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Lior Refaelov

Lior Refaelov

Midfield - Attacking Midfield  at Retired
Age40
CitizenshipIsrael Belgium
Height1.73 m
Footright
BornApril 26, 1986
👕500+ Apps 100+ Goals 🎯100+ Assists Veteran
Market value
Rating · 24/25 8.6 World class
Attacking Midfield Midfield

Career snapshot

5
clubs played for
03/04
debut season
0.24
goals / match
Maccabi Haifa
top club · 294 apps

Position rank · 24/25

#105
goals rank
#643
assists rank
175
season goals
124
season assists

Among 1,806 Midfield - Attacking Midfields · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€4.00m
peak value · 2015
€2.50m
top transfer fee · 11/12
19
best season · 21/22
38 · 21.7%
pens / of goals
737Appearances
175Goals
124Assists
79Yellow cards
1Red cards
147Full matches (90′)
Full nameLior Refaelov
Name in home countryליאור רפאלוב
Date of birth1986-04-26 (40 yrs)
Place of birthOr Akiva, Israel
CitizenshipIsrael Belgium
PositionMidfield - Attacking Midfield (main: Midfield)
Footright
Height173.00 m
Current clubRetired
Joined2025-07-01
Contract expires
AgentScoutpush by Dudu ...
Jul 2025
Transfer: Maccabi Haifa → Retired
25/26 · Transfer
Jan 2025
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Dec 2024
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Jul 2024
24/25 — Maccabi Haifa
36 matches · 11 G · 3 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2023
23/24 — Maccabi Haifa
52 matches · 9 G · 9 A · across 7 competitions
Jul 2023
Transfer: RSC Anderlecht → Maccabi Haifa
23/24 · Transfer
Jan 2023
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Dec 2022
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Oct 2022
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Aug 2022
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2022
22/23 — RSC Anderlecht
45 matches · 6 G · 7 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2021
21/22 — RSC Anderlecht
46 matches · 19 G · 6 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2021
Transfer: Royal Antwerp → RSC Anderlecht
21/22 · Transfer
Jul 2020
20/21 — Royal Antwerp FC
43 matches · 14 G · 12 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2019
19/20 — Royal Antwerp FC
33 matches · 13 G · 5 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2019
Transfer: Club Brugge → Royal Antwerp
19/20 · Transfer
Jun 2019
Transfer: Royal Antwerp → Club Brugge
18/19 · Return from loan
Aug 2018
Transfer: Club Brugge → Royal Antwerp
18/19 · Loan
Jul 2018
18/19 — Royal Antwerp FC
36 matches · 11 G · 4 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2017
17/18 — Club Brugge KV
22 matches · 2 G · 3 A · across 5 competitions
Apr 2017
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Aug 2016
Injury: unknown
17 games missed
Jul 2016
16/17 — Club Brugge KV
24 matches · 2 G · 3 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2015
Injury: unknown
17 games missed
Jul 2015
15/16 — Club Brugge KV
21 matches · 7 G · 5 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2014
14/15 — Club Brugge KV
48 matches · 18 G · 18 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2013
13/14 — Club Brugge KV
37 matches · 5 G · 14 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2012
12/13 — Club Brugge KV
36 matches · 12 G · 10 A · across 6 competitions
Jul 2011
11/12 — Club Brugge KV
46 matches · 7 G · 9 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2011
Transfer: Maccabi Haifa → Club Brugge
11/12 · Transfer · €2.50m
Jul 2010
10/11 — Maccabi Haifa
33 matches · 15 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2009
09/10 — Maccabi Haifa
48 matches · 8 G · 8 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2008
08/09 — Maccabi Haifa
38 matches · 9 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2007
07/08 — Maccabi Haifa
28 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2006
06/07 — Maccabi Haifa
34 matches · 2 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2005
05/06 — Maccabi Haifa
23 matches · 1 G · 3 A · across 2 competitions
Mar 2005
Transfer: M. Haifa U19 → Maccabi Haifa
04/05 · Transfer
Jul 2004
04/05 — Maccabi Haifa, Maccabi Haifa U19
4 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2003
03/04 — Maccabi Haifa U19
4 matches · 1 G · 2 A · across 1 competition
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €4.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 1038 other Midfield - Attacking Midfields with ≥500 minutes in 24/25. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals11 total · 1.46/90
96
Assists3 total · 0.40/90
66
G+A14 total · 1.86/90
91
Yellow cards4 total · 0.53/90
26
13,217 min
Minutes played by club
Maccabi Haifa 37.2%
RSC Anderlecht 12.3%
Royal Antwerp FC 10.6%
Club Brugge KV 37.3%
Maccabi Haifa U19 2.6%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Maccabi Haifa 9 04/05 24/25 294 58 26 4,919
RSC Anderlecht 2 21/22 22/23 91 25 13 1,620
Royal Antwerp FC 3 18/19 20/21 112 38 21 1,397
Club Brugge KV 7 11/12 17/18 234 53 62 4,935
Maccabi Haifa U19 2 03/04 04/05 6 1 2 346

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

9€1M18€2M27€3M36€4M03/04 — 1 goals (Maccabi Haifa U19)03/04 — 2 assists303/0405/06 — 1 goals (Maccabi Haifa)05/06 — 3 assists405/0606/07 — 2 goals (Maccabi Haifa)06/07 — 2 assists406/0707/08 — 3 goals (Maccabi Haifa)307/0808/09 — 9 goals (Maccabi Haifa)908/0909/10 — 8 goals (Maccabi Haifa)09/10 — 8 assists1609/1010/11 — 15 goals (Maccabi Haifa)10/11 — 1 assists1610/1111/12 — 7 goals (Club Brugge KV)11/12 — 9 assists1611/1212/13 — 12 goals (Club Brugge KV)12/13 — 10 assists2212/1313/14 — 5 goals (Club Brugge KV)13/14 — 14 assists1913/1414/15 — 18 goals (Club Brugge KV)14/15 — 18 assists3614/1515/16 — 7 goals (Club Brugge KV)15/16 — 5 assists1215/1616/17 — 2 goals (Club Brugge KV)16/17 — 3 assists516/1717/18 — 2 goals (Club Brugge KV)17/18 — 3 assists517/1818/19 — 11 goals (Royal Antwerp FC)18/19 — 4 assists1518/1919/20 — 13 goals (Royal Antwerp FC)19/20 — 5 assists1819/2020/21 — 14 goals (Royal Antwerp FC)20/21 — 12 assists2620/2121/22 — 19 goals (RSC Anderlecht)21/22 — 6 assists2521/2222/23 — 6 goals (RSC Anderlecht)22/23 — 7 assists1322/2323/24 — 9 goals (Maccabi Haifa)23/24 — 9 assists1823/2424/25 — 11 goals (Maccabi Haifa)24/25 — 3 assists1424/2509/10 — €800K10/11 — €1M11/12 — €2.5M12/13 — €3M13/14 — €3M14/15 — €2.5M15/16 — €4M16/17 — €3.5M17/18 — €2.5M18/19 — €900K19/20 — €900K20/21 — €725K21/22 — €1M22/23 — €1M23/24 — €400K24/25 — €400KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

03/04: 1103/0404/05: 0004/0505/06: 1105/0606/07: 2206/0707/08: 3307/0808/09: 9908/0909/10: 8809/1010/11: 151510/1111/12: 7711/1212/13: 121212/1313/14: 5513/1414/15: 181814/1515/16: 7715/1616/17: 2216/1717/18: 2217/1818/19: 111118/1919/20: 131319/2020/21: 141420/2121/22: 191921/2222/23: 6622/2323/24: 9923/2424/25: 111124/25

Assists by season

03/04: 2203/0404/05: 0004/0505/06: 3305/0606/07: 2206/0707/08: 0007/0808/09: 0008/0909/10: 8809/1010/11: 1110/1111/12: 9911/1212/13: 101012/1313/14: 141413/1414/15: 181814/1515/16: 5515/1616/17: 3316/1717/18: 3317/1818/19: 4418/1919/20: 5519/2020/21: 121220/2121/22: 6621/2222/23: 7722/2323/24: 9923/2424/25: 3324/25
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
24/25 Gvia haMedina Maccabi Haifa 2 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 Ligat ha'Al Maccabi Haifa 23 9 2 3 0 147
24/25 Ligat ha'Al - Championship round Maccabi Haifa 9 1 0 1 0 415
24/25 UECL Qualifiers Maccabi Haifa 2 1 1 0 0 114
23/24 Aluf haAlufim Maccabi Haifa 1 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 Champions League Qu. Maccabi Haifa 8 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 Conference L. Maccabi Haifa 3 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 Europa League Maccabi Haifa 5 0 1 2 0 0
23/24 Gvia haMedina Maccabi Haifa 1 1 0 0 0 74
23/24 Ligat ha'Al Maccabi Haifa 25 7 7 7 0 227
23/24 Ligat ha'Al - Championship round Maccabi Haifa 9 1 1 2 0 628
22/23 Conference L. RSC Anderlecht 11 1 0 2 0 637
22/23 Croky Cup RSC Anderlecht 2 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 JPL RSC Anderlecht 29 4 5 4 0 347
22/23 UECL Quali RSC Anderlecht 3 1 2 0 0 225
21/22 Croky Cup RSC Anderlecht 6 5 2 0 0 105
21/22 JPL RSC Anderlecht 32 12 1 2 0 181
21/22 JPL Play-Offs I RSC Anderlecht 5 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 UECL Quali RSC Anderlecht 3 2 3 0 0 125
20/21 Croky Cup Royal Antwerp FC 2 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 Europa League Royal Antwerp FC 8 5 4 1 0 127
20/21 JPL Royal Antwerp FC 33 9 8 2 0 287
19/20 Croky Cup Royal Antwerp FC 5 2 0 0 0 154
19/20 Europa League Qualifying Royal Antwerp FC 4 0 2 0 0 0
19/20 JPL Royal Antwerp FC 24 11 3 2 0 152
18/19 Croky Cup Royal Antwerp FC 1 0 1 0 0 0
18/19 JPL Royal Antwerp FC 24 8 3 5 0 231
18/19 JPL Play-Offs I Royal Antwerp FC 10 2 0 0 0 356
18/19 Jupiler Pro League playoff Europa League Royal Antwerp FC 1 1 0 0 0 90
17/18 Champions League Qu. Club Brugge KV 2 0 1 0 0 0
17/18 Croky Cup Club Brugge KV 0 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Europa League Qualifying Club Brugge KV 2 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 JPL Club Brugge KV 11 0 2 1 0 0
17/18 JPL Play-Offs I Club Brugge KV 7 2 0 0 0 134
16/17 Champions League Club Brugge KV 1 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Croky Cup Club Brugge KV 1 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 JPL Club Brugge KV 18 2 2 1 0 496
16/17 JPL Play-Offs I Club Brugge KV 3 0 1 0 0 0
16/17 Pro L. Supercup Club Brugge KV 1 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Croky Cup Club Brugge KV 5 1 1 1 0 271
15/16 Europa League Club Brugge KV 1 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 JPL Club Brugge KV 11 5 3 1 0 129
15/16 JPL Play-Offs I Club Brugge KV 4 1 1 0 0 330
14/15 Cofidis Cup Club Brugge KV 4 2 1 1 0 180
14/15 Europa League Club Brugge KV 11 6 4 0 0 132
14/15 Europa League Qualifying Club Brugge KV 3 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 JPL Club Brugge KV 21 6 13 4 0 279
14/15 JPL Play-Offs I Club Brugge KV 9 4 0 1 0 180
13/14 Cofidis Cup Club Brugge KV 2 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Europa League Qualifying Club Brugge KV 2 1 0 0 0 110
13/14 JPL Club Brugge KV 24 2 10 3 0 680
13/14 JPL Play-Offs I Club Brugge KV 9 2 4 1 0 335
12/13 Champions League Qu. Club Brugge KV 2 0 1 0 0 0
12/13 Cofidis Cup Club Brugge KV 1 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 Europa League Club Brugge KV 3 1 0 0 0 190
12/13 Europa League Qualifying Club Brugge KV 2 1 3 0 0 180
12/13 JPL Club Brugge KV 20 9 5 4 0 148
12/13 JPL Play-Offs I Club Brugge KV 8 1 1 0 0 509
11/12 Cofidis Cup Club Brugge KV 2 0 2 1 0 0
11/12 Europa League Club Brugge KV 8 0 1 3 0 0
11/12 Europa League Qualifying Club Brugge KV 4 1 1 0 0 334
11/12 JPL Club Brugge KV 26 6 5 3 1 318
11/12 JPL Play-Offs I Club Brugge KV 6 0 0 1 0 0
10/11 Europa League Qualifying Maccabi Haifa 2 0 1 0 0 0
10/11 Gvia haMedina Maccabi Haifa 4 4 0 1 0 87
10/11 Ligat ha'Al Maccabi Haifa 22 8 0 4 0 186
10/11 Ligat ha'Al - Championship round Maccabi Haifa 5 3 0 0 0 126
09/10 Champions League Maccabi Haifa 6 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 Champions League Qu. Maccabi Haifa 6 1 1 1 0 284
09/10 Gvia haMedina Maccabi Haifa 2 0 2 0 0 0
09/10 Ligat ha'Al Maccabi Haifa 29 6 3 0 0 294
09/10 Ligat ha'Al - Championship round Maccabi Haifa 5 1 2 1 0 397
08/09 Gvia haMedina Maccabi Haifa 5 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 Ligat ha'Al Maccabi Haifa 33 9 0 4 0 223
07/08 Gvia haMedina Maccabi Haifa 2 0 0 0 0 0
07/08 Ligat ha'Al Maccabi Haifa 24 3 0 4 0 441
07/08 UI Cup Maccabi Haifa 2 0 0 0 0 0
06/07 Gvia haMedina Maccabi Haifa 3 0 0 0 0 0
06/07 Ligat ha'Al Maccabi Haifa 25 2 2 3 0 728
06/07 UEFA Cup Maccabi Haifa 6 0 0 0 0 0
05/06 Gvia haMedina Maccabi Haifa 4 0 1 1 0 0
05/06 Ligat ha'Al Maccabi Haifa 19 1 2 1 0 548
04/05 Ligat ha'Al Maccabi Haifa 2 0 0 0 0 0
04/05 Viareggio Cup Maccabi Haifa U19 2 0 0 0 0 0
03/04 Viareggio Cup Maccabi Haifa U19 4 1 2 0 0 346
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
04/05 2005-03-03 M. Haifa U19 Maccabi Haifa Transfer 0
11/12 2011-07-01 Maccabi Haifa Club Brugge Transfer 1000000 €2.50m
18/19 2018-08-30 Club Brugge Royal Antwerp Loan 700000
18/19 2019-06-30 Royal Antwerp Club Brugge Return from loan 900000
19/20 2019-07-01 Club Brugge Royal Antwerp Transfer 900000
21/22 2021-07-01 Royal Antwerp RSC Anderlecht Transfer 1000000
23/24 2023-07-01 RSC Anderlecht Maccabi Haifa Transfer 400000
25/26 2025-07-01 Maccabi Haifa Retired Transfer 300000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
15/16 Scaphoid fracture 2015-07-24 2015-10-04 73 17
16/17 surgery 2016-08-22 2016-11-24 95 17
16/17 Adductor injury 2017-04-27 2017-05-16 20 3
22/23 Muscle injury 2022-08-18 2022-08-23 6 1
22/23 Ill 2022-10-12 2022-10-15 4 1
22/23 Ill 2022-12-26 2023-01-01 7 1
22/23 Hamstring injury 2023-01-13 2023-01-24 12 3
24/25 Hamstring injury 2024-12-19 2025-01-01 14 2
24/25 Back injury 2025-01-26 2025-02-09 15 2
Current
Peak€4.00m
Low
Δ since start+—
€1.00m€2.00m€3.00m€4.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970
Jan 1, 1970 €300k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €725k
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970

No national team data.

TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Dekel Keinan 2 1 0
Thomas Meunier 2 2 0
Abdoulaye Seck 2 3 0
Laurens De Bock 2 1 0
Brandon Mechele 2 0 0
Wesley Hoedt 2 1 0
Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe 2 2 0
Mathew Ryan 2 0 0
Sharif Kaiuf 2 0 0
Amir Murillo 2 4 0
Simen Juklerød 2 5 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
21/22 JPL RSC Anderlecht 12 32
19/20 JPL Royal Antwerp FC 11 24
12/13 JPL Club Brugge KV 9 20

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
14/15 JPL Club Brugge KV 13 21
13/14 JPL Club Brugge KV 10 24
20/21 JPL Royal Antwerp FC 8 33

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
18/19 2019-06-30 Royal Antwerp Club Brugge Return from loan €900k
18/19 2018-08-30 Club Brugge Royal Antwerp Loan €700k

Teams faced most often by Lior Refaelov's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
KRC Genk 56 21 12 23 74 83 -9 38%
KAA Gent 42 18 15 9 72 34 +38 43%
Cercle Brugge 36 25 8 3 70 22 +48 69%
Standard Liège 36 15 11 10 56 39 +17 42%
Sporting Charleroi 31 14 7 10 45 34 +11 45%
KV Kortrijk 31 18 8 5 59 27 +32 58%
Sint-Truidense VV 29 17 8 4 61 27 +34 59%
Union Saint-Gilloise 25 4 10 11 26 42 -16 16%
KV Mechelen 24 9 10 5 39 25 +14 38%
KAS Eupen 23 16 4 3 56 17 +39 70%
Oud-Heverlee Leuven 19 9 7 3 30 17 +13 47%
SV Zulte Waregem 18 13 2 3 50 17 +33 72%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
03/04 Senior debut season
03/04 First senior goal
12/13 Goal #50 (career)
18/19 Goal #100 (career)
22/23 Goal #150 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
24/25 36 676 4 0 0 0.53
23/24 52 929 11 0 0 1.07
22/23 45 1,209 6 0 0 0.45
21/22 46 411 2 0 0 0.44
20/21 43 414 3 0 0 0.65
19/20 33 306 2 0 0 0.59
18/19 36 677 5 0 0 0.66
17/18 22 134 1 0 0 0.67
16/17 24 496 1 0 0 0.18
15/16 21 730 2 0 0 0.25
14/15 48 771 6 0 0 0.7
13/14 37 1,125 4 0 0 0.32
12/13 36 1,027 4 0 0 0.35
11/12 46 652 8 0 1 1.24
10/11 33 399 5 0 0 1.13
09/10 48 975 2 1 0 0.28
08/09 38 223 4 0 0 1.61
07/08 28 441 4 0 0 0.82
06/07 34 728 3 0 0 0.37
05/06 23 548 2 0 0 0.33

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

JPL
273 apps
74 G
60 A
Ligat ha'Al
202 apps
45 G
16 A
Europa League
36 apps
12 G
10 A
JPL Play-Offs I
61 apps
12 G
7 A
Croky Cup
31 apps
10 G
7 A
Ligat ha'Al - Championship round
28 apps
6 G
3 A
Gvia haMedina
23 apps
5 G
3 A
UECL Qualifiers
8 apps
4 G
6 A
Europa League Qualifying
19 apps
3 G
7 A
Champions League Qu.
18 apps
1 G
3 A

Frequently asked about Lior Refaelov

Who is Lior Refaelov?

Lior Refaelov is an Israel professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfield for Retired.

How old is Lior Refaelov?

Lior Refaelov is 40 years old. He was born on April 26, 1986 in Or Akiva.

What position does Lior Refaelov play?

Lior Refaelov plays as a attacking midfield (Midfield - Attacking Midfield).

What club does Lior Refaelov play for?

Lior Refaelov currently plays for Retired.

How many career goals has Lior Refaelov scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Lior Refaelov has scored 175 goals in 737 appearances.