Amit Bitton
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | citation needed] | 24 July 1996 [||
Place of birth | Be'er Sheva, Israel | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back[citation needed] | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Bnei Yehuda | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2016 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2021 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 19 | (0) |
2017 | → Hapoel Tel Aviv | 13 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → Hapoel Acre | 14 | (2) |
2018–2019 | → Ashdod | 18 | (2) |
2019 | → Bnei Yehuda | 11 | (0) |
2022 | Beroe | 1 | (0) |
2022– | Bnei Yehuda | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2017–2018 | Israel U21 | 14 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 May 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 04:23, 20 July 2020 (UTC) |
Amit Bitton (or Biton,[1] Hebrew: עמית ביטון; born 24 July 1996) is an Israeli footballer who plays as a centre back for Israeli National League club Bnei Yehuda.[2]
Early life
Bitton was born in Be'er Sheva, Israel,[1] to a family of Sephardic Jewish (Moroccan-Jewish) descent. He is the son of former Israeli footballer and manager Shimon Bitton.
He also holds a Portuguese passport, which eased his move to certain European football leagues.[3]
Club career
Bitton grew up in the youth division of Hapoel Be'er Sheva. On 2 March 2016, the 2015–16 season, Bitton made his debut in the Hapoel Be'er Sheva alumni team in a 2–0 victory over Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla in the State Cup.
In the 2016–17 season, Bitton was finally promoted to the senior team. In 30 July Bitton made his debut in the Toto Cup in a 5–0 win over Hapoel Ashkelon. Bitton managed to win 7 games in the Toto Cup and win the title after a 4–1 win over Ironi Kiryat Shmona. In the winter transfer window was borrowed from Bitton Hapoel Tel Aviv until the end of the season. On 21 January 2017 Bitton made his debut in a 1–0 win over Hapoel Ashkelon. Later in the season he managed 13 appearances for Hapoel Tel Aviv.
In the 2017–18 season, Bitton was loaned to Hapoel Acre until the end of the season. In 30 July he made his debut in the Toto Cup with a 4–0 loss to the Ironi Kiryat Shmona. In 20 August Bitton made his debut in a 2–1 loss to Bnei Sakhnin. During the game, Bitton scored his first goal in a team of alumni. In the winter transfer window was borrowed from Bitton Ashdod until the end of the season. On 7 February 2018 Bitton made his debut in Ashdod in the first game of the quarterfinals of the State Cup in a 1–1 draw against Hapoel Ra'anana. In 29 April Bitton made his debut in the Premier League in a 1–0 win over Hapoel Ashkelon.
In the 2018–19 season, Bitton was loaned back to Ashdod until the end of the season. In 1 August Bitton made his debut for this season with a 3–0 loss to Maccabi Petah Tikva. In 25 August Bitton made his debut for this season in a 1–0 win for Bnei Yehuda in the Premier League. In the winter transfer window was borrowed from Bitton Bnei Yehuda until the end of the season. On 10 February 2019 Bitton made his debut in Bnei Yehuda 4–0 win over Hapoel Hadera in the Premier League. Later in the season in 15 May he won the State Cup with Bnei Yehuda after a 4–5 win in penalties.
Honours
- Bnei Yehuda
- Hapoel Be'er Sheva
References
- ^ a b "Israel - A. Biton - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
- ^ "Официално: Берое подписа с израелски защитник". sportal.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ "הגדולות בבולגריה במעקב אחרי עמית ביטון - ספורט 5".
External links
- Amit Bitton – Israel Football Association league player details
- Amit Bitton at Soccerway
- Amit Bitton at WorldFootball.net
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- Israeli footballers
- Israeli Sephardi Jews
- Israeli Mizrahi Jews
- Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. players
- Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players
- Hapoel Acre F.C. players
- F.C. Ashdod players
- Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. players
- PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players
- Israeli Premier League players
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Footballers from Beersheba
- Israeli expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria
- Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
- Israeli people of Moroccan-Jewish descent
- Association football central defenders