28/7/2013 : Maccabi Haifa sign Venezuelan point guard David Cubillan

Basketball:

David Cabillan (fiba)

Maccabi Haifa have added point guard David Cubillan to it's roster for next season. The 25-year-old Venezuelan played the last seasons at Trotamundos de Carabobo in his home country and last season averaged 12.2 points and 4.8 assists per game. " David Cubillan is a Venezuela national team player whose leadership abilities will be a great boost for us next season", is all that Haifa's owner Jeff Rosen  had to say about the new signing. Cubillan who is currently 185cm played for the Venezuelan national team in the 2012 South American Championship where he helped them claim the silver medal and finished the tournament with an average of 10.6 points per game. " David is a great combo player with a lot of knowledge basketball knowledge", said Haifa's new head coach Danny Franco," he will help us fight in every single game on the court. The combination of David and Moran Roth will help us play a fast forward thinking five". Cubillan also had a very short collage career in the NCAA with Marquette Golden Eagles.


Football:

Cristian Hidalgo (seesaa)

Bnei Sakhnin have secured the signing of Spanish winger Cristian Hidalgo Gonzalez on a 1 year deal with an option for a 1 year extension. The 29-year-old played his youth career at Barcelona and went on to start his professional career at Barcelona C and then Barcelona B. The Spaniard then moved up to La Liga joining Deportivo de La Coruna and went on to play 3 seasons for them and appear in 56 matches. Cristian only scored 2 league goals in his time at Deportivo and strangely they were against the two Spanish giants, his first against Real Madrid and his second against Barcelona. Last season Cristian played for Cherno More Varna in the Bulgarian premier league. In that season he played 14 matches and scored just 1 goal.

 Hapoel Be'er Sheva played a friendly match last night against Lithuanian club FK Atlantas which ended with a 1-0 loss for Be'er Sheva. The unusual aspect of this match was that each half only had 30 minute (60 minutes overall) because the Atlantas team arrived late. The game was Be'er Sheva's last in their training camp in Europe and are due to arrive back in Israel tonight.

Other pre-season friendly results:
Hapoel Ironi Acre 1-2  Dunaujvaros FC