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Holon is a city in Israel, on the central coastal strip south of Tel Aviv. Holon is part of the metropolitan area known as Gush Dan in the Tel Aviv District. In 2007, it had a population of 168,800. Holon has the second largest industrial zone in Israel after Haifa.-Etymology:The name of the city...
,
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) is an Israeli footballer who currently plays as a
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or winger for
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. Sahar is known as one of Israel's brightest talents, according to former employers
ChelseaChelsea Football Club Chelsea Football Club Chelsea Football Club (are a professional English football club based in West London. The team, founded in 1905, play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football...
. At just 16, he was already the equivalent of a second year apprentice at Chelsea. He first caught Chelsea's eye in an Under-16 fixture against
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in 2004 and has since played for the
Israeli Under-21 national teamIsrael's national Under-21 team , also known as Israel Under-21s or Israel U-21s, is considered to be the feeder team for the Israel national football team...
and the
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. Before transferring to Chelsea, Sahar was on the Hapoel Tel Aviv books, and while he was promoted to the first team by the manager
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, Sahar did not feature in any matches due to his transfer being completed before the start of the 2006–07 season.
Before coming to Chelsea, he got
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citizenship (his mother Batya is of Polish origin), which grants him an automatic right to play in the
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, as Poland is an
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member state.
Playing career
Sahar began playing football in his hometown of
Modi'in,
IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
. There he was enrolled in the
Sportop Football Academy, before joining the youth ranks of
Hapoel Tel AvivHapoel Tel Aviv is a sports club in Israel, containing:*Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. *Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C....
.
Chelsea
Ben Sahar signed for
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of the English Premier League in
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2006 from
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for £320,000, having previously spent a two-month period on trial at
Stamford BridgeStamford Bridge is a football stadium on the border of Fulham and Chelsea, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham that is home to Chelsea Football Club. The stadium is located within the Moore Park Estate also known as Walham Green. It is nicknamed "The Bridge" by the club's supporters...
.
Sahar was called up to the Chelsea first team to play
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in the
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on January 6, 2007 and made his debut coming on as a substitute for
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in the 76th minute. Four days later, Sahar came on as a substitute in the 60th minute of Chelsea's 1-1 draw with Wycombe Wanderers in the Carling Cup. He made his Premiership debut on January 13, 2007, coming off the bench to replace
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in the 82nd minute of the match against
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. He later made two additional Premier League substitute appearances for the Blues that season, against Manchester United and Everton.
Queens Park Rangers
Sahar joined
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side
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, on loan, for the beginning of the 2007–08 season, on 26 July 2007, for an initial three-month period. He followed this up with two goals in a pre-season friendly against Premier League side Fulham, earning Queens Park Rangers a 2–1 win. Following this, his loan-deal was then extended to 2 January 2008. Sahar suffered numerous injuries during this period and did not manage to score during his nine league appearances.
Sheffield Wednesday
After Sahar returned from an injury-plagued spell at QPR,
Sheffield WednesdaySheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional Association football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who currently compete in the Football League Championship, in England. Sheffield Wednesday is one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fifth oldest in the...
completed the signing of Sahar on an initial one-month loan from Chelsea on February 21, 2008. This was extended until 19 April, and again until the end of the season on 4 May 2008.
Sahar scored his first goal for
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against
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on March 22, 2008. He followed this up with further strikes against Scunthorpe United FC and Norwich City. The latter goal was important as it ensured Sheffield Wednesday's survival in the Championship.
Sahar finished with three goals from twelve appearances for Sheffield Wednesday in his second loan spell in the
ChampionshipThe Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League.The Football League Championship was introduced for the 2004–05 season,...
.
Portsmouth
On June 12, 2008, it was reported that Ben was in Holland to discuss another season-long loan with Dutch club
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. However, according to NEC officials a deal could not be signed with Sahar due to financial issues. Instead he agreed to a six-month loan deal with
FA CupThe Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after The Football Association. The name "FA Cup" usually refers to the English men's tournament, although a women's tournament is also held...
winners
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and on July 1 he was officially unveiled as a Portsmouth player. Sahar joined Premier League side
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on a six-month loan deal on July 1 2008, and was given the number 26 shirt. He featured regularly in pre-season for Portsmouth, making 7 appearances and scoring against
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champions
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,
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side
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, and
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side
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.
However, Sahar was forced to endure yet another unsuccessful loan spell. Despite being involved in many of
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pre-season matches, Sahar did not play once for
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; he was an unused substitute in three of their matches. “If I had played a few games and they said I wasn’t good enough, then fine. But the fact is that I haven’t been given that chance to shine,” Sahar said of his disappointment at not being given one opportunity to prove himself.
De Graafschap
Sahar joined
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side
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on loan on January 2 2009. He played for De Graafschap until the end of the season. He played his first match for De Graafschap in a friendly against Turkish club
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. He scored his first two goals for
De GraafschapDe Graafschap is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands. It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games on a pitch named Stadion "De Vijverberg". Their current stadium stands on where the old pitch used to be located and was opened on 12 August 2000...
in a friendly match against Belgian team K.V. Mechelen. He scored his first goal in the
EredivisieFor the Eredivisie for female football see: Eredivisie The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands.The top division consists of 18 clubs. Each club faces every other club twice during the season, once at home and once away...
on 17 January 2009 in his debut match, against
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. After only 17 minutes, Sahar received a pass from
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and then curled the shot into the top corner, after passing a defender in the 18-yard box. His second goal came in an away game against fellow relegation strugglers,
Roda JCRoda JC is a Dutch football club located in Kerkrade, Netherlands. Roda JC plays in the Dutch Eredivisie.-History:Roda JC came into being by the merger of several football clubs from Kerkrade. In 1954, SV Kerkrade and SV Bleijerheide merged to form Roda Sport...
. His third goal for De Graafschap came in a home game against
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. In this game, the Israeli finished well to score the game's first goal with his left foot, after good play from
Luuk de JongLuuk de Jong is a Dutch footballer, currently playing for Eredivisie side FC Twente.-De Graafschap:...
. His fourth and fifth goals came in the home game against
NEC NijmegenNijmegen Eendracht Combinatie, commonly abbrieviated to N.E.C., is a Dutch football club from the city of Nijmegen.The oldest predecessor of the club, "Eendracht" , was established on 15 November 1900. In 1903, Eendracht merged with Nijmegen to form the Nijmegen Eendracht Combinatie. The team's...
. Sahar scored a penalty for the opening goal after missing an earlier penalty attempt. He scored his second goal of the match with a close range strike. This match finished in a 2-2 draw.
De GraafschapDe Graafschap is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands. It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games on a pitch named Stadion "De Vijverberg". Their current stadium stands on where the old pitch used to be located and was opened on 12 August 2000...
finished second-bottom in the 2008-09 Eredivisie. This meant that they would have to participate in play-offs with teams from the Dutch second division in order to retain their place in the
EredivisieFor the Eredivisie for female football see: Eredivisie The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands.The top division consists of 18 clubs. Each club faces every other club twice during the season, once at home and once away...
. In their first play-off match against
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, Sahar scored a goal within 60 seconds of the match's commencement to set up a 3-2 away win for De Graafschap.
Sahar finished with 5 goals and 1 assist in 16 appearances for
De GraafschapDe Graafschap is a professional football club from Doetinchem, Netherlands. It was formed on 1 February 1954 and they play their home games on a pitch named Stadion "De Vijverberg". Their current stadium stands on where the old pitch used to be located and was opened on 12 August 2000...
in the 2008-09 Eredivise, and in the relegation playoffs he scored 1 goal and made 2 assists in 6 games making of a total of 6 goals and 3 assists in 22 games.
Espanyol
Sahar moved to
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for a fee of £1million on a four year deal, after leaving
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in the summer of 2009. On 2 August Sahar scored 2 goals in a friendly match against Liverpool, as a substitute, also picking up the man of the match. Sahar scored his first league goal September 23, in a 2-1 victory over Malaga.
National team
On October 7, 2006 Ben Sahar made his debut for the
Israel U-21sIsrael's national Under-21 team , also known as Israel Under-21s or Israel U-21s, is considered to be the feeder team for the Israel national football team...
in a playoff against
FranceThe France national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of France and is controlled by the French Football Federation. The team competes in the European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years....
- scoring Israel's goal in the away leg which ended 1–1, on the way to Israel's shock qualification to UEFA U-21 Championship 2007 with a 2–1 aggregate win.
On February 7, 2007, at the age of 17½, Sahar became the youngest player to ever play for the
Israel national football teamThe Israeli National Football Team is the national football team of Israel and is controlled by the Israel Football Association .The Israel Football Association was founded under the name Palestine Football Association in 1928, 20 years before the establishment of the state of Israel at the end...
, in a friendly match against
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(a feat since surpassed by
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). In doing so, he became Chelsea's youngest player to earn an international cap. He earned his second cap against
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on March 24, 2007, coming on as a substitute in the 69th minute. Sahar became the youngest player to score for the
Israel national football teamThe Israeli National Football Team is the national football team of Israel and is controlled by the Israel Football Association .The Israel Football Association was founded under the name Palestine Football Association in 1928, 20 years before the establishment of the state of Israel at the end...
in his third appearance with the team on March 28, 2007, scoring two goals against
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as a substitute in Israel's 4–0 win. This was the youngest international goal scored by a Chelsea player. Sahar scored his third international goal on September 6, 2008, with an equaliser in the 90th minute against
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in a 2010 World Cup qualifier, following up with his fourth and fifth international goals a year later in the 2010 World Cup
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against
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on September 9, 2009.
International goals
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| 1. |
March 28, 2007 |
Ramat Gan StadiumRamat Gan Stadium is the national football stadium in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel.Completed in 1951 and serving as Israel's largest stadium ever since, this all-seated stadium contains 41,583 seats, 13,370 of which are located in the Western Tribune, completed in 1982 - at the...
, IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
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| 3–0 |
4–0 |
EURO 2008 qualifier -Standings:Key:*Teams highlighted in green qualified for the finals.Notes on the qualified teams:*Croatia secured qualification to the tournament proper on 17 November 2007 following Israel's 2–1 win against Russia, becoming the seventh team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so.*Russia...
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| 2. |
March 28, 2007 |
Ramat Gan StadiumRamat Gan Stadium is the national football stadium in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel.Completed in 1951 and serving as Israel's largest stadium ever since, this all-seated stadium contains 41,583 seats, 13,370 of which are located in the Western Tribune, completed in 1982 - at the...
, IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
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| 4–0 |
4–0 |
EURO 2008 qualifier -Standings:Key:*Teams highlighted in green qualified for the finals.Notes on the qualified teams:*Croatia secured qualification to the tournament proper on 17 November 2007 following Israel's 2–1 win against Russia, becoming the seventh team in the whole of the qualification stage to do so.*Russia...
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| 3. |
September 6, 2008 |
Ramat Gan StadiumRamat Gan Stadium is the national football stadium in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel.Completed in 1951 and serving as Israel's largest stadium ever since, this all-seated stadium contains 41,583 seats, 13,370 of which are located in the Western Tribune, completed in 1982 - at the...
, IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
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| 2–2 |
2–2 |
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| 4. |
September 9, 2009 |
Ramat Gan StadiumRamat Gan Stadium is the national football stadium in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel.Completed in 1951 and serving as Israel's largest stadium ever since, this all-seated stadium contains 41,583 seats, 13,370 of which are located in the Western Tribune, completed in 1982 - at the...
, IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
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| 6–0 |
7–0 |
World Cup 2010 qualifier The 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 2 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Greece, Israel, Switzerland, Moldova, Latvia and Luxembourg....
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| 5. |
September 9, 2009 |
Ramat Gan StadiumRamat Gan Stadium is the national football stadium in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel.Completed in 1951 and serving as Israel's largest stadium ever since, this all-seated stadium contains 41,583 seats, 13,370 of which are located in the Western Tribune, completed in 1982 - at the...
, IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
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| 7–0 |
7–0 |
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Military
As an Israeli citizen, Ben Sahar was due to return back to Israel for a three-year spell of national service. However, Israeli law makers were working on a legislation (nicknamed "The Ben Sahar Law") that would have allowed Sahar to complete a civil service term in Britain instead. The law did not pass and as a result, Sahar was drafted into the
IDFThe Israel Defense Forces , commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew acronym Tzahal , are Israel's military forces, comprising the ground forces, air force and navy. It is the sole military wing of the Israeli security forces, and has no civilian jurisdiction within Israel...
. Under the terms of his military service, he will go to his base every time he is on vacation in Israel.
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