# Dan Biton (footballer)

Dan Biton (Hebrew: דן ביטון; born 20 July 1995) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Hapoel Be'er Sheva and the Israel national team.

## Early life

Biton was born in Beersheba, Israel, to a family of Sephardic Jewish descent.

## Club career
### Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Biton made his debut for Hapoel Be'er Sheva against Maccabi Petah Tikva in Toto Cup, in September 2014.
During the 2014\15 Season, He played in The youth academy of Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Except some games that he was included in the reserves of the Senior team.
In the 2015\16 season, new coach Barak Bakhar gave Biton more minutes; He started in the team's loss To Hapoel Acre, came in as a sub against Maccabi Petah Tikva And Assisted Maharan Radi's Goal (H. Be'er Sheva won 5–2) and later would in the season came in as a sub against Kiryat Shmona, Assisting John Ogu's winning goal at the 90th minute.

### F.C. Ashdod

Biton was loaned to F.C. Ashdod for two years. He scored his debut club goal in the 1–3 loss to Hapoel Haifa. In August 2017, Biton would officially leave H. Be'er Sheva after he was acquired by F.C. Ashdod and then signed a long-term contract with the club.

### PFC Ludogorets Razgrad

In June 2019, Biton signed with the Bulgarian side Ludogorets Razgrad.

## International career

Biton made his debut for the Israel national team on 8 June 2024 in a 0–3 friendly loss against Hungary at the Nagyerdei Stadion. He started the game and was substituted in added time.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of 1 June 2022
| Club performance | Club performance | Club performance | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | League | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Israel | Israel | Israel | League | League | State Cup | State Cup | Europe | Europe | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Premier League | 2014–15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Premier League | 2015–16 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Premier League | 2016–17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | Total | Total | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 2 |
| F.C. Ashdod (loan) | Premier League | 2016–17 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | 33 | 3 |
| F.C. Ashdod | Premier League | 2017–18 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | 29 | 3 |
| F.C. Ashdod | Premier League | 2018–19 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 5 | 1 | 39 | 7 |
| F.C. Ashdod | Total | Total | 82 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 101 | 13 |
| Bulgaria | Bulgaria | Bulgaria | League | League | Bulgarian Cup | Bulgarian Cup | Europe | Europe | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Ludogorets Razgrad | First League | 2019–20 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 6 |
| Ludogorets Razgrad | Total | Total | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 6 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv (loan) | Premier League | 2020–21 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 7 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Premier League | 2021–22 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | Total | Total | 49 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 10 |
| Career statistics | Career statistics | Career statistics | 166 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 28 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 227 | 31 |
* ↑ Includes Toto Cup matches.
* ↑ Includes Bulgarian Supercup matches.

## Honours

Hapoel Beer Sheva
* Israeli Premier League: 2015–16
* Israel Super Cup: 2016
Ludogorets
* Bulgarian First League: 2019–20
* Bulgarian Supercup: 2019
Maccabi Tel Aviv
* Toto Cup: 2020-21