Maccabi Tel Aviv FC and Hapoel Haifa reached an agreement for the sale of 23-year-old defender Sean Goldberg.
Goldberg, who is a product of Maccabi’s Youth Department, made 13 competitive appearances for the senior side since making his debut back in 2014. After making a single competitive appearance for Maccabi this season playing the full 90 minutes against Beitar Jerusalem in the Toto Cup, Goldberg, will join Hapoel Haifa on a permanent basis after spending loan periods with Beitar Jerusalem, Bnei Yehuda and Hapoel Tel Aviv. 
Maccabi’s CEO, Ben Mansford, told the club’s official website: “Sean has been a true professional and a pleasure to have at Maccabi since the day he joined the Club’s Youth Department. Sean has progressed to become a proven Premier League performer and with that comes a desire to play regularly. Therefore, Sean and the Club decided now was the right time for him to leave permanently for a new challenge. Everyone at the Club wishes Sean all the very best for the future”.
Goldberg, added: “After 15 years at Maccabi Tel Aviv the club I grew up and was educated at, today I begin a new chapter in my career. I would like to thank Maccabi for all those years and a special thanks to Ben Mansford for the treatment and the assistance. I wish all of us good luck for the future”. 
In August 2014, Goldberg made his senior debut in the Toto Cup against Maccabi Netanya and recorded his league debut against Hapoel Acco in October but after two State Cup appearances later that year, he joined Hapoel Tel Aviv on a six-month loan deal. Goldberg then joined Bnei Yehuda in 2015/16 on loan for two seasons at the end of which he won the State Cup at the end of a penalty shoot-out victory over Maccabi at Teddy stadium. Last season Goldberg made 4 appearances for Maccabi in the Toto Cup before joining Beitar Jerusalem on loan, but despite reaching the State Cup final for the second season in succession, ended the match on the losing side to the club he now joins – Hapoel Haifa.
