Dudu Aouate
Aouate playing with Mallorca in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Aouate | ||
| Date of birth | 17 October 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Nazareth Illit, Israel | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Maccabi Haifa | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1997 | Maccabi Haifa | 0 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | → Hapoel Nazareth Illit (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1 | (0) |
| 1998–2001 | Hapoel Haifa | 104 | (0) |
| 2001–2003 | Maccabi Haifa | 60 | (0) |
| 2003–2006 | Racing Santander | 78 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Deportivo La Coruña | 66 | (0) |
| 2009–2014 | Mallorca | 167 | (0) |
| Total | 479 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1998–1999 | Israel U21 | 12 | (0) |
| 1999–2013 | Israel | 78 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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David "Dudu" Aouate (Hebrew: דוד "דודו" אוואט, pronounced Dūdū Ahwaht; born 17 October 1977) is an Israeli retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
After playing for several clubs in his country, most notably Hapoel Haifa, he moved to Spain in 2003, going on to represent Racing de Santander, Deportivo La Coruña and Mallorca for a total of 303 La Liga games.
Aouate gained 78 caps for Israel, during 14 years.
Born in Nazareth Illit, Aouate began his career at Maccabi Haifa F.C. where he had also played youth football, as an understudy to Nir Davidovich. Wanting first-team action, he was loaned to Hapoel Nazareth Illit F.C. but never got a real chance until he transferred to Hapoel Haifa FC, having been assured that he would be the club's first-choice, but he again found himself struggling to establish himself as such.
Early in the 1998–99 season, however, the team's regular, Avi Peretz, was injured, and Aouate took his place. Hapoel eventually won the championship that year and he was praised for his performances; by the time Peretz recovered, Aouate was irreplaceable.
Aouate's performances for Hapoel saw him get called up to the Israel national football team in 1999. In the 2001–02 campaign he returned to Maccabi Haifa as a cover for Davidovich, who was seriously injured, and the team went on to win the Premier League as he established himself as the undisputed starter.
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