Nir Bitton

Nir Bitton
Nir Bitton (2017)
Personnel
birthday	October 30, 1991
place of birth	Ashdod ,  Israel
size	194 cm
position	Defensive Midfield
Juniors
Years	station
0000-2009	Ashdod FC
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2009-2013	Ashdod FC	123 (14)
2013–	Celtic Glasgow	138 0(8)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2008	Israel U17	5 0(0)
2009	Israel U18	2 0(0)
2009	Israel U19	15 0(0)
2010-2013	Israel U21	21 0(2)
2010–	Israel	26 0(2)
1 Only league games are given. As of May 19, 2020 2 As of November 19, 2019

Nir Bitton (born October 30, 1991 in Ashdod ) is an Israeli football player . He is under contract with the Scottish club Celtic Glasgow .

Career

society

Bitton made his debut at the end of the 2008/09 season in the Ligat ha'Al for his youth club FC Ashdod . His appearance under coach Yossi Mizrahi against Beitar Jerusalem should remain the only one this season. From the following season 2009/10 he fought for a regular place in midfield of FC Ashdod. After five seasons with the club from the Mediterranean city , Bitton changed the club. He signed a four-year deal with Celtic Glasgow after he was bought out of his contract with FC Ashdod by the Premiership club.

National team

After his debut in the Israeli U-17 youth national team in 2008, further games for Israel in the U-18 and U-19 followed the following year. Since 2010, Bitton has been an integral part of the Israeli U-21 national team. He led this as team captain at the U-21 European Football Championship 2013 , which was held in his own country. In addition to his debut in the U-21s, the defensive midfielder should also make his first appearance in the A-Eleven in 2010 . He made his debut at the Banco República Cup at the Estadio Centenario of Montevideo against the hosts ; the game ended 1-1.

successes

with Celtic Glasgow:

• Scottish Champion (7): 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019 , 2020
• Scottish Cup Winner : 2017 , 2018
• Scottish League Cup (5): 2015 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019 , 2020

Web links

Commons : Nir Bitton  - Collection of Images

• Nir Bitton in the soccerway.com database
• Nir Bitton in the database of weltfussball.de
• Nir Bitton in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Celtic sign Israeli international Biton on four-year deal. Dailymail, August 30, 2013, accessed August 10, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Football international: Uruguay 1: 1 Israel. eu-football.info, May 26, 2010, accessed on September 1, 2013 .