Daniel Peretz

Daniel Peretz (, ; born 10 July 2000) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Southampton and the Israel national team. and Mizrahi Jewish (Moroccan Jewish) descent, His maternal cousins are fellow Maccabi Tel Aviv youth academy graduates Dan Glazer and twin-brothers Tamir Glazer and Amit Glazer, who all have been Israel international footballers since youth. Peretz has two younger sisters. on account of his Ashkenazi Jewish ancestors. They were engaged in September 2024, and married in November 2025.

Club career Peretz joined Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv's youth academy, at the age of six.

Loan to Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam He spent his senior debut season on loan at Israeli club Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam in the 2019–20 Liga Leumit season, where he made 32 appearances, and unusually for a goalkeeper, scored two goals during the season. On 12 September 2021, he signed a new contract with the club, until the end of the 2023–24 Israeli Premier League season.

On 18 August 2022, Peretz was praised for his performance in the club's 2022–23 UEFA Conference League Play-offs first leg against French side Nice, keeping a clean sheet in a 1–0 home victory.

Bayern Munich On 25 August 2023, Peretz joined Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich signing a five-year contract until 30 June 2028, receiving the number 18 jersey.

On 26 September 2023, Peretz made his debut at the club by starting in a 4–0 away win over SC Preußen Münster in the 2023–24 DFB-Pokal. On 12 May 2024, he made his Bundesliga debut, coming off the bench to substitute Manuel Neuer, in a 2–0 win over VfL Wolfsburg.

On 25 October 2024, Peretz was called up with the reserve team Bayern Munich II making his debut, starting and featuring full time for the 3–0 home win Regionalliga Bayern match against TSV Schwaben Augsburg.

On 4 December 2024, Peretz played his first match of the 2024–25 season for Bayern Munich's first team against Bayer Leverkusen in the round of 16 of the DFB-Pokal. He was subbed on for Leroy Sané in the 20th minute after fellow goalkeeper Manuel Neuer received a red card. A week later, on 10 December, he made his UEFA Champions League debut in a 5–1 away victory over Shakhtar Donetsk.

Loans to Hamburger SV and Southampton On 21 July 2025, Peretz joined fellow Bundesliga club Hamburger SV on loan for the 2025–26 season. On 8 January 2026, he was recalled from Hamburg and joined English club Southampton on loan for the remainder of the season. Peretz made his debut for the club on 10 January in a 3–2 away victory against Doncaster Rovers in the FA Cup. He featured in a 2–1 win over Arsenal on 4 April 2026, helping Southampton to qualify for the 2026 FA Cup semifinals.

Southampton On 5 June 2026, Peretz joined Southampton permanently on a four-year contract which started from 15 June 2026.

International career Youth Peretz has been a youth international for Israel since 2016, and was the first choice goalkeeper for Israel's U-21 team since his debut on 2 September 2021.

In the second leg of the play-offs for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship against Ireland, the match ended in a draw. In the resulting penalty shoot-out, Peretz saved three penalties in a row, as well as scoring one of his own, Peretz also saved a crucial penalty in the penalty shootout during Israel's quarter-final win against host country, Georgia, again receiving the Player of the Match award. However, a thigh muscle tendon injury he sustained before the tournament prevented him from participating.

Senior Peretz, who also would have been eligible to play for Germany due to his German citizenship, received his first call-up to the Israel national team on 4 October 2021, ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers matches against Scotland and Moldova. On 20 November 2022, he made his debut for the Israeli senior squad, in a friendly match against Cyprus which ended in a 2–3 home loss.

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