Boris Klaiman

Boris Klaiman was born in 1990 in Vinnytsia

Klaiman was born in 1990 in Vinnytsia, in Soviet Ukraine. At ten months old he immigrated to Israel with his family. As a child he played in the youth teams of Hapoel Tel Aviv and then Hapoel Kfar Saba.

He made his senior debut for Hapoel Kfar Saba in 2008. In 2009 he joined Hapoel Tel Aviv, which loaned him to Maccabi Herzliya and later back to Kfar Saba. He was part of the Hapoel Tel Aviv squad that won the league and cup in 2009-10, and he won the State Cup with the club again in 2010-11.

In 2014 he signed with Beitar Jerusalem, where he later served as vice captain. He left the club in 2018 and moved to Enosis Neon Paralimni in Cyprus. In 2020 he joined Volos in Greece.

In April 2023 he was arrested in Athens over an alleged sexual assault, and Volos ended his contract. He then signed with PAS Giannina and was loaned to Chania in 2024. Later in 2024 he joined the amateur club Agrotikos Kastritsa as a forward.

Internationally, he played for Israel's youth teams and was the first goalkeeper at the 2013 European youth championship held in Israel. He was first called up to the senior team in 2013 and played his only senior match in 2016, a loss to Croatia.