Denny Gropper

Denny Gropper (or Danny Gruper,^[1] Hebrew: דני גרופר; born 16 March 1999) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a left-back for the Israel national football team.

Denny Gropper
דני גרופר

Personal information
Date of birth	(1999-03-16) 16 March 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth	Haifa, Israel
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Youth career
2010–2015	Maccabi Haifa
2015–2017	Hapoel Haifa
2017–2018	Ironi Nesher
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2019	Hapoel Afula	30	(4)
2019–2022	Hapoel Tel Aviv	56	(2)
2022–2025	Ludogorets Razgrad	42	(0)
2025–	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0	(0)
International career‡
2019–2020	Israel U21	8	(0)
2022–	Israel	9	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 November 2021

Early life

Gruper was born in Haifa, Israel, to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. His uncle is Israeli former international footballer Ronny Rosenthal.^[2]

Club career

Gropper joined the Maccabi Haifa youth department as a child. In 2015 he moved to the youth departments of Hapoel Haifa and Ironi Nesher. In 2018 he first appeared in a senior team when he signed for one season at Hapoel Afula, where he impressed with a breakout season when he scored 4 goals in 30 league games in the National League.^[3] In May 2019 he signed for three seasons at the Israeli Hapoel Tel Aviv club.^[4] In March 2022 Gropper signed a contract with Bulgarian champions Ludogorets Razgrad.^[5]

Career statistics

As of match played 26 May 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hapoel Afula	2018–19	Liga Leumit	30	4	5	1	—		—		—		35	5
Hapoel Tel Aviv	2019–20	Israeli Premier League	21	1	1	0	4	0	—		—		26	1
	2020–21	Israeli Premier League	29	1	4	0	4	0	—		—		26	1
	2021–22	Israeli Premier League	6	1	—		—		—		—		6	1
	Total		56	3	5	0	8	0	—		—		69	3
Ludogorets Razgrad	2021–22	Bulgarian First League	4	0	—		—		—		—		4	0
	2022–23	Bulgarian First League	15	0	1	0	—		8[a]	1	0	0	24	1
	2023–24	Bulgarian First League	4	0	3	0	—		0	0	0	0	7	0
	2024–25	Bulgarian First League	19	0	2	0	—		6	0	1	0	28	0
	Total		42	0	6	0	—		14	1	1	0	63	1
Ludogorets Razgrad II	2022–23	Bulgarian Second League	3	0	—		—		—		—		3	0
	2023–24	Bulgarian Second League	2	0	—		—		—		—		2	0
	2024–25	Bulgarian Second League	1	0	—		—		—		—		1	0
	Total		6	0	—		—		—		—		6	0
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2025–26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
Career total			105	6	14	1	8	0	14	1	1	0	143	8

1. One appearance in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League, one appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Ludogorets Razgrad

• First Professional Football League (Bulgaria): 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
• Bulgarian Cup: 2022–23, 2024–25
• Bulgarian Supercup: 2022, 2023, 2024