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Tal Ben Haim I
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Israel · 2002–10

Tal Ben Haim I

Stalwart CB, also CDM Right-footed leaderanchor
Rating
79
Caps
96
Goals
2
Life
1982
Clubs
Maccabi Tel Aviv, Bolton Wanderers, Beitar Jerusalem
#20
Editorial rank of 33 for Israel
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The people's rank, live from duel votes

On 1 February 2005 Ben Haim headed in a Stelios Giannakopoulos free kick for Bolton in a 3-1 win over Tottenham, the only Premier League goal of his long English career. The Israeli Premier League title with Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2002-03 heads the list, followed by the 2010 FA Cup final with Portsmouth, 87 games for Bolton before Chelsea and Manchester City, and the Israel captaincy between Yossi Benayoun and Eran Zahavi across 96 caps. Career record: 96 caps and 2 goals for Israel; club career at Maccabi Tel Aviv, Bolton Wanderers, Beitar Jerusalem.

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Career record

2001–2004Maccabi Tel Aviv
2004–2007Bolton Wanderers
2007–2008Chelsea
2008–2009Manchester City
2009–2012Portsmouth
2009–2009Sunderland A.F.C.
2010–2011West Ham United
2013–2013Queens Park Rangers
2013–2014Standard Liège
2014–2015Charlton Athletic
2015–2018Maccabi Tel Aviv
2018–2021Beitar Jerusalem
Israel96 caps, 2 goals

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Around I in the almanac

One rank above: Shai Holtzman at #19.

One rank below: Walid Badir at #21.

Israel's editorial top five: Mordechai Spiegler · Yossi Benayoun · Eran Zahavi · Eyal Berkovic · Eli Ohana.