Ofek Biton
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 September 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Lod, Israel | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Polissa | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2011 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||
| 2011–2012 | Sektzia Ness Ziona | ||
| 2012–2014 | Bnei Yehuda | ||
| 2014–2019 | Sektzia Ness Ziona | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2021 | Sektzia Ness Ziona | 38 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 21 | (3) |
| 2022–2025 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 79 | (12) |
| 2025– | Polissa | 5 | (0) |
| 2025– | → Polissa-2 (loan) | 1 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2025 | |||
Ofek Biton (Hebrew: אופק ביטון; born 27 September 1999) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Polissa.
Early life
[edit]Biton was born on 27 September 1999 in Lod, Israel. The son of Shlomi Biton, he is the grandson of Shalom and Tamar Biton and has a younger sister. Growing up, he was a supporter of Israeli side Hapoel Tel Aviv. At the age of five, he started playing football.[1]
Career
[edit]Biton started his career with Israeli side Sektzia Ness Ziona in 2018, where he made thirty-eight league appearances and scored one goal. In 2021, he signed for Israeli side Hapoel Tel Aviv, where he made twenty-one league appearances and scored three goals.[2]
One year later, he signed for Israeli side Hapoel Jerusalem, where he made seventy-nine league appearances and scored twelve goals. Israeli news website One wrote in 2025 that he "became one of the club's most senior players and certainly one of their favorites, scoring double-digit goals and most importantly taking on the leadership of the team" while playing for the club.[3] Following his stint there, he signed for Ukrainian side Polissa in 2025.
References
[edit]- ^ "נולד מחדש: סיפורו יוצא הדופן של שחקן הפועל ירושלים, אופק ביטון" [Born Again: The Extraordinary Story of Hapoel Jerusalem Player Ofek Biton] (in Hebrew). mynet. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
- ^ Ofek Biton at WorldFootball.net
- ^ ""כשלאהאמינו בי, אני ידעתי לאן אוכל להגיע"" ["When they didn't believe in me, I knew where I could go"] (in Hebrew). One. 25 January 2025. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
External links
[edit]- 1999 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Lod
- Israeli men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- FC Polissya Zhytomyr players
- Hapoel Jerusalem F.C. players
- Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players
- Sektzia Ness Ziona F.C. players
- Israeli Premier League players
- Liga Leumit players
- Ukrainian Premier League players
- Israeli expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine
- Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine