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.jpg) Benayoun playing forMaccabi Haifa in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yossi Shai Benayoun[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1980-05-05)5 May 1980 (age 45)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Dimona, Israel | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[3] | ||
| Position | 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) | |
| International career | |||
| 1995 | Israel U16 | 30 | (6) |
| 1996–1997 | Israel U18 | 8 | (12) |
| 1998–2001 | Israel U21 | 11 | (5) |
| 1998–2017 | Israel | 102 | (24[4]) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Yossi Shai Benayoun (Hebrew:יוסי שי בניון; born 5 May 1980) is an Israeli former professionalfootballer who played as amidfielder. He spent most of his career inIsrael and England and captained theIsrael national team. Born inDimona, he is sometimes nicknamed "The Diamond from Dimona" in Israel. As of 2023, he has been the sporting director of the Israel national team.[5]
Benayoun played forHapoel Be'er Sheva and Maccabi Haifa before moving toRacing de Santander in Spain. Three years later he moved to thePremier League withWest Ham United, and laterLiverpool. In 2010, he signed forChelsea, where he was used rarely, being loaned toArsenal and back to West Ham, but nonetheless won the2012–13 UEFA Europa League. After that, he was released by the club and spent a season in theFootball League Championship withQueens 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 102 caps, and their joint third top scorer with 24 international goals.
Benayoun holds the position ofsporting director forBeitar Jerusalem, the club that he last played for.[6]
Benayoun was born inDimona, Israel, to a family ofSephardicMoroccan Jewish descent.[7][8] His father Dudu Benayoun was a footballer who played forHapoel Dimona as well.[9][10]
Jason Burt ofThe Independent reports that Benayoun's talent was spotted at the age of nine. At the age of 11 he was labelled a genius, and by 13, his face appeared on the cover of Israeli magazines. Benayoun began to play withHapoel Be'er Sheva. To attend training, he hitchhiked the 60 km roundtrip with his father.[11]
When he was 15,Ajax invited Benayoun and his family to the Netherlands. By his 16th birthday, he was the Ajax youth team's highest scorer and best player, and Ajax duly offered Benayoun a four-year professional contract.[12] However, Benayoun and his family found the adjustment toAmsterdam difficult, and they returned to Israel after eight months.
At the age of 16, he was promoted to the Hapoel Be'er Sheva senior team for the1997–98 Liga Leumit, but could not prevent the club from being relegated to Israel's second division. In the last match of the season againstMaccabi Haifa, Benayoun got a penalty kick in the 90th minute. Haifa'sgoalkeeper,Nir Davidovich, saved the shot but Benayoun scored the rebound to give his team the win. However, their relegation rival had won their match, meaning that his team would be relegated nonetheless. Seconds after scoring, while celebrating the winning and what he thought to be a league survival goal, Benayoun found out about the relegation and burst into tears.[13] Benayoun finished as the league's joint fourth-leading goalscorer that season, with 15 goals in 25 appearances.
After that season, Benayoun moved to Maccabi Haifa in a deal signed byYa'akov Shahar (Maccabi Haifa's president) and Eli Zino (the former Be'er Sheva president), and it was agreed that the two clubs would share the profits from selling Benayoun to a European club.
In 1998, under the guidance ofDusan Uhrin andDaniel Brailovsky, Benayoun and Haifa reached the quarterfinals of theCup Winners' Cup, and he scored a late equaliser againstParis Saint-Germain and also againstSV Ried in a 4–1 victory.
Benayoun also scored 16 goals in 29 matches for Haifa in the1998–99 Liga Leumit, finishing the season as the equal eighth leading goalscorer for his team.
In 1999, he confronted his managerEli Cohen, when Benayoun allegedly refused to be substituted during a match. This incident, plus a bad month for the club, ultimately caused Cohen's resignation. In the1999–2000, the maiden season of the newly formedIsraeli Premier League, Benayoun scored 19 goals in 38 matches forMaccabi Haifa, and was the league's third highest goalscorer.
In the2000–01 season under the guidance ofAvram Grant, Benayoun led Haifa to a first championship after seven years and was chosen as theMost Valuable Player of the season, after amassing 13 goals in 37 matches. Another successful season placed him as the league's equal sixth highest goalscorer.
Thenext season, Benayoun helped Maccabi Haifa win another championship, despite suffering from an injury at the beginning of the season. When he returned to play, he combined well withĐovani Roso,Raimondas Žutautas, andYakubu to win the championship. In his last season with Maccabi Haifa, Benayoun scored 7 times in 33 matches.
Benayoun made 130 appearances for Haifa, scoring 55 goals.[13]
In 2002, Benayoun moved toRacing de Santander in Spain'sLa Liga, scoring five goals in 31 matches his first season (2002–03 La Liga), seven goals in 35 matches his second (2003–04 La Liga), and nine goals in 35 matches his third (2004–05 La Liga), the latter including a hat-trick againstDeportivo La Coruña in a 4–1 away victory.
In total, he made 101 appearances for Racing, scoring 21 goals.[13]
Santander opted to cash in on Benayoun by selling him to his agentsPini Zahavi and Ronen Katsav for €3.5 million. Benayoun rejected a €5 million move toCSKA Moscow, preferring a move to England or to remain in Spain. This sparked a great deal of interest in the player withNewcastle United,Tottenham Hotspur,Liverpool,Bolton Wanderers,Real Sociedad, and Deportivo La Coruña seen as likely suitors.[14]
Newly promotedFA Premier League teamWest Ham United completed the signing of Benayoun in July 2005 for afee of £2.5 million, with Benayoun signing a four-year contract.[15] ManagerAlan Pardew hailed the signing citing Benayoun's ability to 'open the door when teams sit deep' while Benayoun revealed his excitement at the opportunity to play for West Ham and in the Premiership.[16]
He made his Premiership debut for West Ham on the opening day of the2005–06 season (13 August 2005 againstBlackburn Rovers) in West Ham's 3–1 win.[17] He went on to score his first Premiership goal for the club when he netted the closing goal in a 4–0 home victory overAston Villa on 12 September 2005.[18]
In May 2006, Benayoun played in the2006 FA Cup Final for West Ham againstLiverpool in Cardiff, West Ham losing on penalties after a 3–3 draw.[19] Benayoun scored five times in 34 league matches in his first season at West Ham and three goals in 29 appearances his second season. His last game for West Ham was a 1–0 victory againstManchester United atOld Trafford on 13 May 2007, a game in which West Ham avoided relegation following a single goal fromCarlos Tevez.[20][21]
Benayoun moved to Liverpool under controversial circumstances. He had verbally agreed on a new four-year deal with West Ham in May 2007, only to go back on the agreement in a bid to move to Liverpool.[22] The controversy was heightened on 10 July when the Israeli media reported that Benayoun's agent, Ronen Katsav, had agreed a deal with Liverpool which would mean Benayoun taking a lower pay than the £50,000 a week offered by West Ham in May.[23] On 12 July, Liverpool reported on their official website that the signing of Benayoun had been completed a £5 million deal with him signing a four-year contract.[24][25]
Benayoun was introduced as a Liverpool player along withRyan Babel on 13 July, and was given the number 11 shirt. He made his first competitive start for Liverpool againstToulouse in the first leg of the third qualification round for theUEFA Champions League. His first goal for Liverpool came on 25 September 2007 when he scored againstReading in the League Cup. On 7 November 2007, in a UEFA Champions League home game againstBeşiktaş in the Group Stage, Benayounscored a hat trick in Liverpool's 8–0 win against theIstanbul team. Benayoun scored a second hat-trick against a mismatched opponent in his first season against non-league sideHavant & Waterlooville in theFA Cup, a team 122 places behind Liverpool on the league pyramid. Benayoun ended a successful first season having played 48 games scoring 11 goals in the process, including four league goals againstWigan Athletic,Portsmouth, Aston Villa, andBirmingham City.
Benayoun's performance was not enough to prevent transfer rumours in the summer of 2008. This led to the Israeli openly announcing his intention to stay, saying: "Liverpool is good for me and it was always clear I want to stay and Liverpool wants me,"[26] He was given his preferred number 15 shirt (which was occupied byPeter Crouch during the 2007–08 season but was vacated when he moved toPortsmouth) the reason he swtiched from 11 to 15 was because it was the number he wore forHapoel Be'er Sheva,Maccabi Haifa,Racing de Santander,West Ham United andIsrael.[27]
On 6 December 2008, Benayoun scored his first goal of the 2008–09 season in Liverpool's 3–1 victory overBlackburn.
On 25 February 2009, Benayoun scored a header fromFábio Aurélio's free-kick in the 82nd minute againstReal Madrid at theSantiago Bernabéu in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 to give Liverpool a 1–0 win.[28]
Again on 4 April 2009, Benayoun came on as a substitute in Liverpool's match againstFulham to score a dramatic winner in the 94th minute.[29] On 21 April 2009, in a home match againstArsenal, he scored a diving header and volleyed a late equaliser in injury time to level the scores at 4–4.[30]
Benayoun finished his second season at Anfield in spectacular fashion; scoring a goal in each of Liverpool's last three home matches. In the 2008–09 season, Benayoun played in 39 matches, scoring 9 goals, including eight league goals againstWigan,Blackburn,Newcastle,Sunderland, Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur and a brace against Arsenal. He established a regular starting position in the Liverpool team in the second half of the season.
On 6 July 2009, he signed a two-year contract extension tying him to the club until 2013.[31]
On 12 September 2009, he scored his first Premier League hat-trick for Liverpool in a 4–0 win againstBurnley.[32] He was the first player to score Premiership, Champions League and FA Cup hat tricks, but has since been joined by Sergio Aguero and Harry Kane.[33] He scored the first goal in Liverpool's 3–0 win over West Ham.
Benayoun's last goal for the club came in the2009–10 UEFA Europa League semi-final againstAtlético Madrid. Benayoun scored in extra time to give Liverpool a 2–1 aggregate lead beforeDiego Forlán scored to put Atleti through to the finals.[34]
Benayoun signed forChelsea on 2 July 2010, agreeing on a three-year deal, and keeping him atStamford Bridge until summer 2013.[35][36][37] Both clubs agreed on a fee of reported £5.5 million for the transfer of the Israeli winger's services. He said, in a statement to the club's official website, "I am very excited to come to a club like Chelsea, it is a big club and I think it is a dream for every player. Hopefully we will be successful."
Benayoun made his debut againstEintracht Frankfurt in a pre-season friendly[38] before making his first competitive appearance on 8 August in a 3–1 loss againstManchester United in the2010 FA Community Shield, by coming on for left-wingerFlorent Malouda in the 72nd minute. On 21 August, Benayoun scored his first league goal in the 93rd minute for Chelsea in a 6–0 thrashing ofWigan Athletic at the DW Stadium inWigan, Greater Manchester.[39]On 22 September, Benayoun ruptured his achilles during Chelsea's 4–3League Cup loss againstNewcastle United.[40] Benayoun fully recovered from this injury and was played in the second half againstWigan Athletic on 9 April 2011.
On 26 August 2011, Benayoun offeredJuan Mata his number 10 shirt. Benayoun said: "I decided to give Mata the number 10 – his favourite. For me it's just a number, not my lucky 15." (Florent Malouda wore number 15 at the time.) Mata wore the shirt for Valencia and while skippering Spain's Under 21s in the summer and expressed his gratitude to Benayoun. "It is a very important number to me so I'm pleased to be wearing it. I want to thank Yossi," he said.[41]
During the 2011 Tour of Asia, in the friendly game against the Malaysia XI team, Benayoun suffered repeated booing from the Malaysian crowd each time he touched the ball. It was reported that "The occasion was soured by the repeated jeering of Israel midfielder Benayoun by the 85,000-strong crowd ..." another source reported that "Muslim-majority Malaysia is a staunch supporter of the Palestinians and has no diplomatic ties with Israel. The midfielder was jeered throughout his appearance for the first half of the friendly."[42][43]
On 31 August 2011, it was confirmed Benayoun had joinedArsenal on a one-year loan deal as he found chances at Chelsea limited. He made his debut on 10 September 2011 coming on as a second-half substitute forAndrei Arshavin againstSwansea City. On 20 September 2011, he scored his first goal for Arsenal in the 78th minute of aLeague Cup match againstShrewsbury Town.[44]
Benayoun scored his firstUEFA Champions League goal for Arsenal in a 3–1 defeat toOlympiacos. He scored his first Premier League goal for Arsenal againstAston Villa, scoring an 87th-minute header in a 2–1 victory on 21 December 2011.[45]
Benayoun captained Arsenal in their 1–0League Cup defeat toManchester City. He stated "The truth is I did not expect this, but it was a nice moment. When the line-up was revealed at the hotel, I saw the letter 'C' next to my name; I thought there was some mix up. But overall it was a nice experience"[46]
Benayoun started the match against Tottenham Hotspur on 26 February 2012. He came off in the 88th minute forGervinho, receiving a standing ovation from the Arsenal faithful with the Gunners winning the match 5–2, after being 2–0 down. He then started against his old club Liverpool, on 3 March 2012, before being substituted in the 74th minute again for Gervinho, Arsenal went on to win the game 2–1. He then started the match against Manchester City on 8 April 2012, and nearly had a chance to score in the second half, but only to see his stabbing shot take a deflection, which then came off the post. He was substituted in the second half forAaron Ramsey, and just like in the match against Tottenham, the Arsenal fans gave him a standing ovation when leaving the pitch. Arsenal went on to win the game 1–0, thanks to a lateMikel Arteta goal. On 11 April 2012 he scored his second league goal of the season in the 3–0 away win against Wolves, a result which strengthened Arsenal's place in third as they opened up a gap of five points over arch-rival Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United with five games remaining.[47] He then opened the scoring againstNorwich in Arsenal's final home game of the season which ended 3–3[48] and then scoring in the last game of the season for Arsenal against West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns, the match ended 3–2 to Arsenal, meaning Arsenal would finish third, beating their North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur, who finished fourth. In all, Benayoun played 19 league games for Arsenal, scoring four goals.
On 31 August 2012, Benayoun returned toWest Ham United on loan for the2012–13 season, becoming their eleventh signing of the transfer window.[49][50] He sustained an injury playing againstNewcastle United in November and pulled a ligament after returning to training. He played no further games for West Ham and returned to Chelsea in December 2012. He had played only six games on loan with West Ham.[51]
Benayoun joinedQueens Park Rangers until the end of the 2013–14 season on 10 December 2013.[52] He made his debut againstLeicester City in a 1–0 loss in a league match coming as a 69th-minute substitute forTom Carroll.[53] He scored his first goal for the club on 22 March 2014 in an away trip toMiddlesbrough to equalise in a game which QPR went on to win 1–3.[54] He scored his second goal for the club three days later in a 1–0 home win overWigan Athletic, though he was also sent off towards the very end of the game for a second bookable offence.[55]
On 6 June 2014, it was officially announced that Benayoun would return toMaccabi Haifa on a two-year deal worth US$1 million.[56] He was appointed the team's captain, replacing veteranYaniv Katan who retired from football. In his two seasons, Maccabi Haifa did not do well in theIsraeli Premier League, with Benayoun scoring five and six goals respectively, but did win theIsrael State Cup after 18 years. Benayoun had some confrontations with the fans, and after he and Haifa won the cup, he announced he was leaving Haifa and joining bitter rivalsMaccabi Tel Aviv.
Benayoun played one season inMaccabi Tel Aviv, scoring only one league goal and failing to win any title.
In the beginning of the 2017–18 season Benayoun signed forBeitar Jerusalem.[57] He started well, scoring three league goals with Beitar ranking among the league's leaders, before losing his place in the first squad in January and playing very little. As a result, he left Beitar and signed forMaccabi Petah Tikva. After a short spell with Maccabi Petah Tikva, he returned to Beitar Jerusalem in 2019.[58]
In April 2019, Benayoun announced his retirement from football.[59]
Benayoun was a member of the Israel U16 team that came third in the1996 UEFA European Under-16 Championship.[11]
He made his senior debut for theIsrael national team againstPortugal in a friendly on 18 November 1998 that resulted in a 2–0 away loss. Benayoun scored his first international hat-trick in aUEFA Euro 2000 qualifier againstSan Marino atRamat Gan Stadium on 8 September 1999. The match finished as an 8–0 win for Israel.
During the2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, Benayoun became the leading player of the Israel national team after equalizing againstCyprus at home (in a game that ended 2–1 to Israel) and scoring twice againstSwitzerland. In the away game in Cyprus, He assisted the winning goal afterNir Davidovich saved a crucial goal. His strong performances gave Israel a chance at qualifying for the World Cup, but they missed out on goal difference.
Just prior to the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers, Benayoun was given the captaincy of the Israeli national team. In eight appearances in the qualifiers, Benayoun has scored two goals. On 2 September 2010, Benayoun scored his second international hat-trick against Malta in a 3–1 win. Benayoun is Israel's most capped player of all time with 102 caps, and their joint third top scorer with 24 international goals.
| 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[60] | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 31 | 4 | |||
| 2003–04[60] | 35 | 7 | 2 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 38 | 7 | |||
| 2004–05[60] | 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[61] | 34 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 40 | 5 | ||
| 2006–07[62] | 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[63] | 30 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 3 | – | 47 | 11 | |
| 2008–09[64] | 32 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | – | 42 | 9 | ||
| 2009–10[65] | 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[66] | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 2011–12[67] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2012–13[68] | 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[67] | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6 |
| West Ham United (loan) | 2012–13[68] | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Queens Park Rangers | 2013–14[69] | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 3 | ||
| Maccabi Haifa | 2014–15[70] | 26 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 31 | 5 | |
| 2015–16[70] | 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[70] | 27 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 2 | – | 47 | 5 | |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 2017–18[70] | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | 21 | 5 | |
| Maccabi Petah Tikva | 2017–18[70] | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | 4 | |
| 2018–19[70] | 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[70] | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | |
| Career total | 599 | 146 | 45 | 13 | 34 | 11 | 70 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 749 | 183 | |
| 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 |
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