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Dudu Aouate

Dudu Aouate is an Israeli former football goalkeeper who played for Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel Haifa and three Spanish La Liga clubs, and won 78 caps for Israel.

born 1977Goalkeeper for Israel's national teamPlaying in Spain's La LigaMaccabi Haifa Champions League campaign

Born: 17 October 1977, Nof HaGalil
Occupation: association football player
Party: Bridge

Dudu Aouate was born in 1977 in Nof HaGalil

David "Dudu" Aouate was born in 1977 in Nazareth Illit, now Nof HaGalil. His father William came from Algeria and his mother Anna came from Morocco. He started playing in the children's teams of Hapoel Nazareth Illit and later joined the Maccabi Haifa youth department.

He moved to Hapoel Haifa and became the starting goalkeeper, winning the league in 1998-99. In 2001 he joined Maccabi Haifa, won the league in 2001-02, and played in the club's Champions League group stage the next season.

In 2003 he moved to Racing de Santander in Spain, helped by his French passport. He joined Deportivo La Coruña in 2006 and Mallorca in 2009, playing 303 La Liga matches in all. He made his Israel debut in 1999 against Spain and played his last match for Israel in 2013.

He retired in August 2014 and became general manager of Mallorca, but resigned in October 2014. From 2016 he has worked as a football agent. He was among the founders of the Gesher party and has worked as a football commentator on the Sport Channel.