Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv has a familiar face back on its roster with the return of point guard Yonatan Rabinowitz on a one-year deal the club announced Thursday. Rabinowitz (1.88 meters, 25 years old) split time with Flyers Wels and Dukes Klostenburg, both of Austria last season. He averaged 3.9 points, 2.2 assists and 1.8 rebounds over 26 combined Austrian League appearances.
Rabinowitz now returns to the club where he grew up, and was a captain of its youth category teams. He made his professional debut there in the 2015-16 season as a 17-year old. Since then, he also played for Ramat Hasharon, Hapoel Saba/Shalom, Maccabi Hod Hasharon, Elitzur Kiryat Ata and Maccabi Ma'ale Adumim, all Israeli lower division teams, before moving to play in Austria last season.
Rabinowitz has also been a member of the Israeli youth national teams and won a silver medal at the U20 European championships in 2017. He will now have the chance to make his BKT EuroCup debut.