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Shon Weissman

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli footballer who plays as a forward for maccabi haifa”. Today it says “israeli professional footballer who plays as a forward for the israel national team”.
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Shon Zalman Weissman (or Sean, Hebrew : שון זלמן וייסמן ; born 14 February 1996) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a forward for Segunda División club Granada and the Israel national team . An academy graduate of Israeli side Maccabi Haifa , Weissman made his senior debut for the club in 2014 before spending three seasons on loan with Israeli clubs Hapoel Acre , Maccabi Netanya , and Ironi Kiryat Shmona . In Maccabi Netanya, he enjoyed a particularly successful campaign which culminated in the club reaching promotion to the Israeli Premier League . In the 2019–20 season , while playing with Austrian side Wolfsberger AC , he became the club's first goalscorer in a European competition and was the Austrian Bundesliga's top scorer that season with 30 goals out of 31 matches. Formerly an Israel youth international , Weissman represented the nation from under-17 level . He made his senior international debut in September 2019. Shon Weissman at Soccerway "Conquest of Spain: The Meteoric Jump of Sean Weissman" . israelhayom.co.il . " "Proud to represent the country": Sean Weissman scored and celebrated with the Israeli flag" .

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israeli footballer who plays as a forward for maccabi haifa

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