Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli footballer who currently plays at hapoel tel aviv”. Today it says “israeli professional footballer who plays as a right-back and winger for israeli premier league club maccabi te”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli association footballer (born 1995)”. It now reads “Israeli footballer (born 1995)”.
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Sagiv Shalom Yehezkel (or Jehezkel, Hebrew : שגיב שלום יחזקאל ; born 21 March 1995) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a right-back and winger for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Tel Aviv and the Israel national team . In January 2024, while with Turkish Süper Lig side Antalyaspor , Yehezkel was suspended and then sacked for making a gesture of support for Israeli hostages being held during the Gaza war after he scored a goal against Trabzonspor .
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Sagiv Yehezkel ( ; born 21 March 1995) is an Israeli footballer who currently plays at Hapoel Tel Aviv . Yehezkel made his debut against Hapoel Be'er Sheva in May 2014, and scored his first goal on his debut.
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Sagiv Yehezkel ( ; born 21 March 1995) is an Israeli footballer who currently plays for FC Ashdod . Yehezkel made his debut against Hapoel Be'er Sheva in May 2014, and scored his first goal on his debut.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli footballer who currently plays at hapoel tel aviv”. Today it says “israeli professional footballer who plays as a right-back and winger for israeli premier league club maccabi te”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli association footballer (born 1995)”. It now reads “Israeli footballer (born 1995)”. Read the current article and compare.
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israeli footballer who currently plays at hapoel tel aviv
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israeli professional footballer who plays as a right-back and winger for israeli premier league club maccabi te
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