Berti Glauber left Nuremberg. He's playing for Manchester City now. http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/spieler/37537/glauber/transferdaten.html
Berti Glauber told it to me (I often met him in the pizzeria of my Brasilian friend Junior - his sister is married to the Italian owner - in former days). Nearby I've read diverse German articles (unfortunately, I don't find the links anymore) that with Glauber, Galasek (who played for Ajax before he came to Nuremberg) and Sorin, the Bundesliga had 3 players of Jewish ancestry.
Luis Sadovnic of 15 yrs old is playing for the Venezuelan under-17 NT, seems like he's a big promise for Venezuelan football, he plays for San Agustín del Paraiso school, he used to play for Hebraica (the jewish school of Caracas)...the southamerican under-17 tournament will start next month...if he goes i'll bring some updates..
not sure if posted but... Name: Gabriel Obertan Place of Birth: Pantin, France Date of Birth: 26/02/1989 Height: 1.86 cms Position: Forward Club: Bordeaux also argentinian Gaston Lagman, but couldn't find much of him...
Here's one, not sure if he's Jewish though Vladimir Weiss (Slovakia) - Plays for the Manchester City youth team, and was on the bench for the UEFA Cup tie today.
Heres another, I cant confirm, but Chris Cohen is a midfielder for Nottingham Forest. Apparently hes a product of the West Ham Academy.
I watched some videos of Obertan the other day, he is really fast, Israel should have called him up, hes already been capped by the U-21's in france already, some people seem to think he is the next Thierry Henry, we'll see about that
I assume if he is good enough to play for france u-21 he probably has dreams of playing for the A-team, so im sure it would be difficult for Israel to convince him otherwise....however if it happens then i hope he can learn hebrew so he can communicate on the field
Here is an updated list. Please see if I missed something. Remember, being on the list does not mean a player is Jewish according to Jewish law or practices Judaism, it simply means that they are of Jewish ancestry (at least one Jewish grandparent) and would qualify for Israeli citizenship and not count as a foreigner for Israeli clubs and possibly even contend for a spot on the national team. Argentina David Abraham - FC Basel (SUI) Darío Cvitanich - Ajax (NED) Guillermo Israilevich (ISR) - Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR) Lucas Matías Licht - Getafe CF (ESP) Bryan Man (ISR) - Hapoel Ashkelon (ISR) Isidro Naón (ISR) - Hapoel Ashkelon (ISR) Martin Perelman - All Boys (ARG) Ariel Gerardo Seltzer - Club Sportivo Independiente Rivadavia (ARG) Juan Pablo Sorín - Cruzeiro Esporte Clube (BRA) Eial Strahman - River Plate (ARG) Nicolas Tauber (ISR) - Chacarita Juniors (ARG) Jonathan Tennenbaum (ISR) - Hapoel Ra'anana (ISR) Australia Laurence Braude - Central Coast Mariners FC (AUS) Belgium Samuel Lavan - K. Berchem Sport (BEL) Brazil Leandro Honorato Gláuber Berti - Manchester City F.C. (ENG) Canada Nils Binstock - Toronto Lynx (CAN) Adam Braz - Montreal Impact (CAN) Tomer Chencinski (ISR) - Newark Ironbound Express (USA) Gil Vainshtein (CAN) - Italia Shooters (CAN) Croatia Tvrtko Kale - Beitar Jerusalem (ISR) Czech Republic Tomáš Galásek - Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER) England David Beckham - Los Angeles GaLAxy (USA) Paul Hakim - St Albans City F.C. (ENG) Josh Kennet (ISR) - Maccabi Herzliya (ISR) Jonathan Kurrant - Loughborough Town F.C. (ENG) Sam Sloma - Chelmsford City F.C. (ENG) Michael Warwick (ISR) - Witton Albion F.C. (ENG) Finland Roni Porokara - Örebro SK (SWE) France Gary Assous (ISR) - Maccabi Herzliya (ISR) Jonathan Assous (ISR) - Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR) Rudy Haddad (ISR) - Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR) Maxime Partouche - Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) Germany Alon Abelski (ISR) - MSV Duisburg II (GER) Anton Shynder (UKR) - VfR Aalen (GER) Netherlands Daniël de Ridder (ISR) - Wigan Athletic F.C. (ENG) Sjaak Polak - BV Veendam (NED) Samuel Scheimann (ISR) - FC Den Bosch (NED) Shai Zakai (ISR) - Ajax Zat 2 (NED) Norway Dan Alberto Fellus (ISR) - Lillestrøm SK (NOR) Peru Salomón Libman - Alianza Lima (PER) Portugal Alexandre Zahavi (USA/ISR) - Sporting Lisbon (POR) Russia Yakov Erlikh - FC Metallurg Lipetsk (RUS) Artyom Fidler - FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast (RUS) Daniel Gradinev - FC Anzhi Makhachkala (RUS) Vladimir Granat - FC Dynamo Moscow (RUS) South Africa Dean Furman - Bradford City A.F.C. (ENG) Sweden Martin Dohlsten - Örgryte IS (SWE) Turkey Umut Güzelses (ISR) - Maccabi Herzliya (ISR) Ukraine Gennady Altman - PFC Olexandria (UKR) Andrei Oberemko - Illichivets (UKR) United States Kyle Altman - Minnesota Thunder (USA) Benjamin Benditson - San Fernando Valley Quakes (USA) Jonathan Bornstein - Club Deportivo Chivas USA (USA) Samuel Brill - FC Sachsen Leipzig (GER) Adam Bruh - Long Island Academy (USA) Michael Erush - Hollywood United (USA) Benny Feilhaber (BRA/AUT) - AGF Aarhus (DEN) Kevin Freidland - Minnesota Thunder (USA) Jarryd Goldberg - Miami FC (USA) Joel Goldstein (ISR) - Beitar Jerusalem (ISR) Jordan Gruber (ISR) - Hapoel Marmorek (ISR) Andy Gruenebaum - Columbus Crew (USA) Erik Hort (ISR) - Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR) Leo Krupnik (UKR/ISR) - Maccabi Haifa (ISR) Matt Luzunaris - FC Magna Wiener Neustadt (AUT) Brian Nakash (ISR) - Beitar Jerusalem (ISR) Jonathan Spector - West Ham United F.C. (ENG) Preston Zimmerman - Kapfenberger SV (AUT) Uruguay Marcelo Lipatin - C.D. Trofense (POR) Wales Joe Jacobson - Bristol Rovers F.C. (ENG) Retired Jewish footballers since we have done the list: Jordan Cila (USA) - Long Island Rough Riders (USA) Michael Enfield (USA) - Sydney FC (AUS) Eric Fischbein (SWE) - Hammarby Idrottsförening Fotbollförening (SWE) Sebastián Rozental Igualt (CHI) - Maccabi Netanya (ISR) Whereabouts unknown Graham Albert (USA) Joakim Askling (SWE/USA?) - U.C. AlbinoLeffe (ITA) [youth player] Matthew Baum (USA/ISR) Devy Bedok (FRA) Alan Damian Bender (ARG) Rhett Bernstein (USA) David Blum (USA) Kilian Elkinson (BDA/CAN) - On roster for Maccabi Canada Ross Fishbain (USA) Jonathan Israelson (SWE) - Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (SWE) [youth player] Danny Kramer (USA) Brian Scott Kuritzky (USA) Gaston Lagman (ARG) - Club Atletico Atlanta (ARG) ? Laurent Manuel(USA/FRA) Brett Meyers (USA) Justin Meyers (USA) Kevin Pariente (FRA) Daniel Revivo (CAN) Boris Rotenberg (RUS/FIN) - FC Shinnik Yaroslavl (RUS) ? Luis Sadovnic (VEN) Ya'akov Sasson (NED) Dan Shapiro (USA) Nate Weiss (USA) Rumored to have Jewish ancestry: Maximiliano Bajter (URU) - C.A. Peñarol (URU) Steven Cohen (FRA) - UD Salamanca (ESP) Gennaro Gattuso (ITA) - AC Milan (ITA) Artur Levitskiy (BLR) - FC Savit Mahilyou (BLR) Sacha Opinel (FRA) - Ebbsfleet United F.C. (ENG) Gabriel Obertan (FRA) - FC Lorient (FRA) Germano Schweger (BRA) - Santos (BRA) David Zalzman (VEN) - FC Barcelona (ESP)
thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Martin Dohlsten - Örgryte IS (SWE) could you write about him why he in list? and Vladimir Granat - FC Dynamo Moscow (RUS)
Re: Vladimir Granat I don't know about that other guy but Vladimir Granat was once wanted by Maccabi Tel Aviv except they couldn't afford the asking price of €1,500,000: http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/spages/963725.html
Martin Dohlsten was talked about in the Swedish Makkabi magazine for January 2009 as were the other Swedish and Finnish Jews in the list.
spelling / national affiliation corrections Isidoro Neón (ISR) - Hapoel Ashkelon (ISR) Anton Shynder (UKR/GER) - VfR Aalen (GER) - should be under Ukraine Alexandre Zahavi (USA/ISR/POR) - Sporting Lisbon (POR Danil Gridnev - FC Anzhi Makhachkala (RUS Adam Bruh - Long Island Academy (USA -you probably meant Adam Braz Joel Goldstein (ISR/ARG) - Beitar Jerusalem (ISR - shuld be under Argentina Brian Nakash (ISR/FRA) - Beitar Jerusalem (ISR - shuld be under France updates obertan is jewish according to wiki Steven Cohen (FRA) - UD Salamanca (ESP http://sports.walla.co.il/?w=//1434714 missing Gennady Altman (UKR) Walter Adrián Samuel (ARG) Dor Yasur (ISR/GUA) Shmuel Hazan (CAN) Alexey Abramov (RUS there are some more who are missing - i lost my list when my coputer crashed
