Beram Kayal

Beram Kayal
بيرم كيال
Kayal playing for Brighton & Hove Albion in 2018
Personal information
Full name Beram Kayal
Date of birth (1988-05-02) 2 May 1988
Place of birth Jadeidi-Makr, Israel
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
Bnei Sakhnin
Number 7
Youth career
2002–2006 Maccabi Haifa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2010 Maccabi Haifa 92 (6)
2010–2015 Celtic 86 (2)
2015–2020 Brighton & Hove Albion 118 (4)
2019–2020Charlton Athletic (loan) 6 (0)
2020– Bnei Sakhnin 81 (14)
International career
2004–2005 Israel U17 12 (1)
2006 Israel U18 4 (1)
2005–2007 Israel U19 23 (7)
2007–2009 Israel U21 11 (1)
2008–2021 Israel 47 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Beram Kayal (or Biram Keyal, Arabic: بيرم كيال, Hebrew: בירם כיאל; born 2 May 1988) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Bnei Sakhnin of the Israeli Premier League. Internationally he plays for Israel, where he has been a full international since 2008, with 47 senior caps to date.

Kayal joined Maccabi Haifa in 2002 and made his professional debut in 2006 at the age of 18. He made 125 appearances and scored eight goals before moving to Celtic in 2010. He has received plaudits from many Scottish football pundits and was named the SPL player of the month for January 2011. In January 2015, he joined Brighton & Hove Albion where he spent five and a half years – including a loan spell at Charlton Athletic – helping The Seagulls to Premier League promotion for the first time in the club's history. Kayal made a return to Israel in November 2020 signing for Bnei Sakhnin of the Israeli top flight.