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{{Short description|Israeli footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name        = Ariel Harush
| image       = אריאל הרוש.jpg
| caption     = Harush with [[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]] in 2013
| fullname    = Ariel Harush
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1988|05|25}}
| birth_place = [[Jerusalem]], Israel
| height      = {{height|m=1.90}}
| position    = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| currentclub = [[F.C. Ashdod]] 
| clubnumber  = 1
| youthyears1 = 2000–2007 | youthclubs1 = [[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]]
| years1  = 2007–2014 | clubs1  = [[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]]       | caps1  = 170 | goals1  = 0 
| years2  = 2014–2015 | clubs2  = [[Maccabi Netanya F.C.|Maccabi Netanya]]         | caps2  = 31  | goals2  = 0
| years3  = 2015–2017 | clubs3  = [[Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]]         | caps3  = 48  | goals3  = 0
| years4  = 2017–2018 | clubs4  = [[Anorthosis Famagusta FC|Anorthosis Famagusta]] | caps4  = 36  | goals4  = 0
| years5  = 2018–2020 | clubs5  = [[Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C.|Hapoel Be'er Sheva]]   | caps5  = 20  | goals5  = 0
| years6  = 2019–2020 | clubs6  = → [[Sparta Rotterdam]] (loan)                    | caps6  = 16  | goals6  = 0
| years7  = 2020–2021 | clubs7  = → [[FC Nitra|Nitra]]   (loan)                    | caps7  = 3   | goals7  = 0
| years8  = 2021      | clubs8  = [[SC Heerenveen|Heerenveen]]                     | caps8  = 0   | goals8  = 0
| years9  = 2021–2023 | clubs9  = [[Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C.|Hapoel Be'er Sheva]]   | caps9  = 7   | goals9  = 0
| years10 = 2023–     | clubs10 = [[F.C. Ashdod]]                                  | caps10 = 48  | goals10 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2009–2010 | nationalteam1  = [[Israel national under-21 football team|Israel U21]] | nationalcaps1 = 12 | nationalgoals1 = 0  
| nationalyears2 = 2010–     | nationalteam2  = [[Israel national football team|Israel]]              | nationalcaps2 = 20 | nationalgoals2 = 0 
| club-update         = 27 June 2025
| nationalteam-update = 23 November 2022
}}

'''Ariel Harush''' (or '''Harosh''', {{langx|he|אריאל הרוש}}; born 25 May 1988) is an Israeli [[association football|football]]er who plays as a goalkeeper for [[F.C. Ashdod]] and the [[Israel national football team|Israel national team]].

Harush's time at [[Beitar Jerusalem]] was featured in the 2016 documentary ''Forever Pure'', where he stood against racism and hate from the fans toward two new Muslim Chechnyan players. Harush was ultimately hounded out the club by the right-wing fanbase La Familia and left to play for [[Maccabi Netanya F.C.|Maccabi Netanya]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

Harush and teammate [[Tomer Hemed]] were suspended by the Israeli national team for two games in 2017 after criticising manager Elisha Levy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brighton striker banned from Israel squad |url=http://www.jewishnews.co.uk/brighton-striker-banned-from-israel-squad/ |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=www.jewishnews.co.uk |date=27 March 2017 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Early life==
Harush was born in [[Jerusalem]], Israel, to a [[Sephardic Jewish]] family.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.futbolgrad.com/beitar-jerusalem-the-history-behind-the-chechen-affair/|title=Beitar Jerusalem - the History Behind the Chechen Affair|date=25 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://twohundredpercent.net/beitar-jerusalem-forever-pure-stupidity/|title=Beitar Jerusalem: Forever Pure Stupidity &#124; Twohundredpercent}}</ref>

==Honours==
'''Beitar Jerusalem'''
*[[Israel State Cup|State Cup]]: [[2008–09 Israel State Cup|2008–09]]
*[[Toto Cup]]: [[2009–10 Toto Cup Al|2009–10]]

'''Hapoel Be'er Sheva'''
*[[Israel State Cup|State Cup]]: [[2021–22 Israel State Cup|2021–22]]
*[[Israel Super Cup|Super Cup]]: [[2022 Israel Super Cup|2022]]

== See also ==
* [[List of Jewish footballers]]
* [[List of Jews in sports]]
* [[List of Israelis]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/HarushAriel Twitter account]
*{{soccerway|ariel-harush/130393}}
*[http://www.one.co.il/Player/Current/1,1,2,34202/%d7%90%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%90%d7%9c_%d7%94%d7%a8%d7%95%d7%a9 ONE profile] {{in lang|he}}

{{F.C. Ashdod squad}}
{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Harush, Ariel}}
[[Category:1987 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Israeli Sephardi Jews]]
[[Category:Israeli men's footballers]]
[[Category:Footballers from Jerusalem]]
[[Category:Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players]]
[[Category:Maccabi Netanya F.C. players]]
[[Category:Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players]]
[[Category:Sparta Rotterdam players]]
[[Category:FC Nitra players]]
[[Category:SC Heerenveen players]]
[[Category:Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. players]]
[[Category:F.C. Ashdod players]]
[[Category:Israeli Premier League players]]
[[Category:Cypriot First Division players]]
[[Category:Eredivisie players]]
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[[Category:Israel men's under-21 international footballers]]
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[[Category:Israeli people of Moroccan-Jewish descent]]
[[Category:Israel men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football goalkeepers]]
[[Category:Israeli Mizrahi Jews]]
[[Category:21st-century Israeli sportsmen]]


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