Denny Gropper

Denny Gropper
Personal information
Full name Denny Gropper
Date of birth (1999-03-16) 16 March 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Haifa, Israel
Position(s) Left-back, midfielder[citation needed]
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 25 (0)
International career
2019–2020 Israel U21 4 (0)
2022– Israel 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 August 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2021

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 midfielder for Bulgarian club Ludogorets Razgrad and for the Israel national football team.

Early life

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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

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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]

Career statistics

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As of match played 26 August 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League 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 4 1 34 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 0 0 0 0 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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 25 0 4 0 8 1 0 0 37 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
Career total 88 6 12 1 8 0 8 1 0 0 117 8
  1. ^ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League, one appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

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Ludogorets Razgrad

See also

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References

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  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. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. 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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