Yossi Benayoun
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Benayoun playing for Maccabi Haifa in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Yosef Shai Benayoun | ||
| Date of birth | 5 May 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Dimona, Israel | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||
| Number | 51 | ||
| 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 | (21) |
| 2005–2007 | West Ham United | 63 | (8) |
| 2007–2010 | Liverpool | 92 | (29) |
| 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 | 49 | (11) |
| 2016– | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 19 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1995 | Israel U16 | ? | (6) |
| 1996–1997 | Israel U18 | 8 | (12) |
| 1998–2001 | Israel U21 | 11 | (5) |
| 1998–2014 | Israel | 97 | (24) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 January 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 March 2016 |
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Yosef Shai "Yossi" Benayoun (Hebrew: יוסף שי "יוסי" בניון, born 5 May 1980) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays for Maccabi Tel Aviv and captained the Israeli national team. He plays as an attacking midfielder, often occupying the space just behind the striker. Born in Dimona, he is sometimes nicknamed "The Diamond from Dimona" in Israel.
Benayoun played for Hapoel Be'er Sheva and Maccabi Haifa before moving to Racing de 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 since 1998, Benayoun is Israel's most capped player of all time with 97 caps, and their joint second top scorer with 24 international goals.
Yossi Benayoun was born in Dimona, Israel to a family of Moroccan-Jewish descent. His father Dudu was a footballer who played for Hapoel Dimona.
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