Ronny Gafney

Football player infobox
playername = Ronny Gafney


fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|3|11
cityofbirth =
countryofbirth = United States
currentclub = Flagicon|ISR Maccabi Haifa
clubnumber = 24
position = Left Back
youthyears = 1997–1998
youthclubs = Maccabi Tel Aviv
years = 1998–2000 2000–2001 2001–2006 2006-2007 2007-present
clubs = Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Petah Tikva Bnei Yehuda Beitar Jerusalem Maccabi Haifa
caps(goals) = ? (?) 10 (0) ? (?) 19 (0) 1 (0)
nationalyears = 2006-present
nationalteam = Israel
nationalcaps(goals) = 1 (0)
pcupdate = 01:32, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
ntupdate = 01:18, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Ronny Gafney ( _he. רוני גפני; born March 11, 1980) is an American-Israeli footballer who plays for Maccabi Haifa. He is a new addition at Kiryat Eliezer. Last season he joined Beitar Jerusalem from Bnei Yehuda where he served as captain and led the team to the Israel State Cup final.

Though born in the United States, his family moved back to Israel in 1988 where he started to play organized football. His developmental years were spent at Maccabi Tel Aviv, where he made his professional debut during the 1998–99 season in a match against Hapoel Tzafririm Holon. Though he couldn't break the first team on a regular basis as Dedi Ben Dayan was just coming into his own, so Gafni headed to Hapoel Petah Tikva where he languished on the bench. His move to Bnei Yehuda gave him playing time, and he even scored a game winning goal in the 2002–03 season against his future club Beitar Jerusalem. Eventually he was recognized as being one of the best left backs in all of Israel at that time. He was rewarded with an appearance at the end of the Avraham Grant send off game versus Denmark.

Gafney signed for Beitar Jerusalem during the close season under the condition that he would be the preferred left back.