Position Point guard Nationality Israeli Listed weight 185 lb (84 kg) Name Moran Roth Height 1.82 m Career start 2000 | League Israeli Super League Listed height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) High school Kiryat Sharet Holon Role Basketball player Weight 84 kg Pro career 2000 | |
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Born November 10, 1982 (age 41)
Ashdod, Israel ( 1982-11-10 ) Current team Maccabi Haifa B.C. (#9 / Point guard) | ||
Assist of the Night: Moran Roth, Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv
Moran Roth (Hebrew: מורן רוט) (born November 10, 1982) is an Israeli professional basketball player who plays as a Guard for Bnei Herzliya of the Israeli Super League. His biggest achievement up to date was winning the Israeli Super League with Hapoel Holon in 2007-08 season.
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Professional career
After finishing youth age at the youth system of Maccabi Tel Aviv, Roth has signed with Hapoel Be'eri of the third-tier Liga Artzit. After one year at the third-tier, Moran has played three seasons on the second-tier Liga Leumit - one with his hometown team Maccabi Ashdod and two with Elitzur Ramla.
His performance at the second league earned him his first Israeli Premier League contract with A.S. Ramat Hasharon. At the end of the season he won the rising star award after averaging 7.0 points and 2.7 assists.
He has signed with Maccabi Rishon LeZion for the 2005-06 season and has finished with the team in third place.
Moran has split the 2006-07 season between Hapoel Galil Elyon and Ironi Ramat Gan.
In the next season, Moran has been a key player in the sensation championship winning team Hapoel Holon, which ended a 14 consecutive championships by Maccabi Tel Aviv. In That season Moran has passed 4.6 assists per game.
After the sensation championship Roth has signed a contract with the traditional second-best team in Israel Hapoel Jerusalem.
The player has split ways with Hapoel Jerusalem just after one season, signing with Elitzur Ashkelon for the 2009–10 Season.
On June 2010, Roth has returned to Hapoel Holon, signing a 2-year contract. Roth has averaged a then career highs of 13.5 points and 5.9 assists which earned him a place in the All-BSL First Team, although his team finished only in 7th place and failed in the quarterfinals.
The second year of his contract has been more successful on the team level, finishing third. Moran has led the league in assists with 7.95 per game and also had finished two games with 15 assists.
After two good seasons with Hapoel Holon, Roth has signed a 3-year contract with Israeli powerhouse Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Roth has parted ways with Maccabi Tel Aviv after only one year due to lack of playing minutes. Moran has signed with holding champions Maccabi Haifa as a replacement to Gal Mekel who moved to the NBA.
National Team
Roth has been member of the Israeli National Basketball Team since 2007 and appeared in Eurobasket 2007 and Eurobasket 2009