Yogev Ohayon

Yogev Ohayon
No. 12 – Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv
Position Point guard
League Israeli Super League
Euroleague
Personal information
Born April 24, 1987
Safed, Israel
Nationality Israeli
Listed height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Listed weight 190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
NBA draft 2009 / Undrafted
Pro career 2004–present
Career history
2004–2008 Hapoel Galil Elyon
2008–2009 Ironi Nahariya
2009–2011 Hapoel Jerusalem
2011–present Maccabi Tel Aviv
Career highlights and awards
  • Euroleague champion (2014)
  • Israeli League champion (2012, 2014)
  • Israeli League top stealer (2.0 SPG): (2008)

Yogev Ohayon (Hebrew: יוגב אוחיון‎; born April 24, 1987) is an Israeli professional basketball player who currently plays for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Super League. He also represents the Israel national basketball team in the international competitions. Standing at 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in), he plays at the point guard position.

Professional career

Born in Safed, Israel, Ohayon started his career in Hapoel Galil Elyon, with whom he won the Israeli youth league championship. In the 2006–07 season, he led Hapoel Galil Elyon to the Israeli final four, with the team ultimately finishing in third place. In the 2007–08 season, Ohayon was the Ligat Winner's top stealer with 2 steals per game. He is also known as a skillful passer. In July 2011 he signed a three-year deal with Maccabi Tel Aviv.[1]

In the summer of 2012, Ohayon went to Russia on the medical test before signing a contract with Lokomotiv Kuban without informing Maccabi with whom he still had contract. Ohayon was not allowed to sign for any other team before buying out his agreement for around 200,000 USD.[2] However, on September 19, 2012, FIBA ruled in favor of Maccabi Tel Aviv after team sued Ohayon to FIBA. If Ohayon wants to leave Maccabi Tel Aviv, Lokomotiv Kuban would have to reach an agreement on a buyout with his former club.[3] However, Ohayon reached a deal with Maccabi and agreed a new three-year contract with the team.[4]

Euroleague career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  PIR  Performance Index Rating
 Bold  Career high

Note: The Euroleague is not the only competition in which the player participated for the team during the season, he also played in domestic competition.

† Denotes season in which Ohayon won the Euroleague
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2011–12 Maccabi 21 15 20.6 .380 .346 .675 3.4 2.6 1.4 .0 5.6 7.4
2012–13 Maccabi 27 27 25.3 .448 .385 .644 2.7 3.8 1.0 .0 7.2 8.6
2013–14† Maccabi 27 23 20.5 .442 .383 .737 2.0 3.2 .8 .1 5.7 6.8
2014–15 Maccabi 25 22 25.4 .359 .400 .563 3.2 3.8 1.4 .1 5.7 7.8
Career 100 87 23.0 .411 .383 .647 2.8 3.4 1.1 .1 6.1 7.7

References

  1. ↑ MACCABI ELECTRA pens Ohayon to 3-year deal
  2. ↑ "Maccabi Tel Aviv, chaos with Yogev Ohayon". Sportando. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "FIBA rules in favour of Maccabi Tel Aviv in Ohayon's case". Sportando. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "Maccabi Tel Aviv, Yogev Ohayon reach deal". jpost.com. Retrieved 24 September 2012.

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