Dudu Biton (; born 1 March 1988) is an Israeli former professional footballer who plays as a striker.
Career Club Biton played in the youth clubs of Beitar Nes Tubruk and Maccabi Haifa. He made his debut for Maccabi Haifa in Ligat ha'Al on 12 May 2006 in the last league fixture against Bnei Sakhnin, becoming a league champion. This was his only appearance for the senior team and during 2006–07 season he returned to Beitar Nes Tubruk.
Later he played for Maccabi Tel Aviv for one season before signing in Hapoel Ra'anana from Liga Leumit, where he took part of their historic promotion to Ligat ha'Al, their first since the club inception. On 16 July 2010, after two seasons with Hapoel Ra'anana, Biton signing in Hapoel Petah Tikva, just five days later he scored his first goal for Hapoel Petah Tikva in their loss against Hapoel Ashkelon.
On 4 January 2011, Biton signed with Charleroi from the bottom of the Belgian Pro League, which was relegated at the end of the 2010–11 season. After the season, Biton signed a one-year loan deal with Polish Ekstraklasa side Wisła Kraków. On 11 June 2012, he transferred to Standard Liège for an undisclosed fee, signing a four-year contract.
On 25 January 2013, Biton joined Cypriot side APOEL on a loan deal from Standard Liège until the end of 2012–13 season. Biton scored on his debut against Nea Salamina at GSP Stadium on 2 February 2013, just five minutes after being subbed in the 85th minute, to make the final score 2–0 for APOEL. He also scored in the following two matches, counting in total three goals in his first three appearances with APOEL. During his loan spell at APOEL, Biton scored six goals in 13 appearances and helped the club to win the 2012–13 Cypriot First Division.
On 13 January 2014, Biton joined Spanish second division team AD Alcorcón on a loan deal from Standard Liège until the end of 2013–14 season.
On January 16, 2015, Biton joined on loan Israeli first division team Hapoel Tel Aviv, signing a half year contract.
Statistics As of: 6 December 2014
ClubSeasonLeagueDomestic LeagueDomestic CupsEuropean CupsTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsMaccabi Haifa2005–06Ligat ha'Al100000102006–0700000000Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0Maccabi Tel Aviv2007–08Ligat ha'Al1004030170Hapoel Ra'anana2008–09Liga Leumit31854–36122009–10Ligat ha'Al30963–3612Total 61 17 11 7 – 72 24Hapoel Petah Tikva2010–11Ligat ha'Al151241–1913Charleroi2010–11Pro League125––125Wisła Kraków (loan)2011–12Ekstraklasa251142733616Standard Liège2012–13Pro League10100–101APOEL (loan)2012–13First Division136––136Standard Liège2013–14Pro League00115061Alcorcón (loan)2013–14Liga Adelante60––60Maribor (loan)2014–15PrvaLiga1113100142Hapoel Tel Aviv (loan)2014–15Ligat Ha'Al1220000122Career total 164 53 26 11 10 3 202 67
Honours Maccabi Haifa Israeli Premier League: 2005–06
APOEL First Division: 2012–13
Maribor Slovenian PrvaLiga: 2014–15
References
External links APOEL official profile
NK Maribor profile