| Suf Podgoreanu | |
| Fullname: | Suf Podgoreanu[1] |
| Birth Date: | 20 January 2002 |
| Birth Place: | Hadera, Israel |
| Position: | Winger, forward |
| Currentclub: | Heracles Almelo |
| Clubnumber: | 29 |
| 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: | 2021–2024 |
| Clubs3: | Spezia |
| Caps3: | 5 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs4: | → Maccabi Haifa (loan) |
| Caps4: | 1 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2023– |
| Clubs5: | Maccabi Haifa |
| Caps5: | 17 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 2024– |
| Clubs6: | → Heracles Almelo (loan) |
| Caps6: | 0 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| 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: | 2021–2023 |
| Nationalteam4: | Israel U21 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 1 |
| Nationalyears5: | 2021– |
| Nationalteam5: | Israel |
| Nationalcaps5: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals5: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 1 June 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 22 May 2023 |
Suf Podgoreanu (he|סוף פודגוראנו; born 20 January 2002) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a winger or as a forward for Dutch club Heracles Almelo, on loan from Maccabi Haifa, and the Israel national team.[2] [3] [4] [5]
Podgoreanu was born and raised in Hadera, Israel, to an Israeli family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, and is of Romanian-Jewish descent on his father's side.[6] [7] Both his father Danny Podgoreanu and his grandfather played for the local Hapoel clubs as well.[7] [8]
He also holds a Romanian passport, on account of his Ashkenazi Jewish ancestors, which eases the move to certain European football leagues.[6] [9] [7] [8]
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.[10] [11] [12] Podgoreanu made his debut for Maccabi Haifa on 3 June 2020 in a game against Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. in a league match of the 2019-2020 season.[13]
Podgoreanu moved to Italian side Roma at the beginning of the 2019–20 season, initially 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,[14] he was transferred to their Serie A rival of Spezia Calcio.[15] [16]
Podgoreanu made his debut for Italian side Spezia on 19 September 2021, replacing Janis Antiste in a 2-1 Serie A away win.[17] [18] [19]
On 2 September 2022, Podgoreanu returned to Maccabi Haifa on loan with an option to buy.[20] On 16 May 2023, he won his first adult title, as winning the Israeli Premier League championship.
On 22 August 2024, Podgoreanu was loaned by Heracles Almelo in the Netherlands.[21]
He has been a youth international for Israel since 2017.[22]
He also plays for the Israel U-21 since 2021.[23]
He was called up for the senior Israel national team in October 2021, during their 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers - UEFA.[24] 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,[25] where he had an assist as well.[26]
Maccabi Haifa