Daniel Peretz (, ; born 10 July 2000) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Southampton and the Israel national team.
Peretz is a product of the Maccabi Tel Aviv academy and made his professional debut for the club in August 2020. He spent the 2019–20 season on loan at Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam. In August 2023, Peretz joined Bayern Munich. He had loan spells with Hamburger SV and Southampton before he joined the latter permanently in June 2026. Peretz has represented his country at youth and full international level.
Early and personal life Peretz was born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel, to an Israeli family of both Sephardi Jewish and Mizrahi Jewish (Moroccan Jewish) descent, as well as of Ashkenazi Jewish (German-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.
He also holds EU citizenship through a German passport, on account of his Ashkenazi Jewish ancestors.
He has been in a relationship with Israeli singer-songwriter and actress Noa Kirel since July 2023. 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.
Maccabi Tel Aviv On 22 August 2020, Peretz made his senior debut with Israeli defending champions Maccabi Tel Aviv during their 2020–21 Toto Cup Al (the League Cup of the Israeli Premier League) final 2–0 win against Bnei Sakhnin. On 12 September 2021, he signed a new contract with the club, until the end of the 2023–24 Israeli Premier League season.
Peretz was Maccabi Tel Aviv's first choice goalkeeper during his European campaign debut in the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League, helping his team to qualify to the final tournament's group stage where they qualified in second place. In the knockout round play-offs against Dutch side PSV Eindhoven, a 1–0 away loss and a 1–1 home draw saw the team eliminated.
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, for a reported initial transfer fee of over €5 million; receiving the number 18 jersey. He is the first Israeli to play for Bayern Munich.
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, to secure Israel's qualification to the final tournament.
During the 2023 U-21 Euros group stage match against Germany, which ended in a 1–1 draw, Peretz saved two penalties, receiving UEFA's Player of the Match award as a result. 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. Peretz missed Israel's semi-final against eventual winners England due to suspension for an accumulation of yellow cards in each of his two recent matches. Through their performance at the tournament, Israel qualified for the 2024 Olympics.
Peretz was chosen as one of three overage players for the 2024 Olympic Games. 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.
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupEuropeOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsBeitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam (loan)2019–20Liga Leumit3220040——362Maccabi Tel Aviv2020–21Israeli Premier League0000100000102021–22Israeli Premier League3600000130105002022–23Israeli Premier League350401060—4602023–24Israeli Premier League00—1050—60Total7104030240101030Bayern Munich2023–24Bundesliga1010—00—202024–25Bundesliga3010—100050Total4020—100070Bayern Munich II2024–25Regionalliga Bayern10————10Hamburger SV (loan)2025–26Bundesliga0020———20Southampton (loan)2025–26Championship20040——20260Southampton2026–27Championship800020——100Career total136212090250301852
International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsIsrael202210202310202420202560202640Total140
Honours Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel State Cup: 2020–21 Israel Toto Cup (Ligat Ha'Al): 2020–21 Israel Super Cup: 2020
Bayern Munich Bundesliga: 2024–25
See also
List of Jewish footballers List of Jews in sports List of Israelis List of Israel international footballers List of foreign Bundesliga players#UEFA#Israel References
External links
Daniel Peretz at FCBayern.com
UEFA.com: Every UEFA European Under-21 Championship Player of the Match, 8 July 2023