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Nir Bitton
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli professional association football player and current under-19 international”. Today it says “israeli professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder for israeli premier league c”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli footballer (born 1991) * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 September 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 March 2022”. It now reads “Israeli footballer (born 1991) * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 September 2025”.
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Nir Biton (or Nir Bitton , ; born 30 October 1991) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Celtic and the Israel national football team .1 Prior to his professional football career, he served in the Israel Defence Forces .2
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli professional association football player and current under-19 international”. Today it says “israeli professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder for israeli premier league c”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli footballer (born 1991) * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 September 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 March 2022”. It now reads “Israeli footballer (born 1991) * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 September 2025”. Read the current article and compare.
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israeli professional association football player and current under-19 international
Now
israeli professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder for israeli premier league c
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