David Cuperman

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David Cuperman
Personal information
Full name David Cuperman Coifman
Date of birth (1996-11-08) 8 November 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Bogotá, Colombia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
Hapoel Tel Aviv
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2017 Averett University 51 (21)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2022 Fortaleza 54 (3)
2021Alianza Petrolera 11 (0)
2022–2024 FC Ashdod 32 (0)
2024– Hapoel Tel Aviv 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 April 2024

David Cuperman (born 8 November 1996) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Tel Aviv.

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Early life

Cuperman was born to parents Salomon Cuperman and Raquel Coifman in Bogota. After attending Colegio Colombo Hebreo for high school, Cuperman left for the US to study sports management and coaching at Averett University. [1] He earned USA South All-Conference First Team honors. [2] Cuperman was named to the 2017 Jewish Sports Review Men's Soccer All-America First Team for Division II and II. [2]

Career

In 2017, Cuperman traveled to Israel to represent Colombia at the 2017 Maccabiah Games. [3]

He made his debut in the Colombian Categoría Primera A with Alianza Petrolera on 16 February 2021, starting at left midfield against Patriotas Boyacá.

In 2022, Cuperman joined FC Ashdod in Israel on trial. [4]

Personal life

Born in Colombia, Cuperman is of Polish-Jewish descent. [5] On 10 August 2022 became an Israeli citizen. [6]

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References

  1. "David Cuperman" . Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Men's soccer's Cuperman selected to Jewish Sports Review All-America First Team". Averett University Athletics.
  3. "Macabeada Israel 2017". Macabi Colombia. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  4. Kalfi, Itzik (5 July 2022). "המגן דויד קופרמן צפוי לחתום במ.ס אשדוד". One.co.il. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  5. Krzeszowski, Michał (11 December 2019). "Kaio, Cuperman, El-Hage, Golemić, czyli co najmniej 59 polskich śladów na piłkarskiej mapie świata – część II". iGol.pl.
  6. Tuchman, Yaniv (10 August 2022). "דויד קופרמן קיבל תעודת זהות כחולה. אשדוד מנסה לאזרח גם את ז'ורדן סבן" (in Hebrew). Walla. Retrieved 10 August 2022.