Dan Glazer

Dan Leon Glazer (or Glezer,^[1] Hebrew: דן ליאון גלזר; born 20 September 1996) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Kazakhstan Premier League club Kairat and the Israel national team.^[2]

Dan Glazer

Glazer with Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Dan Leon Glazer
Date of birth	(1996-09-20) 20 September 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Tel Aviv, Israel
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Kairat
Number	18
Youth career
2004–2016	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2023	Maccabi Tel Aviv	144	(1)
2016–2017	→ Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla (loan)	42	(2)
2017–2018	→ Maccabi Netanya (loan)	28	(1)
2023–2024	OFI Crete	18	(0)
2024–2025	Pari Nizhny Novgorod	10	(0)
2025–	Kairat	11	(0)
International career‡
2011–2012	Israel U16	12	(0)
2012–2013	Israel U17	16	(1)
2013	Israel U18	5	(0)
2014	Israel U19	13	(0)
2017–2018	Israel U21	7	(0)
2018–	Israel	21	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 July 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 June 2024

Early life

Glazer was born and raised in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, to an Israeli family of Ashkenazi Jewish (German-Jewish) descent.^[3][4] He is the cousin of fellow Maccabi Tel Aviv academy graduate Daniel Peretz, and the older brother of twin-brothers Tamir Glazer and Amit Glazer, who are all Israeli international footballers as well.^[5][6]

He also holds a German passport, on account of his Ashkenazi Jewish ancestors, which eases the move to certain European football leagues.^[6][7]

Club career

On 11 September 2023, Glazer signed a two-year contract with Super League Greece club OFI Crete.^[8]

On 9 July 2024, Glazer moved to Pari Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Premier League on a multi-year contract.^[9]

On 15 January 2025, Glazer signed a contract until the end of 2026 with Kairat of the Kazakhstan Premier League.^[10]

International career

Glazer made his international debut for the Israel senior team on 11 September 2018, coming on as a substitute in the 74th minute during a friendly match against Northern Ireland, which finished as a 0–3 away loss.^[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of 9 November 2024^[12]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2014–15	Israeli Premier League	0	0	0	0	1	0	—		—		1	0
	2015–16		0	0	0	0	2	0	—		—		2	0
	2018–19		30	1	2	0	3	0	4	0	—		39	1
	2019–20		33	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	40	0
	2020–21		23	0	3	0	0	0	11	0	2	0	39	0
	2021–22		31	0	3	0	0	0	12	1	1	0	47	1
	2022–23		26	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	—		33	0
	2023–24		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		1	0
	Total		144	1	11	0	8	0	41	1	4	0	208	2
Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla (loan)	2015–16	Israel Liga Leumit	10	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		10	0
	2016–17		32	2	1	0	0	0	—		—		33	2
	Total		42	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	2
Maccabi Netanya (loan)	2017–18	Israeli Premier League	28	1	2	0	3	0	—		—		33	1
OFI Crete	2023–24	Super League Greece	22	0	2	0	—		—		—		24	0
Nizhny Novgorod	2024–25	Russian Premier League	10	0	5	0	—		—		—		15	0
Career total			246	4	21	0	11	0	41	1	4	0	323	5

International

As of match played 21 November 2023^[13]

Israel
Year	Apps	Goals
2018	2	0
2019	5	0
2020	1	0
2021	3	0
2022	7	0
2023	2	0
Total	20	0

Honours

Maccabi Tel Aviv

• Israeli Premier League: 2018–19, 2019–20
• Israel Toto Cup (Ligat Ha'Al): 2018–19, 2020–21
• Israel Super Cup: 2019, 2020
• Israel State Cup: 2020–21

Individual

• Israeli Footballer of the Year: 2019–20

See also

• Israel portal
• Biography portal
• Association football portal

• List of Jewish footballers
• List of Jews in sports
• List of Israelis