| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Denny Gropper | ||
| Date of birth | 16 March 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Haifa, Israel | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back, midfielder[citation needed] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ludogorets Razgrad | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2015 | Maccabi Haifa | ||
| 2015–2017 | Hapoel Haifa | ||
| 2017–2018 | Ironi Nesher | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2019 | Hapoel Afula | 30 | (4) |
| 2019–2022 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 56 | (2) |
| 2022– | Ludogorets Razgrad | 20 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019–2020 | Israel U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 2022– | Israel | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2021 | |||
Denny Gropper (or Danny Gruper,[1] Hebrew: דני גרופר; born 16 March 1999) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a left-back or midfielder for Bulgarian club Ludogorets Razgrad and for the Israel national football team.
Gruper was born in Haifa, Israel, to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. His uncle is Israeli former international footballer Ronny Rosenthal.[2]
Gropper joined the Maccabi Haifa youth department as a child. In 2015 he moved to the youth departments of Hapoel Haifa and Ironi Nesher. In 2018 he first appeared in a senior team when he signed for one season at Hapoel Afula, where he impressed with a breakout season when he scored 4 goals in 30 league games in the National League.[3] In May 2019 he signed for three seasons at the Israeli Hapoel Tel Aviv club.[4] In March 2022 Gropper signed a contract with Bulgarian champions Ludogorets Razgrad.[5]
Ludogorets Razgrad