Beram Kayal
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Kayal playing for Brighton & Hove Albion in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Beram Kayal | ||
| Date of birth | 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) |
| 2019–2020 | → Charlton 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) |
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*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.