Idan Tal

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Idan Tal

Full name	Idan Tal
Date of birth	September 13, 1975 (age 31)
Place of birth	Jerusalem, Israel
Nickname	The Panther
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Bolton Wanderers
Number	23
Youth clubs
	Hapoel Jerusalem
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994-1996 1997–1998 1998 1999-2000 2000 2000-2002 2002 2002-2006 2006-present	Hapoel Jerusalem Maccabi Petah Tikva Hapoel Tel Aviv → Mérida UD (loan) Maccabi Petah Tikva Everton (£700K) Rayo Vallecano Maccabi Haifa Bolton Wanderers	? (?) 71 (?) 14 (?) 38 (5) 7 (?) 29 (2) 6 (0) 109 (28) 13 (0)
National team²
1998-present	Israel U-21 Israel	13 (0) 58 (5)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:19, 21 February 2007 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 6 August 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Idan Tal (Hebrew: עידן טל) (born September 13, 1975 in Jerusalem) is an Israeli association football (soccer) player who currently plays as a midfielder for English Premier League (Barclays Premiership) club Bolton Wanderers in season 2006-07[1].

Idan Tal started his career at Maccabi Petah Tikva during the 1996-97 season and played 71 games until his move to Hapoel Tel-Aviv in December 1999. He played 14 games until the end of the season before moving on again, this time to Mérida UD for the 1999-2000 season.

Returning the following season to Maccabi Petah Tikva, he played 7 more games before moving to Everton in October 2000. After just 29 games he was sent to Rayo Vallecano in Spain in January 2003,playing 6 games before returning to Israel to Maccabi Haifa.

In July 2006, he left the Israeli champions to return to England to play for Bolton Wanderers alongside the Israeli defender Tal Ben Haim.

He is also a member on the Israeli National Team, proving to be an invaluable asset to its midfield, having earned 64 caps for his country with 5 goals.

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Idan Tal career stats at Soccerbase

Bolton Wanderers F.C. - Current Squad
1 Al Habsi \| 2 Hunt \| 4 Nolan \| 5 Méïté \| 6 Speed \| 7 Stelios \| 8 Campo \| 9 Pedersen \| 11 Gardner \| 12 Walker \| 14 Davies \| 15 Thompson \| 16 Andranik \| 17 Fortune \| 21 Diouf \| 22 Jääskeläinen \| 23 Tal \| 24 O'Brien \| 25 Faye \| 26 Ben Haim \| 27 César \| 29 Harsányi \| 31 Sinclair \| 39 Anelka \| 41 Fojut \| 46 Jamieson \| Manager: Allardyce