Shon Weissman Explained

Shon Weissman
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Full Name:Shon Zalman Weissman
Birth Date:14 February 1996
Birth Place:Haifa, Israel[1]
Height:1.74 m
Position:Forward
Currentclub:Granada
Clubnumber:9
Youthyears1:2011–2016
Youthclubs1:Maccabi Haifa
Years1:2014–2019
Clubs1:Maccabi Haifa
Caps1:37
Goals1:8
Years2:2015–2016
Clubs2:Hapoel Acre (loan)
Caps2:18
Goals2:0
Years3:2016–2017
Clubs3:Maccabi Netanya (loan)
Caps3:21
Goals3:12
Years4:2017–2018
Clubs4:Ironi Kiryat Shmona (loan)
Caps4:27
Goals4:3
Years5:2019–2020
Clubs5:Wolfsberger AC
Caps5:31
Goals5:30
Years6:2020–2023
Clubs6:Valladolid
Caps6:85
Goals6:27
Years7:2023
Clubs7:Granada (loan)
Caps7:13
Goals7:1
Years8:2023–
Clubs8:Granada
Caps8:5
Goals8:0
Years9:2024
Clubs9:Salernitana (loan)
Caps9:11
Goals9:1
Nationalyears1:2011–2012
Nationalteam1:Israel U16
Nationalcaps1:11
Nationalgoals1:2
Nationalyears2:2012–2013
Nationalteam2:Israel U17
Nationalcaps2:13
Nationalgoals2:7
Nationalyears3:2013
Nationalteam3:Israel U18
Nationalcaps3:5
Nationalgoals3:4
Nationalyears4:2013–2014
Nationalteam4:Israel U19
Nationalcaps4:22
Nationalgoals4:2
Nationalyears5:2017–2018
Nationalteam5:Israel U21
Nationalcaps5:13
Nationalgoals5:3
Nationalyears6:2019–
Nationalteam6:Israel
Nationalcaps6:33
Nationalgoals6:6
Club-Update:9 June 2024
Nationalteam-Update:21 November 2023

Shon Zalman Weissman (or Sean,[2] [3] Hebrew: שון זלמן וייסמן; born 14 February 1996) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Granada and the Israel national team.

An academy graduate of Israeli side 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 that season with 30 goals out of 31 matches.

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

Early life and personal life

Weissman was born and raised in the neighbourhood of Kiryat Haim of the city of Haifa, Israel,[4] [1] to an Israeli family of Ashkenazi Jewish and Sephardi Jewish descent.[3] His parents divorced when he was 13, and he lived with his mother Varda and his younger brother Shoval. His grandmother is a Holocaust survivor. Weissman is observant and does not play football on the Jewish high holiday of Yom Kippur.[5] [6] He was enlisted and has served in the Israeli Air Force to complete his mandatory military service.[7]

At the end of 2023 his opinions on the invasion of Gaza sparked vast outrage in Spain. [8]

He also holds Portuguese passport, on account of his Sephardi Jewish ancestors, which eases the move to certain European football leagues.[9] [10]

On 22 May 2019, he married his Israeli girlfriend Eden (Markovich), his highschool sweetheart.[11] [12] Their first daughter Alma Leah Weissman was born in August 2020.[7]

Club career

Maccabi Haifa

Weissman started his career with Israeli hometown club, Maccabi Haifa. On 20 January 2014, 17-year-old Weissman made his senior 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 F.C. Ashdod, Weissman scored his first goal on the highest level of Israeli football in a 2–0 win for Ironi Kiryat Shmona. 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.[13] A few days later, on 1 September, Weissman scored his first Maccabi Haifa goal when he netted in a 2–0 home win over F.C. 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.[14] On 17 August, in the fourth round of the league, he scored four goals in a 5–0 home victory over SV Mattersburg.[15] 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.[16] He finished the 2019–20 season with 30 league goals which made him the Austrian Bundesliga's top scorer.[17]

Valladolid

On 31 August 2020, Weissman signed with Spanish La Liga club Real Valladolid until 2024.[18] He became the most expensive signing in Real Valladolid's history at €4 million.[19] He scored his first goals in his ninth game for Valladolid, a 3–2 home win over CA Osasuna.[20]

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.[21] Over September and October, he netted in four successive games to go top of the goalscoring charts.[22]

After one single season, his club Valladolid has managed to return to the top Spanish football division, the (2022–23) La Liga. On 5 September 2022, having recovered from a pre-season injury, he made his season debut in the 2022–23 La Liga during its fourth game week, coming on as a second half substitute for Real Valladolid and then scoring the winning goal in the 93rd minute against UD Almeria, earning his team a last-minute 1–0 home victory.[23] [24]

Granada

On 31 January 2023, Weissman was loaned to Granada in the second Spanish division, until the end of the season, with an obligatory buyout clause of 3 million Euros in case of the club promotion back to the La Liga.[25] [26]

On 5 February 2023, Weissman scored his first goal for Granada during his debut in the 4th minute of an away league match against Villarreal B that ended in a 2–0 victory.[27] In June, after the club's promotion to the first division, he was bought outright.

in October 2023 the player wrote on X (former twitter) “What is the logical reason why 200 tons of bombs have not already been dropped on Gaza?" and was reported to the Spanish authorities in Granada for incitement and provocation to violence [28]

Loan to Salertinata

On 1 February 2024, Weismann moved to Salernitana in Italy on loan.[29]

International career

Weissman made his youth international level debut in 2011 for his native Israel. From 2017 to 2018, he was part of the Israel U21 national team.

Weissman made his senior debut with the Israel national team on 9 September 2019, in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier against Slovenia. He started the game and was substituted in the 61st minute.[30] 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.[31]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Maccabi Haifa2013–14Israeli Premier League100100
2014–15Israeli Premier League2020
2017–18Israeli Premier League1010
2018–19Israeli Premier League25811269
Total38811399
Hapoel Acre (loan)2015–16Israeli Premier League180180
Maccabi Netanya (loan)2016–17Liga Leumit2112102212
Kiryat Shmona (loan)2017–18Israeli Premier League2134050303
Wolfsberger AC2019–20[32] Austrian Bundesliga313035624037
Valladolid2020–21La Liga32621347
2021–22Segunda División3820314121
2022–23La Liga15121172
Total8527739230
Granada (loan)2022–23Segunda División13100131
Granada2023–24La Liga501151
Salernitana2023–24Serie A11100111
Career total243821710625027194

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Israel201940
202070
202192
202252
202382
Total336

Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Weissman goal.[33]

List of international goals scored by Shon Weissman
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1 4 September 2021 Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa, Israel 4–2 5–2 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 15 November 2021 Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel 2–0 3–2 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 2 June 2022 Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa, Israel 2–2 2–2 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B
4 24 September 2022 Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel 1–0 2–1 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B
5 16 June 2023 Szusza Ferenc Stadion, Budapest, Hungary 1–1 2–1 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
6 18 November 2023 Szusza Ferenc Stadion, Budapest, Hungary 1–1 1–1 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

Honours

Maccabi Netanya

Granada

Individual

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Conquest of Spain: The Meteoric Jump of Sean Weissman. israelhayom.co.il. 4 June 2022.
  2. Web site: "Proud to represent the country": Sean Weissman scored and celebrated with the Israeli flag . News.middleeast-24.com. 30 May 2022 .
  3. Web site: News1.news – news1 Resources and Information . 16 October 2019 . 6 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211106095113/https://www.news1.news/il/2019/10/israeli-national-team-nir-biton-is-expected-to-open-as-a-brake.html . dead .
  4. Web site: Shon Weissman Stats, Goals, Records, Assists, Cups and more .
  5. News: Weissman, como Revivo en 1996. Weissman, like Revivo in 1996. 25 December 2021 . . 25 September 2020 . Spanish.
  6. News: Rodríguez . Chus . Roberto, Weissman y Hervías, lo mejor de un Valladolid que mereció más. Roberto, Weissman and Hervías, the best of a Valladolid which deserved more. 25 December 2021 . . 30 September 2020 . Spanish.
  7. Web site: Conquest of Spain: The Meteoric Jump of Sean Weissman. Israelhayom.co.il. 4 June 2022.
  8. Web site: : From Spain to Italy Amid Controversies - Il Mattino.
  9. News: דיווח: ספורטינג ליסבון מעוניינת בשון וייסמן . Ynet . 22 August 2021 .
  10. Web site: Shon Weissman. Worldfootball.net.
  11. News: Avrahami . Zeev . כבש את אירופה: שון וייסמן לא מפסיק להבקיע . Conquered Europe: Shon Weissman never stops scoring. 13 January 2022 . YNet . 17 June 2020 . Hebrew.
  12. Web site: מסיבה בחיפה . One.co.il. 3 June 2022 .
  13. Web site: Soccerway. MACCABI TEL AVIV VS. MACCABI HAIFA 2 - 0. 26 August 2019.
  14. News: Weissman fix . Wolfsberger AC . 20 June 2019.
  15. Web site: Spielbericht Wolfsberger AC – SV Mattersburg . orf.at . 25 September 2019.
  16. Web site: 0:4 zum Auftakt! Gladbach blamiert sich gegen den WAC . kicker.de . 25 September 2019.
  17. Web site: Kastler . Bernhard . Bundesliga: Die heißen Aktien im Transfersommer . sport.ORF.at . 16 July 2020 . de . 9 July 2020.
  18. Web site: 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 . es . 31 August 2020 .
  19. Web site: Done deal: Valladolid complete signing of 37-goal striker Weissman . Football Espana . 31 August 2020 .
  20. News: Posada . Arturo . Weissman resucita al Pucela ante Osasuna. Weissman resucitates Pucela against Osasuna. 13 January 2022 . . 11 December 2020 . Spanish.
  21. News: Ayuso Santamaría . J. . 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. 13 January 2022 . . 30 August 2021 . Spanish.
  22. News: Posada . Arturo . 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 . 13 January 2022 . El Norte de Castilla . 21 October 2021 . Spanish.
  23. Web site: Real Valladolid vs. Almeria - 5 September 2022 - Soccerway .
  24. Web site: Shon Weissman - SOCCER News, Rumors, & Updates .
  25. Web site: Weissman, al Granada CF. Weissman, to Granada CF. Real Valladolid. es. 31 January 2023. 1 February 2023.
  26. Web site: 31 January 2023 . יורד ליגה: שון וייסמן הושאל מריאל ויאדוליד לגרנאדה - וואלה! ספורט . 31 January 2023 . Walla! Sport . he.
  27. Web site: Villarreal II vs. Granada - 5 febrero 2023 - Soccerway .
  28. Web site: : From Spain to Italy Amid Controversies - Il Mattino.
  29. Web site: Salernitana. SHON WEISSMAN È UN NUOVO GIOCATORE DELLA SALERNITANA. SHON WEISSMAN IS A NEW PLAYER FOR SALERNITANA. 1 February 2024. 2 February 2024. it.
  30. Web site: UEFA. Slovenia v Israel game report. 9 September 2019.
  31. Web site: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 . 4 September 2021 . FIFA.com . 4 September 2021 . 20 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220220210518/https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/qatar2022/qualifiers/uefa/match-center/400155670 . dead .
  32. Web site: Shon Weissman » Club matches . worldfootball.net . 6 January 2023.
  33. Web site: S. Weissman. Soccerway. 21 November 2022.
  34. Web site: enwsi.gr . 20 July 2020 . Ο Φούντας στην ενδεκάδα της χρονιάς στην Αυστρία (ΦΩΤΟ) . 28 December 2022 . Enwsi.gr . el.
  35. Web site: Weissman, MVP de la temporada. Realcalladolid.es.