Full name Avi Ivgi 2001-2003 Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv 1996-2001 Hapoel Nazareth Illit Height 1.8 m | Years Team Role Football player Name Avi Ivgi | |
Date of birth (1978-10-02) 2 October 1978 (age 37) | ||
Current team Maccabi Herzliya F.C. Place of birth Nazareth Illit, Israel | ||
Avi Ivgi (Hebrew: אבי איבגי; born 2 October 1978) is an Israeli professional football goalkeeper who plays for Liga Leumit club Hapoel Petah Tikva . He previously played for Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv, Hapoel Kfar Saba, Beitar Jerusalem, Hapoel Rishon LeZion, Maccabi Petah Tikva and Hapoel Nazareth Illit, Hapoel Petah Tikva.
Ivgi came through the Hapoel Nazareth Illit youth squad. He made his debut for the club's senior team in the 1996–97 season against Hapoel Majd al-Krum. In 2001 Ivgi moved to Bnei Yehuda and helped them gain promotion to the Israeli Premier League in the 2001–02 season. In 2003, he joined Hapoel Kfar Saba, then in the Liga Leumit. They finished in fourth place in his first season, and in his second, 2004–05, they won the Liga Leumit championship and promotion to the Israeli Premier League. After one season in the top flight with Hapoel Kfar Saba, Ivgi went on to spend a year each with Beitar Jerusalem, Hapoel Rishon LeZion and Maccabi Petah Tikva, before returning to Hapoel Nazareth Illit for 2009-10. He moved on to Maccabi Herzliya in 2010 until 2013. In 2013, he moved to Hapoel Petah Tikva.