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Zahi Gigi

Zahi Gigi is an Israeli former football goalkeeper who played most of his career at Maccabi Petah Tikva.

born 1988Goalkeeper for Maccabi Petah TikvaGoalkeeper for Hapoel Ashkelon

Born: 1 December 1988, Ramla
Occupation: association football player

Zahi Gigi was born in 1988 in Ramla

Zahi Gigi was born in Ramla on 1 December 1988. He is of Tunisian-Jewish descent. He began playing football in the youth department of Hapoel Ashkelon.

He made his senior debut for Hapoel Ashkelon in 2009 and his Liga Leumit debut in 2010. After the club was promoted, he stayed as the second goalkeeper and made his Premier League debut in 2011. The club was relegated at the end of that season.

He then moved to Maccabi Kiryat Malakhi in Liga Alef, where he was a first-choice goalkeeper for the first time. In the summer of 2012 he joined Maccabi Sha'arayim and made 18 league appearances in one season.

In 2013 he joined Maccabi Petah Tikva as second goalkeeper and soon became the starter, with 27 league appearances that season. He extended his contract in 2014 and moved between starter and backup in later seasons. In 2018/2019 he made 22 appearances, and the club was relegated to Liga Leumit.