Gil Vermouth (Hebrew: גיל "גילי" ורמוט; born 5 August 1985) is an Israeli former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or winger.

Gil Vermouth
Vermouth with 1. FC Kaiserslautern in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-08-05) 5 August 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Kiryat Yam, Israel
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Youth career
Hapoel Haifa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Hapoel Haifa 31 (5)
2005–2007 Hapoel Tel Aviv 58 (5)
2007–2008 Gent 20 (1)
2008–2011 Hapoel Tel Aviv 97 (16)
2011 1. FC Kaiserslautern II 1 (0)
2011–2012 1. FC Kaiserslautern 4 (0)
2012De Graafschap (loan) 15 (2)
2012–2015 Hapoel Tel Aviv 60 (12)
2015–2016 Maccabi Tel Aviv 18 (0)
2016–2018 Maccabi Haifa 60 (7)
2018–2020 Hapoel Haifa 60 (3)
Total 424 (51)
International career
2001 Israel U17 10 (3)
2003–2004 Israel U19 14 (7)
2003–2007 Israel U21 12 (1)
2009–2015 Israel 28 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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Vermouth is Jewish, and was born in Kiryat Yam, Israel.[1]

Vermouth started his football career in Haifa and played until the age of 20 with the local Hapoel side.

In a 2011 statistics about the highest proportion of dribbles completed per 90 minutes, in the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League season, Vermouth was ranked first with 75% from an average of 24 dribble attempts.[2]

On 28 May 2011, he signed a four-year contract with the German club 1. FC Kaiserslautern who paid a transfer fee of €750,000 to Hapoel. He was joined by his Hapoel teammate Itay Shechter who also signed with the club.[3]

Career statistics

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Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Vermouth goal.
List of international goals scored by Gil Vermouth
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 1 June 2014 BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston   Honduras 4–1 4–2 Road to Brazil [4]
2 16 November 2014 Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa   Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–0 3–0 Euro 2016 qualifier [5]

Honours

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Hapoel Tel Aviv

Gent

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Maccabi Haifa

Hapoel Haifa

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Israeli Sports", Jewish Sports Review, Vol. 9, No. 11, Issue 107, p. 21, January/February 2015.
  2. ^ "Stats: 'Unstoppable' Messi set to torment Manchester United defenders". Soccerlens.com. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  3. ^ כיף לראות ששכטר מתקדם, וכיף שזה יעזור לנו (in Hebrew). ONE. 28 May 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Israel defeats Honduras 4–2 in friendly match". Haaretz. Reuters. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Israel defeats Bosnia 3–0 in UEFA qualifying match". The Times of Israel. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
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