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Gil Vermouth

Gil Vermouth is an Israeli former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and was named Israel's Footballer of the Year in 2010.

born 1985Hapoel Tel Aviv's 2010 doubleIsraeli league assists record2010 Israeli Footballer of the Year

Born: 5 August 1985, Kiryat Yam
Occupation: association football player

Gil Vermouth was born in 1985 in Kiryat Yam

Vermouth was born in Kiryat Yam on 5 August 1985. His father Yaakov was born in Poland, and his mother Haya, née German, was born in Israel to a family of Polish origin. He finished school at the Rodman school in his home city.

He came up through the youth section of Hapoel Haifa and helped the senior team win promotion to the Premier League in 2003/2004. He made his Premier League debut in the 2004/2005 season and scored 5 league goals that year.

In 2005 he joined Hapoel Tel Aviv and won the State Cup in 2006 and 2007. He spent the 2007/2008 season with Gent in Belgium, reaching the Belgian Cup final, and returned to Hapoel Tel Aviv in 2008. In 2009/2010 he won the league and cup double, scored 9 goals and set a league record with 17 assists.

In 2011 he won the State Cup again and signed a 4-year contract with Kaiserslautern in Germany for a fee of €750,000. He later won the league with Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2014-15 and cups with Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Haifa. He now works as a football commentator on Sport 1.