Yossi Benayoun

(יוסי שי בניון)

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Born
1980 (46 years old)
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Dimona, Israel

Position
Sporting Director

Status
Coaching

Ethnicity
Eurasian

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Height
175 cm

Weight
70 kg

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Player Manager ID
2008550

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Soccer

Team
Beitar Jerusalem

League
Israeli Premier League

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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. Born in Dimona, he is sometimes nicknamed "The Diamond from Dimona" in Israel. As of 2023, he has been the sporting director of the Israel national team.

Benayoun played for Hapoel Be'er Sheva and Maccabi Haifa before moving to Racing Santander in Spain. Three years later he moved to the Premier League with West Ham United, and later Liverpool. In 2010, he signed for Chelsea, where he was used rarely, being loaned to Arsenal and back to West Ham, but nonetheless won the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. After that, he was released by the club and spent a season in the Football League Championship with Queens Park Rangers before returning to Maccabi Haifa.

A full international for twenty years from 1998 to 2018, Benayoun is Israel's most capped player of all time with 101 appearances, and their joint-third top scorer with 23 international goals.

Benayoun holds the position of sporting director for Beitar Jerusalem, the club that he last played for.

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Trophies

UEFA Europa League	Chelsea	2012-2013
Israeli Premier League	Maccabi Haifa	2001-2002
Israeli Premier League	Maccabi Haifa	2000-2001

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Former Youth Teams

Hapoel Beer Sheva	1992-1995	Youth	-	-
Ajax	1995-1996	Youth	-	-
Hapoel Beer Sheva	1996-1997	Youth	-	-

Former Senior Teams

Hapoel Beer Sheva	1997-1998	Permanent	25 app	15 gls
Maccabi Haifa	1998-2002	Permanent	130 app	55 gls
Israel	1998-2017	International	-	-
Israel U21	1998-2001	International	-	-
Santander	2002-2005	Permanent	101 app	20 gls
West Ham	2005-2007	Permanent	63 app	8 gls
Liverpool	2007-2010	Permanent	92 app	18 gls
Chelsea	2010-2013	Permanent	14 app	1 gls
Arsenal	2011-2012	Loan	19 app	4 gls
West Ham	2012	Loan	6 app	0 gls
QPR	2013-2014	Permanent	16 app	3 gls
Maccabi Haifa	2014-2016	Permanent	55 app	11 gls
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2016-2017	Permanent	27 app	1 gls
Beitar Jerusalem	2017-2018	Permanent	14 app	3 gls
Maccabi Petach Tikva	2018-2019	Permanent	22 app	7 gls
Beitar Jerusalem	2019	Permanent	15 app	0 gls