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Yossi Benayoun
יוסי שי בניון
Benayoun playing for Maccabi Haifa in 2015
Personal information
Full name Yossi Shai Benayoun[1]
Date of birth (1980-05-05) 5 May 1980 (age 44)[1]
Place of birth Dimona, Israel
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1989–1992 Hapoel Dimona
1992–1995 Hapoel Be'er Sheva
1995–1996 Ajax
1996–1997 Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 25 (15)
1998–2002 Maccabi Haifa 130 (55)
2002–2005 Racing Santander 101 (20)
2005–2007 West Ham United 63 (8)
2007–2010 Liverpool 92 (18)
2010–2013 Chelsea 14 (1)
2011–2012 → Arsenal (loan) 19 (4)
2012 → West Ham United (loan) 6 (0)
2013–2014 Queens Park Rangers 16 (3)
2014–2016 Maccabi Haifa 55 (11)
2016–2017 Maccabi Tel Aviv 27 (1)
2017–2018 Beitar Jerusalem 14 (3)
2018–2019 Maccabi Petah Tikva 22 (7)
2019 Beitar Jerusalem 15 (0)
Total 599 (146)
National team
1995 Israel U16 30 (6)
1996–1997 Israel U18 8 (12)
1998–2001 Israel U21 11 (5)
1998–2017 Israel 102 (24[3])
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Yossi Shai Benayoun (Hebrew: יוסי שי בניון; born 5 May 1980) is an Israeli former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent most of his career in Israel and England and captained the Israel national team.

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other[a] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 1997–98 25 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 25 15
Maccabi Haifa 1998–99 29 16 3 2 3 2 7 2 – 42 22
1999–2000 36 19 4 3 5 2 0 0 – 45 24
2000–01 37 13 3 2 2 0 4 0 – 46 15
2001–02 28 7 4 1 2 1 0 0 – 34 9
Total 130 55 14 8 12 5 11 2 0 0 167 70
Racing de Santander 2002–03[4] 31 4 0 0 – – – 31 4
2003–04[4] 35 7 2 0 – 1 0 – 38 7
2004–05[4] 35 9 0 0 – 0 0 – 35 9
Total 101 20 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 104 20
West Ham United 2005–06[5] 34 5 6 0 0 0 – – 40 5
2006–07[6] 29 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 – 32 3
Total 63 8 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 72 8
Liverpool 2007–08[7] 30 4 3 3 3 1 11 3 – 47 11
2008–09[8] 32 8 1 0 0 0 9 1 – 42 9
2009–10[9] 30 6 2 0 1 0 12 3 – 45 9
Total 92 18 6 3 4 1 32 7 0 0 134 29
Chelsea 2010–11[10] 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 10 1
2011–12[11] 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2012–13[12] 6 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 13 0
Total 14 1 2 0 1 0 6 0 1 0 24 1
Arsenal (loan) 2011–12[11] 19 4 0 0 3 1 3 1 0 0 25 6
West Ham United (loan) 2012–13[12] 6 0 – – – – 6 0
Queens Park Rangers 2013–14[13] 16 3 1 0 0 0 – – 17 3
Maccabi Haifa 2014–15[14] 26 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 – 31 5
2015–16[14] 29 6 5 1 5 2 0 0 – 39 9
Total 55 11 9 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 70 14
Maccabi Tel Aviv 2016–17[14] 27 1 4 1 5 1 11 2 – 47 5
Beitar Jerusalem 2017–18[14] 14 3 0 0 3 1 4 1 – 21 5
Maccabi Petah Tikva 2017–18[14] 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 10 4
2018–19[14] 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 12 3
Total 22 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 7
Beitar Jerusalem 2018–19[14] 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 15 0
Career total 599 146 45 13 34 11 70 13 1 0 749 183
  1. ↑ Includes FA Community Shield

International

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Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Benayoun goal.
List of international goals scored by Yossi Benayoun
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 5 September 1999 Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus  Cyprus 2–2 2–3 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
2 8 September 1999 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel  San Marino 1–0 8–0 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
3 4–0
4 6–0
5 15 November 2000 Estadio Primeiro de Maio, Braga, Portugal  Portugal 1–2 1–2 Friendly
6 5 September 2002 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg  Luxembourg 5–0 5–0 Friendly
7 8 September 2004 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel  Cyprus 1–1 2–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
8 9 October 2004 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel  Switzerland 1–0 2–2 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
9 2–2
10 9 February 2005 Teddy Kollek Stadium, Jerusalem, Israel  Croatia 2–2 3–3 Friendly
11 8 October 2005 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel  Faroe Islands 1–0 2–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
12 15 August 2006 Arena Petrol, Celje, Slovenia  Slovenia 1–0 1–1 Friendly
13 6 September 2006 Stadion de Goffert, Nijmegen, Netherlands  Andorra 1–0 4–1 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
14 15 November 2006 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel  Croatia 2–3 3–4 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
15 26 March 2008 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel  Chile 1–0 1–0 Friendly
16 6 September 2008 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel  Switzerland 1–2 2–2 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
17 11 October 2008 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg  Luxembourg 1–0 3–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
18 15 October 2008 Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia  Latvia 1–0 1–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
19 11 February 2009 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel  Hungary 1–0 1–0 Friendly
20 3 March 2010 Dan Păltinişanu, Timișoara, Romania  Romania 1–0 2–0 Friendly
21 2 September 2010 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel  Malta 1–0 3–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
22 2–1
23 3–1
24 4 June 2011 Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia  Latvia 1–0 2–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

Honours

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Maccabi Haifa

West Ham United

Chelsea

Individual

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Yossi Benayoun". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  2. ↑ "Yossi Benayoun". Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. Archived from the original on 19 March 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Yossi Benayoun". National Football Teams.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Yossi Bennayoun stats". BDFutbol. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "Games played by Yossi Benayoun in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  6. ↑ "Games played by Yossi Benayoun in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  7. ↑ "Games played by Yossi Benayoun in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  8. ↑ "Games played by Yossi Benayoun in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  9. ↑ "Games played by Yossi Benayoun in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  10. ↑ "Games played by Yossi Benayoun in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Games played by Yossi Benayoun in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Games played by Yossi Benayoun in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Yossi Benayoun in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 "Y. Benayoun". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  15. ↑ "Liverpool 3–3 West Ham (aet)". BBC Sport. 13 May 2006. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  16. ↑ McNulty, Phil (15 May 2013). "Benfica 1–2 Chelsea". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013.
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