Omri Altman

Omri Altman (Hebrew: עומרי אלטמן‎; born 23 March 1994) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Tel Aviv. He also has a Hungarian citizenship.

Club Career

Early career at Maccabi Tel Aviv and Fulham

Altman joined the youth squad of Maccabi Tel Aviv at the age of 11. His good performances attracted interest from Premier League clubs and earned him a move to Fulham in 2011.

On 27 June 2013, Altman was loaned back to Maccabi Tel Aviv. On 17 July 2013, Altman made his first ever official appearance with the senior team of Maccabi in an important match against Gyori ETO FC in the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds. On 20 October 2013, he made his league debut in a 1–0 victory against Ironi Ramat Hasharon.

On 19 June 2015, he signed with Hapoel Tel Aviv for five years.

Panathinaikos

On 28 June 2017, Altman signed a three-year contract with Panathinaikos from Hapoel Tel Aviv for a transfer fee of approximately €150,000. On 17 September 2017, he scored with a header the only goal in a 1–0 home win against Apollon Smyrni. The Israeli youth international was brought to the club as a virtual unknown from Hapoel Tel Aviv for a fee in the region of €150,000. This highlights the severe financial constraints impacting Marinos Ouzounidis. The attacking midfielder, however, has done relatively well barring an injury that kept him out for some time. His two goals in the first half of the season came in a home win against Apollon Smyrni and in a draw away against Xanthi.

On 4 March 2018, Panathinaikos' Israeli attacking midfielder, Omri Altman, suffered cruciate ligament injury during the away derby clash against Olympiacos and will miss the last six championship matches of the Greens and therefore the remainder of 2017-18 season. His return was initially pencilled in for September or October 2018, but it got delayed as he returned to his native Israel for f