Dekel Keinan

Maccabi Haifa

Keinan started his career with the Maccabi Haifa youth team. He made his first team debut in the 2002–03 season, making seven appearances. On 6 November 2003 he made his European debut in the second round of the 2003–04 UEFA Cup, a 0–0 draw with La Liga side Valencia. In the 2004–05 season, he went on loan to fellow Israeli Premier League side Bnei Sakhnin, making 23 appearances and scoring five goals. The following season he joined Maccabi Netanya on loan, making 21 appearances and scoring two goals. His first goal for Maccabi came in the 2007–08 Israeli Premier League season, a 3–0 win over Bnei Yehuda at the Bloomfield Stadium on 10 November 2007. In the 2009–10 season he made eleven appearances in Maccabi's UEFA Champions League campaign as they reached the group stages.

Blackpool

On 12 July 2010, it was reported that Keinan had agreed a one-year contract with recently promoted Premier League club Blackpool, and that subject to a medical, he would join on a free transfer two days later. Blackpool chairman, Karl Oyston confirmed that the club had held discussions with Keinan and were hopeful of signing him, after a medical on 15 July. Five days later it was revealed that Keinan had passed the medical and that he was waiting on a work permit before he could link-up with the Blackpool squad in Devon where they were competing in the pre-season South West Challenge Cup tournament. On 23 July, Blackpool manager Ian Holloway confirmed that Keinan…

In 9 December 2023, Keinan was named as the player-manager for Los Angeles Force in the third division National Independent Soccer Association.

As of 30 December 2017

Notes

a. All cup appearances for Maccabi Haifa included in 2009–10 total as specific season details not yet known b. All European appearances for Maccabi Haifa details not known, therefore known total included only in totals

Keinan was born in Rosh HaNikra, Israel, to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent.