Gabi Kanichowsky

Gavriel "Gabi" Kanichowsky
	Kanichowsky playing for Maccabi Netanya in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Gavriel Gilad Kanichowsky
Date of birth	24 August 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth	Ra'anana, Israel
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Number	16
Youth career
0000–2014	Hapoel Ra'anana
2014–2016	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015–2018	Maccabi Tel Aviv
2016–2017	→ Hapoel Petah Tikva (loan)
2017–2018	→ Hapoel Acre (loan)
2018	Hapoel Acre
2018–2021	Maccabi Netanya
2021–	Maccabi Tel Aviv
International career‡
2015	Israel U19
2017–2018	Israel U21
2022–	Israel
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 April 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:44, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

Gavriel Gilad "Gabi" Kanichowsky (or Kanikovski,^[1] Hebrew: גבריאל גלעד "גבי" קניקובסקי; born (1997-08-24)24 August 1997) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Tel Aviv and the Israel national team.

Early and personal life[edit]

Kanichowsky was born and raised in Ra'anana, Israel, to a religious Jewish family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. He attended a yeshiva, and observes the Shabbat.

He married his Israeli fiancée Dana (née Hunter) in 2019.

Kanichowsky made his professional debut for Hapoel Petah Tikva in the Israeli Premier League on 22 August 2016, starting in the match against Maccabi Netanya, which finished as a 0–0 home draw.^[2] In 2018, Hapoel Acre, who Kanichowsky was on loan with, exercised their option to sign him permanently from Maccabi Tel Aviv.^[3] He then joined Maccabi Netanya for the 2018–19 season.

He has been a youth international since 2015. Between 2017–2018, he was part of Israel under-21s.

He was first called-up for the senior Israel national team in November 2021, during their 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers – UEFA.^[4] He debuted for the Israel national team in a friendly 2–0 loss to Germany on 26 March 2022.^[5] He scored his first international goal on 12 September 2023, in their 1–0 win over Belarus during the Euro 2024 qualifying.^[6]

^ Gabi Kanichowsky – Israel Football Association national team player details
^ "Hapoel Petah Tikva vs. Maccabi Netanya – 22 August 2016". Soccerway. Perform Group. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
^ "עכו החליטה לרכוש את גבי קניקובסקי ממכבי תא" [Acre has decided to acquire Gabi Kanikovsky from Maccabi TA]. ISport.co.il (in Hebrew). 20 February 2018. Archived from the original on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
^ "פיבן תורגל על חשבון נאתכו, גם דגני יפתח - ספורט 5". 14 November 2021.
^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Germany vs. Israel". www.national-football-teams.com.
^ "Late goal lifts Israel past Belarus, keeping team in contention for 2024 Euros". The Times of Israel. 13 September 2023.

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