Eden Ben Basat

Eden Ben Basat (Hebrew: עדן בן בסט‎; born 8 September 1986) is an Israeli footballer who plays for the Israeli Premier League side Hapoel Haifa. At the international level, Ben Basat was capped from the under-17 level onward and is now a member of the Israeli national squad.[1]

Eden Ben Basat
Ben Basat playing for Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-09-08) 8 September 1986
Place of birth Kiryat Haim, Israel
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Hapoel Haifa
Number 9
Youth career
Hapoel Haifa
Maccabi Haifa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2009 Maccabi Haifa 21 (4)
2007 → Maccabi Herzliya (loan) 9 (0)
2007–2008 → Hapoel Haifa (loan) 26 (13)
2008 → Ironi Kiryat Shmona (loan) 13 (2)
2009 → Hapoel Tel Aviv (loan) 9 (1)
2009–2011 Hapoel Haifa 60 (27)
2011–2013 Brest 52 (13)
2013–2014 Toulouse 32 (7)
2014–2017 Maccabi Tel Aviv 67 (9)
2017–2018 Hapoel Haifa 43 (14)
2018–2019 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 16 (1)
2019– Hapoel Haifa 23 (4)
National team‡
2003 Israel U17 4 (0)
2004 Israel U18 3 (4)
2004–2005 Israel U19 10 (5)
2012– Israel 13 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 June 2015

Early life

Ben Basat was born in Kiryat Haim, Israel, to a Jewish family.[2]

He is the nephew of the legendary defender Eitan Aharoni, who also played for Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Haifa.

Club career

Ben Basat grew up in the red side of Haifa, at Hapoel Haifa, but moved to the youth academy of Maccabi Haifa. In the U-16 team, he averaged more than 20 goals per season. Ben Basat played for every national team in Israel. Ronny Levy promoted him to the first team of Maccabi Haifa, and he made his first appearance on 19 December 2004 against Hapoel Nazareth Illit.

Ben Basat was the only Israeli selected to play an England Schools under-18 team with the Rest of the World Schools XI in a match to celebrate the 2004 centenary of the English Schools' Football Association.[3] In this game he scored one of the goals.[4]

At the end of the 2009–10 Israeli Premier League, Ben Basat negotiated the purchase of his player card with Maccabi Haifa. The negotiated fee settled upon was US$50,000.[5]

Stade Brestois 29

At the end of the 2010–11 Israeli Premier League season, Ben Basat received a phone call to meet with Maccabi Haifa owner, Ya'akov Shahar.[5] In that meeting, Shahar asked Ben Basat to return to Haifa in order to become a central part of the attack together with Tomer Hemed.[5] Ben Basat politely declined and informed Shahar of his desire to try to play in Europe.[5] In June 2011, Ben Basat announced that he had signed with French club, Stade Brestois 29.[5] Ben Basat cited the club's seriousness in him as well as financial motivations for signing with the club.[5]

Ahead of his move to France, Ben Basat acknowledged that it would be difficult.[5] The language barrier as well as there being difficulties adhering to his kosher diet in France were some of the hardships he cited, but signing together with Colombian Jhon Culma meant that he would have someone who be understanding of his situation.[5]

Toulouse

On 31 January 2013, Toulouse signed Ben Basat to a 4 and-a-half years deal from Brest for an undisclosed fee.

Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.

On 22 July 2014, Maccabi Tel Aviv signed Ben Basat to a 4-year deal, for 700,000 €. On 20 October 2014, he scored his debut goal for his team at the 3–1 win against Maccabi Haifa.

Hapoel Haifa

On 14 January 2018, Eden Ben Basat scored the first goal of the match for Hapoel Haifa against league champions Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C., after no more than 7 seconds, breaking an all-time Israeli Premier League record.

International career

Ben Basat made his debut in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign as a substitute against Russia in a 4–0 defeat, and scored his first goal against Luxembourg in his second appearance.

International goals
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result CompetitionRef
1.12 October 2012Stade Josy Barthel, City of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Luxembourg0–20–62014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.16 October 2012Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel Luxembourg2–03–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.6 February 2013Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel Finland1–02–1Friendly
4.22 March 2013Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel Portugal2–13–32014 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.26 March 2013Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland2–02–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.11 October 2013Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal Portugal1–11–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification
7.15 October 2013Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel Northern Ireland1–01–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club
Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Hapoel Haifa

References
  1. "National team player's details: Ben Basat Eden". The Israel Football Association. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
  2. https://www.maccabi-tlv.co.il/en/2015/04/passover-at-maccabi-tel-aviv/
  3. "Wilson To Play in England vs. Rest of the World Match". CanadaSoccer. 4 May 2004. Archived from the original on 15 December 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
  4. "Brown strike seals victory" (reprint). Newcastle Evening Chronicle. The Free Library (Farlex). 20 May 2004. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
  5. Ben Dor, Doron (11 June 2011). בן בסט: לכסף שהציעו לי היה משקל בהחלטה [Ben Basat: The Money Offered To Me Had Weight In My Decision] (in Hebrew). One.co.il. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
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