Matan Peleg
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marlon Samuel Peleg Zigger | ||
| Date of birth | 11 November 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Guatemala City, Guatemala | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2009 | Hapoel Beit She'an | ||
| 2009–2011 | Ironi Nesher | ||
| 2011–2012 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2015 | Ironi Tiberias | 68 | (2) |
| 2015–2017 | Hapoel Bnei Lod | 57 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 35 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Beitar Jerusalem | 3 | (0) |
| 2019 | Hapoel Marmorek | 14 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 33 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Hapoel Nof HaGalil | 33 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 28 | (0) |
| 2022–2025 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 59 | (2) |
| 2025– | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 23 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2021–2022 | Guatemala | 6 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 June 2026 | |||
Marlon Samuel Peleg Zigger (Hebrew: מתן פלג; born 11 November 1993), known as Matan Peleg, is a Guatemalan professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Liga Leumit club Hapoel Rishon LeZion.
Early life
[edit]Peleg was born in Guatemala but moved to Israel at an early age, when he was adopted by Israeli parents at two years old, and raised in kibbutz Shaʽar HaGolan.[1]
International career
[edit]On 4 June 2021, Peleg made his debut for the Guatemala national football team in their match against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines during the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification. He played 90 minutes and had two assists in Guatemala's 10–0 victory.[2]
Honours
[edit]- Toto Cup Leumit (1): 2019–20
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Matan Peleg at Soccerway
Categories:
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Guatemalan men's footballers
- Men's association football full-backs
- Guatemala men's international footballers
- Adoptees
- Converts to Judaism
- Guatemalan Jews
- Jewish association football players
- Guatemalan emigrants to Israel
- Naturalized citizens of Israel
- Footballers from Northern District (Israel)
- Israeli adoptees
- Israeli men's footballers
- Ironi Tiberias F.C. players
- Hapoel Bnei Lod F.C. players
- Hapoel Rishon LeZion F.C. players
- Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players
- Hapoel Marmorek F.C. players
- Hapoel Nof HaGalil F.C. players
- Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. players
- Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. players
- Liga Leumit players
- Israeli Premier League players
- Israeli people of Guatemalan descent
- Sportspeople of Guatemalan descent
- Jewish Israeli sportspeople
- 21st-century Israeli sportsmen