Elnatan Salami

Elnatan Salami
Personal information
Date of birth April 5, 1986 (1986-04-05) (age 25)
Place of birth Israel
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Maccabi Ahi Nazareth
Youth career
Hapoel Petah Tikva
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2007 Hapoel Petah Tikva 62 (6)
2007–2008 Maccabi Herzliya 12 (0)
2008 Hapoel Petah Tikva 0 (0)
2008–2009 Maccabi Netanya 5 (0)
2009 Hapoel Kfar Saba (loan) 16 (6)
2009–2010 Hapoel Petah Tikva 31 (6)
2010–2011 Sektzia Nes Tziona 31 (8)
2011- Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 16 (7)
National team
2002–2003 Israel U17 12 (3)
2004 Israel U18 4 (0)
2003 Israel U19 1 (0)
2004 Israel U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 21, 2010.
† Appearances (Goals).

Elnatan Salami (Hebrew: אלנתן סלמי‎, born April 5, 1986) is an Israeli footballer who plays for Maccabi Ahi Nazareth. He previously played for Hapoel Petah Tikva, Maccabi Herzliya, Maccabi Netanya and Hapoel Kfar Saba.[1] At international level, Salami was capped at levels from under-17 to under-21.[2]

Career

Salami has started his career in Hapoel Petah Tikva youth club and in the 2003/04 season he was promoted to the senior team. Salami won the Toto Cup with Petah Tikva in 2004/05, and stayed with the club another two seasons until it dropped to the second league. He played 20 games with Petah Tikva during the 2006/07 season, earning three yellow cards. In the 2007/08 season, Salami moved to Maccabi Herzliya and played 12 games, earning three yellow cards but failing to score a goal. At the end of that season Herzliyya dropped to the second league, but at the start of the next season he moved back to Hapoel Petah Tikva. In the beginning of the 2008/09 season, towards the end of September, Salami moved to Maccabi Netanya and was released at the end of December to Hapoel Kfar Saba.

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