Centre-Back · Midfielder

#5 Nir Bitton

Ashdod Ligat ha'Al · Israel

Date of birth / Age: 30 Oct 1991 (34)
Height · Weight: 1.96 m · 80 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Centre-Back
Citizenship: Israel
Joined club: 9 Jan 2025
Contract until: 2026
International: Israel · 39 caps, 3 goals

Date of birth / Age: 30 Oct 1991 (34)
Height · Weight: 1.96 m · 80 kg
Foot: Right
Main position: Centre-Back
Citizenship: Israel
Joined club: 9 Jan 2025
Contract until: 2026
International: Israel · 39 caps, 3 goals

Season 2025/26

Appearances: 9
Starting eleven: 5
Goals: 0
Assists: 1
Yellow cards: 2
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 559

Starting eleven56%

5 of 9 appearances

Minutes played559

62 per appearance

Goal involvement1

0 goals · 1 assists

Positions played

272 matches · since 2014/15

RWAMCMDMCB

Position	Apps	G	A
Centre-Back	133	2	3
Defensive Midfield	121	8	8
Central Midfield	16	3	0
Attacking Midfield	1	0	0
Right Winger	1	0	0

How he compares

TSH benchmarks · centre-backs with 900+ minutes

In his league: 34%; of Ligat ha'Al centre-backs rank below him

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2025/26	Ligat ha'Al	Ashdod	9	5	0	1	2	0	0	559
2024/25	Ligat ha'Al	Ashdod	16	16	0	–	4	–	0	1,426
2024/25	Ligat ha'Al	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	72
2024/25	UEFA Europa League	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2	0	0	–	0	–	0	42
2023/24	Ligat ha'Al	Maccabi Tel Aviv	9	8	0	0	1	0	0	631
2023/24	UEFA Europa Conference League	Maccabi Tel Aviv	9	7	0	–	1	–	0	635
2023/24	Toto Cup Ligat Al	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	68
2022/23	Ligat ha'Al	Maccabi Tel Aviv	20	19	1	0	2	0	1	1,570
2022/23	UEFA Europa Conference League	Maccabi Tel Aviv	5	4	0	–	1	–	0	379
2022/23	Toto Cup Ligat Al	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	53
2022/23	State Cup	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	32
2021/22	Premiership	Celtic	24	11	1	1	6	1	0	1,228
2021/22	UEFA Europa League	Celtic	7	4	0	–	0	–	0	381
2021/22	League Cup	Celtic	3	1	0	–	1	–	0	174
2021/22	FA Cup	Celtic	2	1	1	–	0	–	0	117
2021/22	UEFA Champions League	Celtic	1	1	0	–	1	–	0	44
2021/22	UEFA Europa Conference League	Celtic	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2020/21	Premiership	Celtic	14	12	1	0	1	0	1	1,063
2020/21	UEFA Europa League	Celtic	5	4	0	–	0	–	0	317
2020/21	UEFA Champions League	Celtic	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2020/21	League Cup	Celtic	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	68
2022	UEFA World Cup Qualifiers	Israel	6	6	1	–	1	–	0	534
2020/21	UEFA Nations League - League B	Israel	4	4	0	–	0	–	0	360
2019/20	Premiership	Celtic	15	9	0	0	2	0	0	895
2019/20	UEFA Europa League	Celtic	6	2	0	–	2	–	0	225
2019/20	UEFA Champions League	Celtic	5	4	0	–	2	–	0	343
2019/20	League Cup	Celtic	2	1	0	–	1	–	0	147
2019/20	FA Cup	Celtic	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	98
2018/19	Premiership	Celtic	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	386
2018/19	FA Cup	Celtic	3	1	0	–	0	–	0	99
2020	UEFA European Championship Qualifiers	Israel	7	7	0	–	3	–	0	652
2017/18	Premiership	Celtic	15	11	0	1	0	0	0	1,111
2017/18	UEFA Champions League	Celtic	5	3	0	–	1	–	0	355
2017/18	League Cup	Celtic	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	180
2017/18	FA Cup	Celtic	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	29
2016/17	Premiership	Celtic	26	16	1	1	4	0	0	1,528
2016/17	UEFA Champions League	Celtic	8	5	1	–	1	–	0	487
2016/17	FA Cup	Celtic	3	3	0	–	1	–	0	234
2016/17	League Cup	Celtic	2	1	0	–	1	–	0	88
2016	International Champions Cup	Celtic	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	46
2018	UEFA World Cup Qualifiers	Israel	3	2	0	–	1	–	0	171
2015/16	Premiership	Celtic	30	28	5	3	6	1	0	2,540
2015/16	UEFA Champions League	Celtic	6	6	2	–	1	–	0	501
2015/16	UEFA Europa League	Celtic	5	5	1	–	0	–	1	436
2015/16	FA Cup	Celtic	3	2	0	–	0	–	0	223
2015/16	League Cup	Celtic	2	2	0	–	1	–	0	157
2014/15	Premiership	Celtic	31	24	2	2	3	0	0	2,295
2014/15	FA Cup	Celtic	5	5	0	–	0	–	0	480
2014/15	UEFA Europa League	Celtic	3	3	0	–	1	–	0	270
2014/15	UEFA Champions League	Celtic	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	93
2014/15	League Cup	Celtic	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	172
2016	UEFA European Championship Qualifiers	Israel	9	6	2	–	3	–	0	584
2013/14	Premiership	Celtic	15	8	0	–	0	–	0	725
2013/14	Ligat ha'Al	Ashdod	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2013/14	UEFA Champions League	Celtic	3	1	0	–	0	–	1	81
2013/14	League Cup	Celtic	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	120
2013/14	FA Cup	Celtic	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2012/13	Ligat ha'Al	Ashdod	31	30	4	–	7	–	0	2,689
2012/13	Toto Cup Ligat Al	Ashdod	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2014	UEFA World Cup Qualifiers	Israel	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	13
2011/12	Ligat ha'Al	Ashdod	36	36	4	–	2	–	0	3,220
2010/11	Ligat ha'Al	Ashdod	34	33	5	–	9	–	0	2,867
2013	UEFA U21 Championship	Israel U21	3	3	1	–	0	–	0	255
2012	UEFA European Championship Qualifiers	Israel	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2009/10	Ligat ha'Al	Ashdod	19	15	1	–	1	–	0	1,323
2010	UEFA U19 Championship	Israel U19	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	180
2011	UEFA U21 Championship	Israel U21	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	180

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Career total · all competitions			505	401	34	9^*	74	2^*	4	36,771

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
Premiership	177	10	8
Ligat ha'Al	176	15	1
Israel	31	3	–
UEFA Champions League	31	3	–
UEFA Europa League	28	1	–
FA Cup	20	1	–
League Cup	15	0	–
UEFA Europa Conference League	15	0	–
Israel U21	5	1	–
Toto Cup Ligat Al	3	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 26 Oct 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Jun 2026 Jun 2026 · Free Agent Ashdod – Free Agent
Jan 2025 Jan 2025 · Transfer Maccabi Tel Aviv Ashdod Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2022 Jul 2022 · Transfer Celtic Maccabi Tel Aviv Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Aug 2013 Aug 2013 · Transfer Ashdod Celtic Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2009 Jul 2009 · Free Transfer – Ashdod Free Transfer

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