Yaniv Katan
Katan in 2006
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 January 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Kiryat Ata, Israel | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward/Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1998 | Maccabi Haifa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2006 | Maccabi Haifa | 223 | (40) |
| 2006–2007 | West Ham United | 8 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | → Maccabi Haifa (loan) | 27 | (7) |
| 2007–2014 | Maccabi Haifa | 239 | (39) |
| Total | 472 | (79) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1998 | Israel U17 | 4 | (2) |
| 1998–2003 | Israel U21 | 17 | (5) |
| 2000–2010 | Israel | 31 | (5) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 March 2014. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 06:13, 11 February 2008 (UTC) |
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Yaniv Katan (Hebrew: יניב קטן; born 27 January 1981) is a retired Israeli international footballer who played professionally for Maccabi Haifa, as a forward and winger. He earned 31 caps for Israel, scoring 5 goals.
Katan is Jewish.
In December 2005, Katan signed a four-year contract with West Ham United, where he joined up with Israeli international team-mate Yossi Benayoun. The transfer, which was officially completed during the January 2006 transfer window, involved a cut-price fee of £100,000, as Katan had only six months left on his Maccabi contract. He made eight appearances, including six from the bench, for West Ham,
At the end of the 2005–06 season, Katan moved back to Maccabi Haifa in a loan deal, with a view to a permanent move, after Alan Pardew reportedly told him he was no longer in his plans. He returned to Israel and made his loan deal permanent by signing a new four-year deal with Haifa.
After 25 years in Maccabi Haifa, On 19 June 2014, Katan decided to retire from active playing. On 5 April 2015, a farewell ceremony for Katan was held at the Sammy Ofer Stadium on which both Maccabi Haifa's chairman Ya'akov Shahar and Katan led a speech and the fans held a giant flag with Katan's pictures.
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