Beram Kayal was born in Jadeidi, Israel, on 2 May 1988 (age 38), and came to Celtic from Maccabi Haifa in July 2010 for around £1.5m. A central defensive midfielder, he arrived with a decent reputation and enough bite in his game to look suited to Scottish football without needing much translation.
His first season at Celtic was his most productive in league terms, with two goals in 21 appearances in 2010-2011. He was not a long-term pillar of the side, but he had spells of real usefulness: tidy enough on the ball, combative enough without it, and rarely in danger of being mistaken for a luxury player.
Kayal left Celtic in January 2015 for Brighton & Hove Albion, and that move came to shape the main part of his career. Across five seasons with Brighton he made 118 league appearances and scored four league goals, becoming a regular part of the club’s midfield rather than a passing name on the team sheet.
Bnei Sakhnin also features in his later career, with Kayal wearing squad number 33 there and continuing in his familiar central midfield role. Still, the broad shape is clear enough: Maccabi Haifa gave him his route out, Celtic gave him a significant Scottish chapter, and Brighton was where his senior career settled most firmly.
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