 Kanichowsky playing for Maccabi Netanya in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gavriel Gilad Kanichowsky | ||
| Date of birth | 24 August 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Ra'anana, Israel | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2014 | Hapoel Ra'anana | ||
| 2014–2016 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Hapoel Petah Tikva (loan) | 36 | (4) |
| 2017–2018 | → Hapoel Acre (loan) | 33 | (6) |
| 2018 | Hapoel Acre | 0 | (0) |
| 2018–2021 | Maccabi Netanya | 92 | (15) |
| 2021– | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 75 | (10) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Israel U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Israel U21 | 11 | (1) |
| 2022– | Israel | 13 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 March 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:44, 17 November 2022 (UTC) | |||
Gavriel Gilad "Gabi" Kanichowsky (or Kanikovski,[1] Hebrew: גבריאל גלעד "גבי" קניקובסקי; born 24 August 1997) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Tel Aviv and the Israel national team.
Kanichowsky was born and raised in Ra'anana, Israel, to a religious Jewish family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. He attended a yeshiva, and observes the Shabbat.
He married his Israeli fiancée Dana (née Hunter) in 2019.
Kanichowsky made his professional debut for Hapoel Petah Tikva in the Israeli Premier League on 22 August 2016, starting in the match against Maccabi Netanya, which finished as a 0–0 home draw.[2] In 2018, Hapoel Acre, who Kanichowsky was on loan with, exercised their option to sign him permanently from Maccabi Tel Aviv.[3] He then joined Maccabi Netanya for the 2018–19 season.
He has been a youth international since 2015. Between 2017–2018, he was part of Israel under-21s.
He was first called-up for the senior Israel national team in November 2021, during their 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers – UEFA.[4] He debuted for the Israel national team in a friendly 2–0 loss to Germany on 26 March 2022.[5] He scored his first international goal on 12 September 2023, in their 1–0 win over Belarus during the Euro 2024 qualifying.[6]
