Guni Israeli

Guni Israeli was born in 1984 in Gvat

Israeli was born on 18 November 1984 and grew up on Kibbutz Gvat. His father, Tal Israeli, played basketball for Hapoel Gvat and was part of its 1976 State Cup win. He started playing in the youth department of Hapoel Emek Yizra'el.

In high school he played for Ort Leibovich in Netanya alongside Raviv Limonad, and the team won the high school championship in 2002. He also played for Hapoel Lev HaSharon, joining its senior team in the 2001/02 season.

After a season at Maccabi Givat Shmuel, he joined Hapoel Afula, where he led the Premier League in assists in 2006/07 and was named Rising Star. He won the league title with Hapoel Holon in 2008 and with Hapoel Gilboa Galil in 2010. He later played for Hapoel Jerusalem, Maccabi Ashdod, Hapoel Holon again, Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel Galil Elyon, Hapoel Acre and Hapoel Afula.

In March 2017 he clashed with Holon coach Dan Shamir during a game, was suspended and lost the captaincy. He retired as a player in 2021 and became a coach. He worked as an assistant coach at several clubs, was head coach of Hapoel Galil Elyon, and now coaches Maccabi Ra'anana.