Yaniv Azran
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Yaniv Azran is an Israeli footballer
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in Israel.
After finishing the 2005-06 season in Ashdod and seeing little playing time, Nir Klinger
signed Azran to a two year contract worth $120,000 a year while managing Paralimni. After a failed stint playing in Cyprus
, he returned to Ashdod and finished the season with 15 goals. His achievement did not go unnoticed by European clubs, he was said to be on his way to Spain
if he could secure a Polish
passport (Azran is of Polish descent on his mother's side).
At the beginning of 2007-08 season Azran transferred Maccabi Tel Aviv for a fee of $750K. In his first season he managed to score only one goal for the team which since then has been his only goal mostly because Azran spent most of the next two seasons on the injured list with various knee and ankle injuries.
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
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Playing career
Yaniv Azran grew up in the youth system of F.C. AshdodF.C. Ashdod
F.C. Ashdod is an Israeli football club, playing in the port city of Ashdod. The unorthodox name of the team is the result of the union of two city rivals, Hapoel Ashdod and Maccabi Ironi Ashdod...
in Israel.
After finishing the 2005-06 season in Ashdod and seeing little playing time, Nir Klinger
Nir Klinger
Nir Klinger is an Israeli football manager and a former player. He was manager of Maccabi Tel Aviv, before resigning under pressure on 5 December 2005. Klinger achieved with Maccabi the Israeli championship and two Israel state cups....
signed Azran to a two year contract worth $120,000 a year while managing Paralimni. After a failed stint playing in Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
, he returned to Ashdod and finished the season with 15 goals. His achievement did not go unnoticed by European clubs, he was said to be on his way to Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
if he could secure a Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
passport (Azran is of Polish descent on his mother's side).
At the beginning of 2007-08 season Azran transferred Maccabi Tel Aviv for a fee of $750K. In his first season he managed to score only one goal for the team which since then has been his only goal mostly because Azran spent most of the next two seasons on the injured list with various knee and ankle injuries.