Denny Gropper (or Danny Gruper,[1] Hebrew: דני גרופר; born 16 March 1999) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Maccabi Tel Aviv and the Israel national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 March 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Haifa, Israel | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||
| 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) |
| 2022–2025 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 42 | (0) |
| 2025– | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019–2020 | Israel U21 | 8 | (0) |
| 2022– | Israel | 10 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:00, 13 November 2025 (UTC) | |||
Early life
editGruper was born in Haifa, Israel, to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. His maternal uncle is Israeli former international footballer Ronny Rosenthal.[2]
Club career
editGropper 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]
Career statistics
edit- As of match played 26 May 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hapoel Afula | 2018–19 | Liga Leumit | 30 | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 35 | 5 | |||
| Hapoel Tel Aviv | 2019–20 | Israeli Premier League | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21 | Israeli Premier League | 29 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 1 | |||
| 2021–22 | Israeli Premier League | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 56 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 69 | 3 | ||||
| Ludogorets Razgrad | 2021–22 | Bulgarian First League | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | Bulgarian First League | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8[a] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
| 2023–24 | Bulgarian First League | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Bulgarian First League | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Total | 42 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 1 | |||
| Ludogorets Razgrad II | 2022–23 | Bulgarian Second League | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2023–24 | Bulgarian Second League | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 2024–25 | Bulgarian Second League | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2025–26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 105 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 143 | 8 | ||
- ↑ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League, one appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League
Honours
editLudogorets Razgrad
References
edit- ↑ "Israel – D. Gruper – Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway.
- ↑ "16 שחקנים עשו הכל כדי שצמרת הכדורגל הישראלי תבחין בהם. העונה הם הצליחו". הארץ.
- ↑ "דני גרופר" (in Hebrew). 26 June 2019. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ↑ Zenziper, Nadav (26 May 2019). "דני גרופר חתם בהפועל תל אביב". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ↑ "Лудогорец подписа с още двама чужденци" (in Bulgarian). zemia-news.bg. 2 March 2022. Archived from the original on 15 April 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
External links
edit- Denny Gropper at Soccerway
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