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Yoav Gerafi

Yoav Gerafi is an Israeli football goalkeeper who has played for clubs including F.C. Ashdod, Hapoel Haifa and Maccabi Tel Aviv, and for the Israel national team.

born 1993Goalkeeper for F.C. AshdodGoalkeeper for Hapoel HaifaIsrael national team goalkeeper

Born: 29 August 1993, Tel Mond
Occupation: association football player

Yoav Gerafi was born in 1993 in Tel Mond

Yoav Gerafi was born on 29 August 1993 in Tel Mond, Israel. His family is of Yemenite Jewish descent. He grew up in the youth department of Hapoel Kfar Saba.

He first played for the Hapoel Kfar Saba senior team in January 2012. In 2013 he signed with F.C. Ashdod, which loaned him to Hapoel Ra'anana in 2014. He made his Israeli Premier League debut with Ra'anana on 14 February 2015.

Back at Ashdod, he helped the club return to the Premier League and became its first-choice goalkeeper in 2016/2017. In 2019 he was loaned to Hapoel Tel Aviv, which ended the loan in July 2020. He joined Hapoel Haifa in 2023 and Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2025, then returned to Hapoel Haifa in 2026.

He was first called up to the Israel national team in March 2019. He played his first match for the team on 27 September 2022, a friendly against Malta.