title: Gal Mesika
text: # Gal Mesika
  
  Gal Mesika (born June 29, 1988) is an Israeli American football and association football player.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Gal Mesika was born in Herzliya to a Tunisian-Jewish family. His father was also a footballer who played for Maccabi Herzliya and also served as the CEO of the club from 1996 to 2009.
  
  ## Sports career
  
  In association football he is a goalkeeper who has played for many teams including Hapoel Ra'anana in 2013-2014 Maccabi Netanya in 2015. He was the also previously the starting goalkeeper for the Israel national under-19 football team.
  
  In 2015, Mesika made the transition into playing American football, and joined the Israel national American football team as a placekicker. After seeing Mesika play, Robert Kraft stated he expected to soon see an Israeli play in the NFL. In February 2016 Mesika was invited to be the first ever Israeli to try out for the NFL.
  
  