Maccabi Tel Aviv FC reached an agreement with Belgian outfit Gent for the loan deal of Ofir Davidzada for one season. The 26-year-old left-back joined Gent from Hapoel Be’ersheva last season and has since played in Belgium.
The 27-year-old left-back scored 4 goals in 50 appearances for Maccabi with 14 coming in Europa League qualifying and group stages. Davidzada scorned 4 goals and also picked up 4 assists and was part of the team that lifted the Toto Cup with a win over Hapoel Beer Sheva. At the end of the season when his loan was over, the defender returned to his Belgium club.
On September 2018 Maccabi and Belgian side K.A.A. Gent reached an agreement for the sale of Davidzada who signed a 4 year-deal at the club with an option to extend the contract by one year
– Davidzada, made 11 appearances in all competitions, assisting in two goals during the 2018/19 season that resulted with a convincing league title. The experienced left-back, added another championship plate to his trophy cabinet, after appearing 13 times in the Yellow and Blue strip to win the 24th league title in the club’s history.
Vidar Kjartansson, who scored 14 goals in 20 league appearances for Malmo ever since his January transfer from Chinese outfit Jiangsu Suning FC, scored 1 goal in 9 appearances for Iceland and is part of the squad to face Ukraine in Kiev on September 5th.
A product of Icelandic club UMF Selfos, Kjartansson, 187cm, made his senior debut at the age of 16 before joining IBV Vestmannaeyjar in 2009 and returning to his boyhood club a year later. In three seasons, the striker scored 35 times in 70 appearances before switching in March 2013 to Fylkir Rekjavik for which he scored 23 goals in 30 appearances. In January 2014 Kjartansson moved to Norway to join Valerenga Oslo and kept his outstanding goal scoring record with 31 goals in 33 appearances before being sold to Jiangsu. Under coach Dan Petrescu, Kjartansson scored 13 goals in 35 appearances before returning to Scandinavia and joining Malmo. Overall, Kjartansson scored 144 career goals in 284 appearances.
Kjartansson has been part of the Iceland National Team program from a young age and has featured for the senior team as well. In 2016/17, the striker scored 24 goals in all competitions and assisted on two as well. Vidar scored a hat trick against Kiryat Shemona on Matchday 23 and also was an integral part of the Europa League campaign. The Icelander made 43 appearances during the season.
The 2017/18 campaign saw Kjartansson again top the team in goals as the striker scored 21 across all competitions (13 league) in 47 appearances (30 league). His lone strike in the Toto Cup final against Hapoel Beer Sheva gave the Yellow & Blue their only title of the season and the Icelander also scored the fastest Maccabi Tel Aviv goal just 13 seconds after the start of the away match at Maccabi Haifa in January 2018.
Kjartansson, who scored 14 goals in 20 league appearances for Malmo ever since his January transfer from Chinese outfit Jiangsu Suning FC, scored 1 goal in 9 appearances for Iceland and is part of the squad to face Ukraine in Kiev on September 5th.
A product of Icelandic club UMF Selfos, Kjartansson, 187cm, made his senior debut at the age of 16 before joining IBV Vestmannaeyjar in 2009 and returning to his boyhood club a year later. In three seasons, the striker scored 35 times in 70 appearances before switching in March 2013 to Fylkir Rekjavik for which he scored 23 goals in 30 appearances. In January 2014 Kjartansson moved to Norway to join Valerenga Oslo and kept his outstanding goal scoring record with 31 goals in 33 appearances before being sold to Jiangsu. Under coach Dan Petrescu, Kjartansson scored 13 goals in 35 appearances before returning to Scandinavia and joining Malmo. Overall, Kjartansson scored 144 career goals in 284 appearances.
Kjartansson, who scored 14 goals in 20 league appearances for Malmo ever since his January transfer from Chinese outfit Jiangsu Suning FC, scored 1 goal in 9 appearances for Iceland and is part of the squad to face Ukraine in Kiev on September 5th.
A product of Icelandic club UMF Selfos, Kjartansson, 187cm, made his senior debut at the age of 16 before joining IBV Vestmannaeyjar in 2009 and returning to his boyhood club a year later. In three seasons, the striker scored 35 times in 70 appearances before switching in March 2013 to Fylkir Rekjavik for which he scored 23 goals in 30 appearances. In January 2014 Kjartansson moved to Norway to join Valerenga Oslo and kept his outstanding goal scoring record with 31 goals in 33 appearances before being sold to Jiangsu. Under coach Dan Petrescu, Kjartansson scored 13 goals in 35 appearances before returning to Scandinavia and joining Malmo. Overall, Kjartansson scored 144 career goals in 284 appearances.
ליטו וידיגאל מונה למאמן מכבי תל אביב ב-11 בפברואר 2017, כשהגיע באמצע העונה מקבוצת ארוקה בפורטוגל. המאמן, שנולד באנגולה ואף שיחק ואימן בנבחרתה הלאומית, העביר את מרבית הקריירה שלו בפורטוגל – הן כשחקן והן כמאמן. מלבד הליגה בפורטוגל אימן גם עונה אחת בקפריסין בא.א.ל לימסול. בעונת 2014/15 היה חלק מעונה מוצלחת של קבוצת בלננשש בה סיימה הקבוצה את העונה במקום השישי והשיגה כרטיס לאירופה. עונה לאחר מכן הצליח לשחזר את ההישג עם קבוצת ארוקה הצנועה. תחת הדרכתו של המאמן ארוקה מפורטוגל סיימה את העונה במקום החמישי, העפילה לאירופה ורשמה למעשה את הישג השיא בהיסטוריה של המועדון.
