Yaniv Katan

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Yaniv Katan
יניב קטן
Personal information
Date of birth January 27, 1981 (1981-01-27) (age 27)
Place of birth    Qiryat Ata, Israel
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Maccabi Haifa
Number 20
Youth clubs
1990-1998 Maccabi Haifa
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1998-2005
2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-		 Maccabi Haifa
West Ham United
→ Maccabi Haifa (loan)
Maccabi Haifa		 223 (40)
008 0(0)
018 0(6)   
National team2
1998
1998-2003
2000-		 Israel U17
Israel U21
Israel		 004 0(2)
017 0(5)
030 0(5)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 10 February 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 06:13, 1 February 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Yaniv Katan (Hebrew: יניב קטן‎; born January 27, 1981 in Qiryat Ata, Israel) is an Israeli international football forward and winger. He is currently contracted to Maccabi Haifa.

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[edit] Club career

[edit] Maccabi Haifa

Katan joined Maccabi Haifa's youth set up at the age of nine. He quickly moved up the club's ranks, becoming a regular in Haifa's senior squad at the age of 16. In 2002, during the second leg of the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round against FC Haka, he temporarily became the second Israeli (after Alon Mizrahi) to score a hat-trick in Europe — only for Haifa to be suspended for fielding an ineligible player and the scoreline reversed. The following season Maccabi reached the groups stages, and Katan opened the scoring against Manchester United twice: both in Maccabi's 2-5 away loss and in its 3-0 home win (which was played in Cyprus for security reasons).[1][2]

[edit] West Ham United

In December 2005, Katan signed a four-year contract with West Ham United, where he joined up with Israeli international team mate Yossi Benayoun.[3] The transfer (officially completed during the January 2006 transfer window) involved a cut-price fee of £100,000, as Katan had only six months left on his Maccabi contract. The pacey centre forward made eight appearances (including six from the bench) for West Ham,[4] where he faced stiff competition for places with Marlon Harewood, Teddy Sheringham, Dean Ashton and Bobby Zamora all vying for a starting place.

[edit] Maccabi Haifa

At the end of the 2005-06 season, Yaniv moved back to Maccabi Haifa in a loan deal, with a view to a permanent move[5], after Alan Pardew reportedly told him he was no longer in his plans.[6] This was something of a disappointment for the player, who had intimated that he was willing to stay and fight for his position. He returned to Israel and made his loan deal permanent by signing a new four year deal with Haifa.

[edit] Representative honours

Katan has represented Israel at Under-17, Under-21 and senior levels.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Man Utd crush Haifa", BBC Sport, 2002-09-18. Retrieved on 2008-02-25. 
  2. ^ "Maccabi maul Man Utd", BBC Sport, 2002-10-29. Retrieved on 2008-02-25. 
  3. ^ "West Ham unveil new signing Katan", BBC Sport, 2006-01-03. Retrieved on 2008-02-25. 
  4. ^ Yaniv Katan. Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved on 2008-02-25.
  5. ^ "Katan leaves Hammers in loan deal", BBC, 2006-06-14. Retrieved on 2008-02-01. 
  6. ^ "Scaloni's Hammers deal hangs on asking price", ESPNsoccernet, 2006-05-17. Retrieved on 2008-02-25. , quoting Ha'aretz interview to the bottom after Lionel Scaloni information.

[edit] External links

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