Gal Mesika

Gal Mesika is an Israeli American football and association football player. He was born 29 June 1988 in Herzliya, Israel. In association football he is a goalkeeper and has previously played with Hapoel Ra'anana from 2013-2014 and began playing for 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, owner of the New England Patriots 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.

His father was also a footballer who played for Maccabi Herzliya and also served as the CEO of the club from 1996 to 2009.