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Full name
  
Gal Mesika

Playing position
  
Goalkeeper

Apps
  
(Gls)

Place of birth
  
Herzliya, Israel

Years
  
Team

Height
  
1.81 m

Date of birth
  
(1988-06-29) June 29, 1988 (age 28)

Current team
  
Israel national American football team (Placekicker)

Gal mesika


Gal Mesika is an Israeli American football and association football player. He was born 29 June 1988 in Herzliya, Israel. In association football he is a goalkeeper and has previously played with Hapoel Ra'anana from 2013-2014 and began playing for Maccabi Netanya in 2015. He was the also previously the starting goalkeeper for the Israel national under-19 football team.

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In 2015, Mesika made the transition into playing American football, and joined the Israel national American football team as a placekicker. After seeing Mesika play Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots stated he expected to soon see an Israeli play in the NFL. In February 2016 Mesika was invited to be the first ever Israeli to try out for the NFL.

Kicking under fire gal mesika training in israel for the nfl regional combine


Personal life

His father was also a footballer who played for Maccabi Herzliya and also served as the CEO of the club from 1996 to 2009.

References

Gal Mesika Wikipedia