Lior Refaelov

In 1998, Refaelov began to play in Maccabi Haifa youth teams. In the 2002–03 season he moved up from the under-16 team to the youth team of the club, and scored in his first match against Neve Yossef. During the 2003–04 season he scored 7 goals in the youth team, lead it to the youth championship and won the best player award.

Maccabi Haifa

Refaelov scored his first goal in the senior during the 2005–06 season on a penalty kick against Hapoel Nazareth Illit, a game which Haifa won 6–0. In the 2008–09 season, he finished with 9 goals as Maccabi Haifa won the Israeli league championship for the 11th time. At the conclusion of the 2010–11 season, he was voted 'Player of the Year' in the Israeli football. Between 2004 and 2011, he proudly wore the Maccabi Haifa Football Club jersey, contributing significantly to the team's triumphs in the Israeli Premier League, securing the title thrice.

Club Brugge

On 20 June 2011, Refaelov signed with Belgian Pro League side Club Brugge for a fee of €4 million euro and 15% from the next sale. In his first season with the Brugge he scored 7 goals and made 9 assists in all club competition as the club finished as runners-up in the Belgian league. In the next season, Refalov had a great form as he scored 12 goals and made 10 assists. In the 2013–14 season he scored 5 goals and made 14 assists and was one of the most valuable players of the club as they finished third in the league. On 6 November 2014, he scored a hat-trick…

Refaelov represented Israel in the 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Portugal, scoring his international youth side's only goal in the tournament in a 1–2 loss to England U-17 on 7 May 2003. As part of the Israel U-21, he won the Valeri Lobanovsky Memorial Tournament 2006. He made his debut for the Israeli senior national side in a friendly against Belarus on 22 August 2007, replacing Idan Tal for the last nine minutes of a 1–2 away defeat. His next appearance came in another friendly match on 27 May 2010, against Uruguay at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo; he scored the equaliser in a 1–4 away defeat. On 15 March 2022, Refaelov announced his retirement from the Israel national team.

Club

As of match played 26 February 2022

International

Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Refaelov goal.

Refaelov was born in Or Akiva, Israel, to Mountain Jewish (Kavkazim) parents who immigrated from Derbent, Dagestan to Israel prior to his birth. He married his Israeli girlfriend Gal (née Aviv) in 2012.