Idan Tal

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Idan Tal
Personal information
Date of birth	September 13, 1975 (1975-09-13) (age 32)
Place of birth	Jerusalem, Israel
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Beitar Jerusalem
Number	11
Youth clubs
	Hapoel Jerusalem
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994-1996 1997–1998 1998 1999-2000 2000 2000-2002 2003 2003-2006 2006-2007 2007-	Hapoel Jerusalem Maccabi Petah Tikva Hapoel Tel Aviv → Mérida UD (loan) Maccabi Petah Tikva Everton Rayo Vallecano Maccabi Haifa Bolton Wanderers Beitar Jerusalem	00? 0(?) 00? 0(?) 00? 0(?) 038 0(5) 00? 0(?) 029 0(2) 006 0(0) 109 (28) 016 0(1) 0023 0(7)
National team2
1998-	Israel U-21 Israel	013 0(0) 060 0(6)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:14, 18 June 2007 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 6 July 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Idan Tal (Hebrew: עידן טל‎; born September 13, 1975 in Jerusalem) is an Israeli association football (soccer) player who currently plays for Beitar Jerusalem.

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.

In July 2007, Tal moved back to Israel, to play for Beitar Jerusalem, after making just 16 appearances, 12 as a substitute, for Bolton's first-team, scoring only one goal. The Israeli Premier League champions signed him on a three-year contract, worth £246,000.

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

[edit] External links

• Idan Tal career stats at Soccerbase

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