaca]. Walla! Sport (in Hebrew). 30 January 2022.
  13. Calfi, Itzik (14 June 2023). "רשמית: עומרי אלטמן חתם ל-3 שנים בהפועל ת"א" (in Hebrew). ONE. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  14. "Malta v Israel game report". ESPN. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
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