Yaniv Katan

Yaniv Katan
יניב קטן

Katan in 2006
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-01-27) 27 January 1981
Place of birth Kiryat Ata, Israel
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Forward/Winger
Youth career
1990–1998 Maccabi Haifa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2006 Maccabi Haifa 223 (40)
2006–2007 West Ham United 8 (0)
2006–2007 → Maccabi Haifa (loan) 27 (7)
2007–2014 Maccabi Haifa 239 (39)
Total 472 (79)
National team‡
1998 Israel U17 4 (2)
1998–2003 Israel U21 17 (5)
2000–2010 Israel 31 (5)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 March 2014.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 06:13, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Yaniv Katan (Hebrew: יניב קטן‎‎; born 27 January 1981) is a retired Israeli international footballer who played professionally for Maccabi Haifa, as a forward and winger. He earned 31 caps for Israel, scoring 5 goals.

Personal life

Katan is Jewish.[1]

Club career

In December 2005, Katan signed a four-year contract with West Ham United, where he joined up with Israeli international team-mate Yossi Benayoun.[2] The transfer, which was 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.[3] He made eight appearances, including six from the bench, for West Ham,[4]

At the end of the 2005–06 season, Katan 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] He returned to Israel and made his loan deal permanent by signing a new four-year deal with Haifa.

After 25 years in Maccabi Haifa, On 19 June 2014, Katan decided to retire from active playing. On 5 April 2015, a farewell ceremony for Katan was held at the Sammy Ofer Stadium on which both Maccabi Haifa's chairman Ya'akov Shahar and Katan led a speech and the fans held a giant flag with Katan's pictures.

Career statistics

Club

As of 5 May 2014
Club Season League Israeli Cup Continental League cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Maccabi Haifa 1998–99 261104022324
1999–00 343000000343
2000–01 365414100397
2001–02 225401030305
2002–03 326411231145914
2003–04 2872262404011
2004–05 328203031409
2005–06 155--2010185
Total 2254117432624729758
West Ham United 2005–06 8000——80
Total 8000000080
Maccabi Haifa 2006–07 2773112130449
2007–08 31521--61397
2008–09 31654--404010
2009–10 347109210459
2010–11 274302011335
2011–12 3163272004110
2012–13 32430--31385
2013–14 2601081--351
Total 2393921837618331556
Career total 47279381170124210620114

Honours

Maccabi Haifa
West Ham United

References

  1. ↑ http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=soccer&ID=187
  2. ↑ "West Ham unveil new signing Katan". BBC Sport. 3 January 2006. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
  3. ↑ Grayeff, Yigal (8 January 2006). "Life may not prove easy for Yaniv Katan at West Ham". The Jerusalum Post. Retrieved 24 July 2008.
  4. ↑ "Yaniv Katan". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 25 February 2008.
  5. ↑ "Katan leaves Hammers in loan deal". BBC. 14 June 2006. Retrieved 1 February 2008.
  6. ↑ "Scaloni's Hammers deal hangs on asking price". ESPN. 17 May 2006. Retrieved 25 February 2008. "And [Katan] told newspaper Ha'aretz: 'I am a West Ham player at the moment, and I have a contract with the club for another three seasons, but the manager has told me that I do not figure in his plans. 'So unless something changes and I am told that I can fight for a place on the team, I am finished with West Ham."
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Arik Benado		 Maccabi Haifa F.C. captain
2006–2014 		Succeeded by
Yossi Benayoun
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