Klemi Saban

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Klemi Saban
Full name	Klemi Rahamin Saban
Date of birth	February 17, 1980 (1980-02-17) (age 28)
Place of birth	Netanya, Israel
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Maccabi Netanya
Number	23
Youth clubs
	Maccabi Netanya
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999-2001 2001–2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-present	Maccabi Netanya Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Petah Tikva Maccabi Haifa Steaua Bucureşti Maccabi Netanya	61 (1) 42 (2) 32 (0) 25 (0) 8 (0) 23 (0)
National team²
1999-2001 2004-present	Israel U-21 Israel	11 (0) 11 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 1, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of August 31, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Rahamin 'Klemi' Saban, (born February 17, 1980 in Netanya), is an Israeli football defender.

[edit] Club career

Klemi began his career in Maccabi Netanya and then played for several teams - Hapoel Tel Aviv, Hapoel Petah Tikva and Maccabi Haifa- in Israel before joining Romanian club Steaua Bucuresti on June 28, 2006.

Saban was signed by Steaua Bucureşti in June 2006, and was set to become the first Israel to play in the Romanian Divizia A. But he ended up staying on the bench for Steaua's league opener and didn't make his league debut until August 5, 2006. By then, Kobi Nachtailer had already become the first Israeli to play in the league because he started his club's (FC Vaslui) first match of the season.

His club debut came earlier though when he featured in a UEFA Champions League qualifying match against ND Gorica. Saban was responsible for Steaua's last goal of the match as he was tripped up in the penalty area and the official gave Steaua a penalty kick that sealed a 3-0 victory for them.

After one year in Romania Saban returned back to Israel, to Maccabi Netanya and signed a four-year contract.

[edit] International career

Saban is a member of the Israel team for which he won 10 caps. He also won 11 caps of Israel Under 21 squad.

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v • d • e Maccabi Netanya – current squad

1 Strauber • 2 Fidjeu-Tazemeta • 3 Marín • 4 Kioyo • 5 Strool • 6 Mesika • 7 Tzagai • 8 Cohen • 9 Schechter • 10 Okocha • 11 Yampulski • 13 Sha'bat • 14 Saban • 15 Taga • 16 López Caballero • 19 Dayan • 20 Gueta • 21 Ma'abi • 22 Rozental • 23 Samya • 25 Hermon • 26 Ezra • 27 Nir • 28 Va'ier • 31 Lifshitz • Manager: Atar