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Erez Katz

Erez Katz is an Israeli former basketball point guard who played for Hapoel Jerusalem, Bnei Herzliya and the Israel national team.

born 1980Captaining Hapoel Jerusalem to the ULEB Cup2004-05 Defensive Player of the YearCaptain of Israel's national team

Born: 9 April 1980, Jerusalem
Occupation: basketball player

Erez Katz was born in 1980 in Jerusalem

Erez Katz was born in Jerusalem on April 9, 1980. He came up through the youth department of Hapoel Jerusalem.

Katz played for the Hapoel Jerusalem senior team in the Euroleague and the Eurocup and served as its captain. As captain, he won the ULEB Cup with the club in 2004. Later that year he left the team.

He then played for Ironi Ashkelon in 2004-05, where he was named the league's Defensive Player of the Year. He moved to Hapoel Tel Aviv in 2005-06 and to Bnei Herzliya in 2006, staying until 2012. In February 2007 his team knocked Maccabi Tel Aviv out of the State Cup semifinal but lost the final.

Katz played for Israel's youth teams and won silver at the 2000 European U-20 Championship. He joined the senior national team in 2003, played at that year's European Championship, and later captained it.

He married in June 2012 and later retired after a serious injury. In 2013 he began working as a basketball commentator on Charlton.