{{Short description|Israeli footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Amit Bitton |image = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|7|24|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/amit-bitton/366929/ | title=Israel - A. Biton - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway }}</ref> |birth_place = Be'er Sheva, Israel |height = {{height|m=1.90}} |position = Centre-back{{citation needed|date=April 2022}} |currentclub = Dimona |clubnumber = |youthyears1 = 2006–2016 |youthclubs1 = Hapoel Be'er Sheva |years1 = 2016–2021 | clubs1 = Hapoel Be'er Sheva | caps1 = 19 | goals1 = 0 |years2 = 2017 | clubs2 = → Hapoel Tel Aviv | caps2 = 13 | goals2 = 0 |years3 = 2017–2018 | clubs3 = → Hapoel Acre | caps3 = 14 | goals3 = 2 |years4 = 2018–2019 | clubs4 = → Ashdod | caps4 = 18 | goals4 = 2 |years5 = 2019 | clubs5 = → Bnei Yehuda | caps5 = 11 | goals5 = 0 |years6 = 2022 | clubs6 = Beroe | caps6 = 1 | goals6 = 0 |years7 = 2022–2023 | clubs7 = Bnei Yehuda | caps7 = 34 | goals7 = 2 |years8 = 2023–2024 | clubs8 = Hapoel Ramat Gan | caps8 = 35 | goals8 = 1 |years9 = 2024– | clubs9 = Dimona | caps9 = 21 | goals9 = 1 |nationalyears1 = 2017–2018 | nationalteam1 = Israel U21 | nationalcaps1 = 14 | nationalgoals1 = 0 |pcupdate = 29 May 2025 |ntupdate = }}
'''Amit Bitton''' (or Biton,<ref name=soccerway>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/amit-bitton/366929/|title=Israel - A. Biton - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway|access-date=3 February 2023}}</ref> {{langx|he|עמית ביטון}}; born 24 July 1996) is an Israeli footballer who plays as a centre back for Third Israeli League club Dimona.<ref>{{cite web|title=Официално: Берое подписа с израелски защитник|url=https://sportal.bg/news-2022022210133568539|website=sportal.bg|date=22 February 2022|access-date=3 February 2023|language=bg}}</ref>
==Early life== Bitton was born in Be'er Sheva, Israel,<ref name=soccerway/> to a family of Moroccan Jewish descent. He is the son of former Israeli footballer and manager Shimon Bitton.
He also holds a Portuguese passport, which eased his move to certain European football leagues.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=3075&docID=400149|title=הגדולות בבולגריה במעקב אחרי עמית ביטון - ספורט 5|date=23 April 2022|access-date=3 February 2023}}</ref>
==Club career== {{BLP unreferenced section|date=February 2023}} Bitton grew up in the youth division of Hapoel Be'er Sheva. On 2 March 2016, the 2015–16 season, Bitton made his debut in the Hapoel Be'er Sheva alumni team in a 2–0 victory over Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla in the State Cup.
In the 2016–17 season, Bitton was finally promoted to the senior team. In 30 July Bitton made his debut in the Toto Cup in a 5–0 win over Hapoel Ashkelon. Bitton managed to win 7 games in the Toto Cup and win the title after a 4–1 win over Ironi Kiryat Shmona. In the winter transfer window was borrowed from Bitton Hapoel Tel Aviv until the end of the season. On 21 January 2017 Bitton made his debut in a 1–0 win over Hapoel Ashkelon. Later in the season he managed 13 appearances for Hapoel Tel Aviv.
In the 2017–18 season, Bitton was loaned to Hapoel Acre until the end of the season. In 30 July he made his debut in the Toto Cup with a 4–0 loss to the Ironi Kiryat Shmona. In 20 August Bitton made his debut in a 2–1 loss to Bnei Sakhnin. During the game, Bitton scored his first goal in a team of alumni. In the winter transfer window was borrowed from Bitton Ashdod until the end of the season. On 7 February 2018 Bitton made his debut in Ashdod in the first game of the quarterfinals of the State Cup in a 1–1 draw against Hapoel Ra'anana. In 29 April Bitton made his debut in the Premier League in a 1–0 win over Hapoel Ashkelon.
In the 2018–19 season, Bitton was loaned back to Ashdod until the end of the season. In 1 August Bitton made his debut for this season with a 3–0 loss to Maccabi Petah Tikva. In 25 August Bitton made his debut for this season in a 1–0 win for Bnei Yehuda in the Premier League. In the winter transfer window was borrowed from Bitton Bnei Yehuda until the end of the season. On 10 February 2019 Bitton made his debut in Bnei Yehuda 4–0 win over Hapoel Hadera in the Premier League. Later in the season in 15 May he won the State Cup with Bnei Yehuda after a 4–5 win in penalties.
==Honours== ;Bnei Yehuda *State Cup (1): 2018–19
;Hapoel Be'er Sheva *State Cup (1): 2019–20
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IFA league player|74751}} *{{Soccerway|amit-bitton/366929}} *{{WorldFootball.net|amit-bitton}}
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