Matan Baltaxa, 21-year-old left-back, signed a four-year-deal this afternoon and is set to join Maccabi Tel Aviv at the end of the season from Hapoel Petah Tikva.
Sports Director Jordi Cruyff told the club’s official website: “We are happy to announce the signing of Matan Baltaxa, a young player we have been monitoring for quite a while through the clubs’ scouting department. We feel that it is important to add a young and promising player of this age, with good prospect and future, bring him over and work with him to hopefully make him a successful player”.
Baltaxa, a product of Hapoel Petah Tikva’s youth department who has been playing in the senior side since making his debut in November 2013, added: “I am happy and excited to sign for a big club as Maccabi Tel Aviv and would like to thank everyone for showing faith in me. Despite the signing which is an important step in my career, I will remain focused in the tasks which Hapoel Petah Tikva has till the end of the season”.
From his position at left-back, Baltaxa scored 5 goals in 22 league appearances for Hapoel Petah Tikva this season.
