David Keltjens
![]() Keltjens with Beitar Jerusalem in 2016 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | David Yair Keltjens | ||
Date of birth | 11 June 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Mevaseret Zion, Israel | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2015 | Beitar Jerusalem | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2019 | Beitar Jerusalem | 113 | (4) |
2019– | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 31 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2015–2016 | Israel U-19 | 2 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Israel U-21 | 6 | (0) |
2016– | Israel | 6 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 February 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 December 2019 |
David Yair Keltjens (Hebrew: דוד יאיר קלטינס; born 11 June 1995) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as either a centre-back or as a defensive midfielder for Hapoel Be'er Sheva and the Israel national team.[1]
Early life[]
Keltjens was born in Mevaseret Zion, Israel, to a family of Jewish background.[2][3][4]
Club career[]
Beitar Jerusalem[]
Keltjens played from the age 12 with Beitar Jerusalem Youth, playing his first match for the club with Beitar Jerusalem against Maccabi Tel Aviv, they won 4–2 on 26 October 2015, he assisted the first goal in the match, on his first appearances to Nikita Rukavytsya .
Hapoel Be'er Sheva[]
On 25 June 2019, he signed with Hapoel Be'er Sheva.[5]
International career[]
In November 2016 he received his first call-up to the senior Israel squad for the match against Albania.[6]
Notes[]
- ^ "The Israel Football Association - David Keltjens". Israel Football Association.
- ^ https://www.instagram.com/p/CK6H7-TMs6g/
- ^ https://www.instagram.com/p/CEbfXjlsgi9/
- ^ https://www.instagram.com/p/CFR9tjNMDK-/
- ^ Ben Ziv, Guy (25 June 2019). "דוד קלטינס חתם לחמש שנים בהפועל באר שבע". One. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ "Ponturi pariuri pentru meciul Albania - Israel". intelbet.ro. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
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- 1995 births
- Living people
- Israeli Jews
- Jewish footballers
- Israeli footballers
- Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players
- Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. players
- Israeli Premier League players
- Association football midfielders
- People from Mevaseret Zion
- Israel under-21 international footballers
- Israeli people of Dutch-Jewish descent
- Israeli people of Moroccan-Jewish descent
- Israeli football biography stubs