Eran Zahavi
Zahavi celebrating after scoring against Hapoel Tel Aviv in the Tel Aviv derby in March 2014
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 25 July 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Rishon LeZion, Israel | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Guangzhou R&F | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–2003 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | ||
| 2003–2005 | Ironi Rishon LeZion | ||
| 2005–2006 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2011 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 94 | (27) |
| 2007–2008 | → Ironi Ramat HaSharon | 45 | (9) |
| 2011–2013 | Palermo | 23 | (2) |
| 2013–2016 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 119 | (98) |
| 2016– | Guangzhou R&F | 21 | (17) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008 | Israel U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2010– | Israel | 32 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2016 |
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Eran Zahavi (or Eran Zehavi, Hebrew: ערן זהבי; born 25 July 1987) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Guangzhou R&F and the Israel national team.
Zahavi was named the Israeli Footballer of the Year twice (2013 and 2014) and finished as the top goalscorer three seasons in a row in the Israeli Premier League, in 2013–14 (29 goals, all-time club record), in 2014-15 (27 goals) and in 2015–16 (35 goals, all-time club and league record) . In December 2014, Zahavi broke the Israeli Premier League record for scoring in consecutive appearances after he scored for an 18th game in a row. He has been a senior international since 2010, earning over 30 caps.
Eran Zahavi was born in Rishon Lezion. Zahavi started his youth career with Hapoel Tel Aviv. At the age of 16 he went to Ironi Rishon LeZion, in his hometown. Two years later, in 2005 he returned to Hapoel, he managed to get to the state cup final with his team but lost to Beitar Jerusalem F.C. after a penalty shootout, he scored the equalizer that led to extra time.
A Hapoel Tel Aviv youth product, he was promoted into the first team in 2006 and won the Israel State Cup and the championship title after a dramatic match against the fierce rival Beitar Jerusalem in which Zahavi scored at the 92nd minute of extra time. Zahavi was reported to have garnered interest from clubs in Belgium during the 2009–10 season. Zahavi has a French passport which would mean that he would not count as a foreigner in many European leagues.
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