Lior Rafaelov

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Lior Rafaelov ליאור רפאלוב
Personal information
Date of birth	April 26, 1986 (1986-04-26) (age 22)
Place of birth	Or Akiva, Israel
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Maccabi Haifa
Number	26
Youth clubs
1998-2004	Maccabi Haifa
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004-present	Maccabi Haifa	54 (2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 April 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Lior Rafaelov (Hebrew: ליאור רפאלוב‎; born April 26, 1986) is an Israeli football player playing for Maccabi Haifa.

In 1998 Rafaelov began to play in Maccabi Haifa youth teams. In 2002/2003 season he moved up from the under-16 team to the youth team of the club, and scored already in his first against Neve Yossef.

During the 2003/2004 season he scored 7 goals in the youth team, lead it to the youth championship and won the best player award. His first goal in the first team he scored at 2004/2005 season on a Penalty kick against Hapoel Nazareth Illit, a game which Haifa won 6-0.

Rafaelov is considered to be a great prospect and possibly the next Eyal Berkovic or Yossi Benayoun.

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