Omri Afek

Israeli footballer

Omri Afek
Personal information

Full name	Omri Afek
Date of birth	(1979-03-31) March 31, 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Kiryat Ono, Israel
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder / Defender
Youth career
	Hapoel Kiryat Ono
	Hapoel Tel Aviv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2003	Hapoel Tel Aviv	84	(14)
1998–1999	→ Maccabi Jaffa (loan)	17	(3)
2003–2005	Racing Santander	25	(2)
2004–2005	→ Salamanca (loan)	23	(0)
2005–2007	Beitar Jerusalem	27	(5)
2007–2009	Maccabi Haifa	35	(3)
2009–2011	Bnei Yehuda	31	(1)
International career
2000	Israel U21	4	(0)
2002–2006	Israel	27	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Omri Afek (Hebrew: עמרי אפק; born 31 March 1979) is a retired Israeli footballer who last played for Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv.

Afek was mainly a midfielder that also operated as a defender.

Early life

Afek was born in Kiryat Ono, Israel, to a Jewish family.

He also had a two-year abroad spell at Racing de Santander; in 2003–04 La Liga, he signed alongside compatriot Dudu Aouate, both rejoining Yossi Benayoun - the club also sold that very summer a fourth Israeli, Ilan Bakhar. In his second year, Afek was loaned to Segunda División outfit UD Salamanca.