| Suf Podgoreanu | |
| Fullname: | Suf Podgoreanu [1] |
| Birth Date: | 20 January 2002 |
| Birth Place: | Hadera, Israel |
| Position: | Winger, forward |
| Currentclub: | Maccabi Haifa[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] |
| Clubnumber: | 17 |
| Youthyears1: | 2010–2013 |
| Youthclubs1: | Hapoel Hadera |
| Youthyears2: | 2013–2020 |
| Youthclubs2: | Maccabi Haifa |
| Youthyears3: | 2020–2021 |
| Youthclubs3: | → Roma (loan) |
| Years1: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs1: | Maccabi Haifa |
| Caps1: | 5 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs2: | Roma |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2021–2023 |
| Clubs3: | Spezia |
| Caps3: | 5 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs4: | → Maccabi Haifa (loan) |
| Caps4: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2023– |
| Clubs5: | Maccabi Haifa |
| Caps5: | 17 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2017 |
| Nationalteam1: | Israel U16 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2018–2019 |
| Nationalteam2: | Israel U17 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 14 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 2 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2019 |
| Nationalteam3: | Israel U18 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 2 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2021– |
| Nationalteam4: | Israel U21 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 1 |
| Nationalyears5: | 2021– |
| Nationalteam5: | Israel |
| Nationalcaps5: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals5: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 21 April 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 22 May 2023 |
Suf Podgoreanu (Hebrew: סוף פודגוראנו; born 20 January 2002) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a winger or as a forward for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Haifa. He represents both the Israel national under-21 team and the senior Israel national team.[5] [2] [4] [3] [10]
Podgoreanu was born in Hadera, Israel, to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, and is of Romanian-Jewish descent on his father's side.[11] [12] Both his father Danny Podgoreanu and his grandfather played for the local Hapoel clubs as well.[12] [13]
He also holds a Romanian passport, on account of his Ashkenazi Jewish (Romanian-Jewish) ancestry, which eases the move to certain European football leagues.[11] [14] [12] [13]
Podgoreanu came through the youth ranks of Maccabi Haifa, where he was a prolific goalscorer for the under-19s, before joining the first team during the 2019–20 season.[15] [16] [17] Podgoreanu made his debut for Maccabi Haifa on 03 June 2020 in a game against Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. in a league match of the 2019-2020 season.[18]
Podgoreanu moved to Italian side Roma at the of the 2019–20 season, joining their youth team. After a season under Alberto De Rossi's management with 27 games, 3 goals and 6 assists, where he even joined the bench of the first team for a few games,[19] he was transferred to their Serie A rival of Spezia Calcio.[20] [21]
Podgoreanu made his debut for Italian side Spezia on 19 September 2021, replacing Janis Antiste in a 2-1 Serie A away win.[22] [23] [24]
On 2 September 2022, Podgoreanu returned to Maccabi Haifa on loan with an option to buy.[25] On May 16, 2023, he won his first adult title, as winning the Israeli Premier League championship.
He has been a youth international for Israel since 2017.[26]
He also plays for the Israel U-21 since 2021.[27]
He was called up for the senior Israel national team in October 2021, during their 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers - UEFA.[28] Podgoreanu debuted for a full match with the senior team in a 3–2 home win for Israel against Faroe Islands on 15 November 2021, at the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers - UEFA,[29] where he had an assist as well.[30]
Maccabi Haifa