{"id":507588,"date":"2021-07-04T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/maccabi-playtika-tel-aviv-signed-yiftach-ziv\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T12:11:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T09:11:04","slug":"maccabi-playtika-tel-aviv-signed-yiftach-ziv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/en\/maccabi-playtika-tel-aviv-signed-yiftach-ziv\/","title":{"rendered":"Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv signed Yiftach Ziv"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"responsive-video-container\" style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QVAcicsTyTw\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"> \t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv signed Yiftach Ziv (26, 1.91 m) for two years with an option for another season. The leading Israeli point guard &#8211; a member of last season&#8217;s first team and the Israeli Player of the Season &#8211; is also well known to fans in yellow and blue from the last playoff final series, in which he faced the champions as a player of Gilboa-Galil.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \t<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Yiftach Ziv is a big and strong point guard with extraordinary daring, a huge hunger to succeed, the ability to dictate the pace of the game, guard players in a variety of positions, he has 7 seasons experience in the Israeli Premier League, good shooting and rebounding skills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&#8220;The signing of Yiftach Ziv is very important for us because we add a very good Israeli player to our squad that will help us in all competitions that we will participate in&#8221;, coach <strong>Giannis Sfairopoulos<\/strong> told maccabi.co.il. &#8220;YIftach has many qualities and I want to welcome him to the family of Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<div> \t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&#8220;I am happy to start a new chapter in my career at a big, glorious and exciting home like Maccabi Tel Aviv&#8221;, <strong>Yiftach Ziv<\/strong> told the club&#8217;s official website after the signing, adding: &#8220;As a player who experienced the crazy power of this arena packed with amazing fans, I&#8217;m happy and wating to experience it again &#8211; Only this time from the other side when I play for them&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \t\t<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">During the previous finals series, Ziv scored 12 points per evening in an average of 30 minutes on the floor. He delivered nearly 4 assists and grabbed 6 rebounds per game. During the regular season he provided 12.5 points with 37.1% of 3pts range alongside 4.9 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.8 steals per game.<\/span><\/p>\n<div> \t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">One of his highlights games last season was in a 107:91 win over Hapoel Tel Aviv, then scoring 27 points (11 of 11 from the line), adding 5 assists, picking up 5 rebounds and scoring 39 PIR.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"735\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ziv20legends20980.jpg\" style=\"width: 980px; height: 735px;\" class=\"wp-image-507586 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ziv20legends20980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ziv20legends20980-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maccabi.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ziv20legends20980-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> \t\t\t<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Yiftach Ziv began his professional basketball career at Kiryat Ata in the national league in the 2013\/14 season. Since then he has played for Maccabi Haifa, Bnei Herzliya, Maccabi Ashdod, two seasons at Nahariya and in the previous two years at Hapoel Gilboa-Galil.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \t\t\t<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">The point guard is a member of the Israel national team and received his first summons to the senior staff during 2016, having previously played for the youth and U20 teams.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Israeli player of the season in the league, who led Gilboa-Galil to the finals, joins the tean on a two years contract with an option for another season: &#8220;I&#8217;m Happy to start a new chapter with a big, glorious and exciting home&#8221;. 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