Avi Rikan

Avraham "Avi" Rikan (; born September 10, 1988) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Hapoel Petah Tikva His previous clubs include Maccabi Herzliya, Beitar Jerusalem, FC Zürich and Maccabi Tel Aviv. At international level, Rikan was capped at levels from under-17 to senior team.

Early life

Rikan was born in the Israeli settlement Ma'ale Adumim in the West Bank, to a Sephardic Jewish family.

Honours

Beitar Jerusalem

Toto Cup: 2009–10

FC Zürich

Swiss Cup: 2013–14

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Israeli Premier League (2): 2018–19, 2019-20

Toto Cup (3): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020-21

Israel Super Cup (2): 2019, 2020

See also

List of Jewish footballers

List of Jews in sports

List of Israelis

References

External links

1988 births

Living people

Israeli Sephardi Jews

Israeli settlers

Israeli men's footballers

Jewish men's footballers

Israeli Mizrahi Jews

Footballers from Ma'ale Adumim

Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players

Maccabi Herzliya F.C. players

Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. players

FC Zürich players

Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players

Men's association football midfielders

Israeli Premier League players

Swiss Super League players

Israeli expatriate men's footballers

Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland

Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland

Israeli people of Kurdish-Jewish descent

Israel men's under-21 international footballers