Daniel Peretz

Daniel Peretz
Peretz with Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2022
Personal information
Full name Daniel Peretz[1]
Date of birth (2000-07-10) 10 July 2000[2][3]
Place of birth Tel Aviv, Israel[2][3]
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[4]
Position Goalkeeper[5]
Team information
Current team
 Southampton
Number 1
Youth career
2006–2019 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2023 Maccabi Tel Aviv 71 (0)
2019–2020 → Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam (loan) 32 (2)
2023–2026 Bayern Munich 4 (0)
2024 Bayern Munich II 1 (0)
2025–2026 → Hamburger SV (loan) 0 (0)
2026 → Southampton (loan) 20 (0)
2026– Southampton 2 (0)
International career‡
2016–2017 Israel U17 13 (0)
2017 Israel U18 2 (0)
2017–2019 Israel U19 10 (0)
2021–2023 Israel U21 11 (0)
2022– Israel 12 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:46, 22 August 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:00, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

Daniel Peretz (Hebrew: דניאל פרץ, /ˈdɑːˈnɪɛl ˈpɛrɛ/ t̻͡s̪; born 10 July 2000) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship club Southampton and the Israel national team.[2][6][7]

Peretz is a product of the Maccabi Tel Aviv academy and made his professional debut for the club in August 2020. He spent the 2019–20 season on loan at Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam. In August 2023, Peretz joined Bayern Munich. He had loan spells with Hamburger SV and Southampton before he joined the latter permanently in June 2026. Peretz has represented his country at youth and full international level.

Early and personal life

Peretz was born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel, to an Israeli family of both Sephardi Jewish[8] and Mizrahi Jewish (Moroccan Jewish) descent,[8] as well as of Ashkenazi Jewish (German-Jewish) descent.[9][10] His maternal cousins are fellow Maccabi Tel Aviv youth academy graduates Dan Glazer and twin-brothers Tamir Glazer and Amit Glazer, who all have been Israel international footballers since youth.[11][12][13] Peretz has two younger sisters.[13]

He also holds EU citizenship through a German passport,[9][14] on account of his Ashkenazi Jewish ancestors.[9]

He has been in a relationship with Israeli singer-songwriter and actress Noa Kirel since July 2023.[15][16] They were engaged in September 2024,[17] and married in November 2025.[18]

Club career

Peretz joined Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv's youth academy, at the age of six.[19]

Loan to Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam

He spent his senior debut season on loan at Israeli club Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam in the 2019–20 Liga Leumit season, where he made 32 appearances, and unusually for a goalkeeper, scored two goals during the season.[11][2]

Maccabi Tel Aviv

On 22 August 2020, Peretz made his senior debut with Israeli defending champions Maccabi Tel Aviv during their 2020–21 Toto Cup Al (the League Cup of the Israeli Premier League) final 2–0 win against Bnei Sakhnin.[20] On 12 September 2021, he signed a new contract with the club, until the end of the 2023–24 Israeli Premier League season.[19]

Peretz was Maccabi Tel Aviv's first choice goalkeeper during his European campaign debut in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League, helping his team to qualify to the final tournament's group stage where they qualified in second place. In the knockout round play-offs against Dutch side PSV Eindhoven, a 1–0 away loss and a 1–1 home draw saw the team eliminated.[21][22]

On 18 August 2022, Peretz was praised for his performance in the club's 2022–23 UEFA Conference League Play-offs first leg against French side Nice, keeping a clean sheet in a 1–0 home victory.[23][24]

Bayern Munich

On 25 August 2023, Peretz joined Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich signing a five-year contract until 30 June 2028,[10] for a reported initial transfer fee of over €5 million;[25] receiving the number 18 jersey.[26][10] He is the first Israeli to play for Bayern Munich.[9][27]

On 26 September 2023, Peretz made his debut at the club by starting in a 4–0 away win over SC Preußen Münster in the 2023–24 DFB-Pokal.[28] On 12 May 2024, he made his Bundesliga debut, coming off the bench to substitute Manuel Neuer, in a 2–0 win over VfL Wolfsburg.[29]

On 25 October 2024, Peretz was called up with the reserve team Bayern Munich II making his debut, starting and featuring full time for the 3–0 home win Regionalliga Bayern match against TSV Schwaben Augsburg.[30]

On 4 December 2024, Peretz played his first match of the 2024–25 season for Bayern Munich's first team against Bayer Leverkusen in the round of 16 of the DFB-Pokal. He was subbed on for Leroy Sané in the 20th minute after fellow goalkeeper Manuel Neuer received a red card.[31] A week later, on 10 December, he made his UEFA Champions League debut in a 5–1 away victory over Shakhtar Donetsk.[32]

Loans to Hamburger SV and Southampton

On 21 July 2025, Peretz joined fellow Bundesliga club Hamburger SV on loan for the 2025–26 season.[33] On 8 January 2026, he was recalled from Hamburg and joined English club Southampton on loan for the remainder of the season.[34] Peretz made his debut for the club on 10 January in a 3–2 away victory against Doncaster Rovers in the FA Cup.[35] He featured in a 2–1 win over Arsenal on 4 April 2026, helping Southampton to qualify for the 2026 FA Cup semifinals.[36][37]

Southampton

On 5 June 2026, Peretz joined Southampton permanently on a four-year contract which started from 15 June 2026.[38]

International career

Youth

Peretz has been a youth international for Israel since 2016, and was the first choice goalkeeper for Israel's U-21 team since his debut on 2 September 2021.[39][40]

In the second leg of the play-offs for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship against Ireland, the match ended in a draw. In the resulting penalty shoot-out, Peretz saved three penalties in a row,[41] as well as scoring one of his own,[41] to secure Israel's qualification to the final tournament.[42][43][41]

During the 2023 U-21 Euros group stage match against Germany, which ended in a 1–1 draw, Peretz saved two penalties, receiving UEFA's Player of the Match award as a result.[44][45][46] Peretz also saved a crucial penalty in the penalty shootout during Israel's quarter-final win against host country, Georgia,[47] again receiving the Player of the Match award.[46] Peretz missed Israel's semi-final against eventual winners England due to suspension for an accumulation of yellow cards in each of his two recent matches.[45][47][9] Through their performance at the tournament, Israel qualified for the 2024 Olympics.[26]

Peretz was chosen as one of three overage players for the 2024 Olympic Games.[48] However, a thigh muscle tendon injury he sustained before the tournament prevented him from participating.[49]

Senior

Peretz, who also would have been eligible to play for Germany due to his German citizenship, received his first call-up to the Israel national team on 4 October 2021, ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers matches against Scotland and Moldova.[50] On 20 November 2022, he made his debut for the Israeli senior squad, in a friendly match against Cyprus which ended in a 2–3 home loss.[51]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 25 August 2026[2][52][53]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam (loan) 2019–20 Liga Leumit 3220040——362
Maccabi Tel Aviv 2020–21 Israeli Premier League 000010000010
2021–22 Israeli Premier League 360000013[c]01[d]0500
2022–23 Israeli Premier League 35040106[c]0—460
2023–24 Israeli Premier League 00—105[c]0—60
Total 7104030240101030
Bayern Munich 2023–24 Bundesliga 1010—00—20
2024–25 Bundesliga 3010—1[e]00050
Total 4020—100070
Bayern Munich II 2024–25 Regionalliga Bayern 10————10
Hamburger SV (loan) 2025–26 Bundesliga 0020———20
Southampton (loan) 2025–26[54] Championship 20040——2[f]0260
Southampton 2026–27[55] Championship 200020——40
Career total 130212090250301792

International

As of match played 3 June 2026[6][7][2]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Israel 202210
202310
202420
202560
202620
Total120

Honours

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Bayern Munich

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Squad List: FIFA Club World Cup 2025: FC Bayern München (GER)" (PDF). FIFA. 16 June 2025. p. 15. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Daniel Peretz at Soccerway
  3. 1 2 Daniel Peretz at AS.com (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ https://global.espn.com/football/player/_/id/305926
  5. ↑ Daniel Peretz – UEFA competition record (archive) 
  6. 1 2 "Israel Football Association — Daniel PERETZ (National Team player)". football.org.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  7. 1 2 "Israel Football Association — Daniel PERETZ (National Team player)". football.org.il (In English). Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  8. 1 2 Ken Ibenne (25 August 2023). "Daniel Peretz Joins Bundesliga Power House Bayern Munich For €5M". Retrieved 16 September 2023. Daniel Peretz is [...] both Sephardi Jewish and Mizrahi
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 "Daniel Peretz: Who is Bayern Munich's new Israeli goalkeeper?". Bundesliga. 26 August 2023.
  10. 1 2 3 "Israeli national team goalkeeper Daniel Peretz signs with soccer giants Bayern Munich". Ynetnews. 26 August 2023 – via www.ynetnews.com.
  11. 1 2 "Peretz to consciousness: Daniel Peretz will take a permanent place at the Maccabi Tel Aviv goal?". 19 August 2021. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  12. ↑ צנציפר, נדב (25 September 2021). "עומד בפרץ: דניאל פרץ מרשים במכבי ת"א". Ynet.
  13. 1 2 Tuchman, Yaniv (2 July 2023). "הסודות של דניאל: 10 דברים שלא ידעתם על כוכב הנבחרת דניאל פרץ" [Israel national teams Daniel's secrets: 10 things you didn't know about national team star Daniel Peretz]. sports.walla.co.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved 8 September 2024.
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  16. ↑ "ESC-Star und Freundin des neuen FC Bayern-Torwarts Daniel Peretz: Das ist Noa Kirel". stern.de. 26 August 2023.
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  41. 1 2 3 "Israel U21 vs. Republic of Ireland U21". Soccerway. 27 September 2022.
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  55. ↑ "Games played by Daniel Peretz in 2026/2027". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
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