Shon Weissman

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Shon Weissman
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Weissman playing for Hapoel Acre in 2015
Personal information
Full name Shon Zalman Weissman[1]
Date of birth (1996-02-14) 14 February 1996 (age 26)
Place of birth Kiryat Haim, Haifa, Israel[2]
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Real Valladolid
Number 9
Youth career
2011–2015 Maccabi Haifa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2019 Maccabi Haifa 37 (8)
2015–2016 → Hapoel Acre (loan) 18 (0)
2016–2017 → Maccabi Netanya (loan) 21 (12)
2017–2018 → Ironi Kiryat Shmona (loan) 27 (3)
2019–2020 Wolfsberger AC 31 (30)
2020– Real Valladolid 51 (17)
National team‡
2010–2012 Israel U17 6 (5)
2011–2015 Israel U19 5 (2)
2017–2018 Israel U21 13 (3)
2019– Israel 20 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:16, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2021 (UTC)

Shon Zalman Weissman[1] (or Sean,[3] Hebrew: שון וייסמן; born 14 February 1996) is an Israeli association footballer who plays as a striker for Spanish club Real Valladolid and the Israel national team.

An academy graduate of Maccabi Haifa, Weissman made his senior debut for the club in 2014 before spending three seasons on loan with Israeli clubs Hapoel Acre, Maccabi Netanya and Ironi Kiryat Shmona. In Maccabi Netanya, he enjoyed a particularly successful campaign which culminated in the club reaching promotion to the Israeli Premier League. In the 2019–20 season, while playing with Austrian side Wolfsberger AC, he became the club's first goalscorer in a European competition and was the Austrian Bundesliga's top scorer.

Formerly an Israel youth international, Weissman represented the nation from under-17 level. He made his senior debut in September 2019.

Early life and personal life[]

Weissman was born in Kiryat Haim, Haifa, Israel,[2] to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent.[3] His parents divorced when he was 13, and he lived with his mother and brother in a one-room apartment while she held two jobs.[4] His grandmother is a Holocaust survivor.[4] Weissman is observant and does not play football on the Jewish high holy day of Yom Kippur.[5][6]

In 2019, he married his Israeli girlfriend Eden, his highschool sweetheart.[4]

Club career[]

Maccabi Haifa[]

Early career[]

Weissman started his career with hometown club, Maccabi Haifa. In January 2014, Weissman made his first-team debut in the Israeli Premier League match against Hapoel Be'er Sheva. He came off the bench in the 79th minute, replacing Ran Abukarat. He ended the season with 10 league appearances, while only appearing in two games in the following season.

2015–18: Loan spells[]

On 19 August 2015, Weissman signed for fellow Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Acre on a season-long loan from Maccabi Haifa. After scoring no goals in 18 appearances, the loan deal was cancelled in January 2016.

For the 2016–17 season, Weissman was sent on a season-long loan again, this time to second division club Maccabi Netanya. He managed to score 12 goals in 21 league appearances, helping Maccabi Netanya achieve promotion to the Israeli Premier League as they were crowned champions at the end of the season.

In the following season, Weissman made one appearance for Maccabi Haifa before being sent out on loan once again in August 2017, this time to fellow Premier League side Ironi Kiryat Shmona. In September 2017, in a league match against Ashdod, Weissman scored his first goal on the highest level of Israeli football in a 2–0 win for Ironi. He made 26 league appearances for the club, scoring three times.

2018–19: Return to Maccabi Haifa[]

Following the expiration of his loan, Weissman returned to Maccabi Haifa. He made his first appearance in the season as a substitute in the league match against Maccabi Tel Aviv on 26 August, receiving a yellow card shortly after in a 0–2 loss.[7] A few days later, on 1 September, Weissman scored his first Maccabi Haifa goal when he netted in a 2–0 home win over Ashdod. He ended the season with eight goals in 25 league appearances.

Wolfsberger AC[]

On 20 June 2019, Weissman joined Austrian Football Bundesliga club Wolfsberger AC, signing a two-year contract and being handed shirt No. 9.[8] On 17 August, in the fourth round of the league, he scored four goals in a 5–0 home victory over SV Mattersburg.[9] Before the match, he had scored in three consecutive league appearances for the Carinthian club.

On 19 September 2019, Weissman scored the first goal in a 4–0 win over German club Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Europa League group stage, Wolfsberger AC's first European goal ever.[10] He finished the 2019–20 season with 30 league goals which made him the Austrian Bundesliga's top scorer.[11]

Real Valladolid[]

On 31 August 2020, Weissman signed with Real Valladolid until 2024.[12] He became the most expensive signing in Real Valladolid's history at €4 million.[13] He scored his first goals in his ninth game for Valladolid, a 3–2 home win over CA Osasuna.[14]

After his first season ended in relegation, Weissman remained playing for Valladolid in the Segunda División. On 29 August 2021, he scored in a 2–0 win at CD Lugo before receiving a straight red card in the 38th minute.[15] Over September and October, he netted in four successive games to go top of the goalscoring charts.[16]

International career[]

He had been a youth international since 2010. Between 2017 and 2018, he was part of the Israel under-21 squad.

Weissman made his senior debut with the Israel national team on 9 September 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Slovenia. He started the game and was substituted in the 61st minute.[17] He scored his first goal for the national team on 4 September 2021 against Austria in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers match, that ended in a 5–2 home win for Israel.[18]

Honours[]

Maccabi Netanya

Individual

References[]

  1. ^ a b Shon Weissman at Soccerway
  2. ^ a b https://www.israelhayom.co.il/article/801933
  3. ^ a b http://www.news1.news/il/2019/10/israeli-national-team-nir-biton-is-expected-to-open-as-a-brake.html
  4. ^ a b c Avrahami, Zeev (17 June 2020). "כבש את אירופה: שון וייסמן לא מפסיק להבקיע" [Conquered Europe: Shon Weissman never stops scoring] (in Hebrew). YNet. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Weissman, como Revivo en 1996" [Weissman, like Revivo in 1996]. Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). 25 September 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  6. ^ Rodríguez, Chus (30 September 2020). "Roberto, Weissman y Hervías, lo mejor de un Valladolid que mereció más" [Roberto, Weissman and Hervías, the best of a Valladolid which deserved more]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  7. ^ "MACCABI TEL AVIV VS. MACCABI HAIFA 2 - 0". Soccerway. 26 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Weissman fix". Wolfsberger AC. 20 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Spielbericht Wolfsberger AC – SV Mattersburg". orf.at. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  10. ^ "0:4 zum Auftakt! Gladbach blamiert sich gegen den WAC". kicker.de. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  11. ^ a b Kastler, Bernhard (9 July 2020). "Bundesliga: Die heißen Aktien im Transfersommer". sport.ORF.at (in German). Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  12. ^ "Acuerdo con el Wolfsberger para el traspaso del delantero internacional israelí, pichichi de la Bundesliga austríaca" [Agreement with Wolfsberger for the transfer of the Israeli international striker, top scorer of the Austrian Bundesliga]. Real Valladolid.es (in Spanish). 31 August 2020.
  13. ^ "Done deal: Valladolid complete signing of 37-goal striker Weissman". Football Espana. 31 August 2020.
  14. ^ Posada, Arturo (11 December 2020). "Weissman resucita al Pucela ante Osasuna" [Weissman resucitates Pucela against Osasuna]. El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  15. ^ Ayuso Santamaría, J. (30 August 2021). "Penalti parado, expulsión a Weissman y dos goles: El Real Valladolid se impone ante el Lugo" [Penalty saved, Weissman sent off and two goals: Real Valladolid impose themselves on Lugo]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  16. ^ Posada, Arturo (21 October 2021). "Uno a uno del Real Valladolid ante el Ibiza: Weissman se lleva la mejor puntuación" [One after the other for Real Valladolid against Ibiza: Weissman top scorer]. El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  17. ^ "Slovenia v Israel game report". UEFA. 9 September 2019.
  18. ^ https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/qatar2022/qualifiers/uefa/match-center/400155670

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