Shlomi Dahan

Shlomi Dahan (Hebrew: שלומי דהאן‎, born 30 September 1979) is a former Israeli footballer who now works as a manager. Dahan is often referred to as one of Israel's greatest wastes of talent and was the subject of a documentary in Israel on why Israel has yet to produce quality footballers and the hardships they face in improving in the Israeli system of football.

Shlomi Dahan
Personal information
Full name Shlomi Dahan
Date of birth (1979-09-30) 30 September 1979
Place of birth Israel
Position(s) Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Maccabi HaSharon Netanya
Number 6
Youth career
–1996 Maccabi Netanya
1996–1998 Borussia Dortmund
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Borussia Dortmund 0 (0)
1998–1999 → Maccabi Haifa (loan) 1 (0)
1999–2000 → Maccabi Netanya (loan) 51 (3)
2000–2005 Maccabi Netanya 15 (0)
2001–2002 → Ironi Rishon LeZion (loan) 7 (0)
2002 → Tzafririm Holon (loan)
2003–2005 → Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon (loan)
2005–2006 Hapoel Afula[1]
2006–2011 Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv 136 (2)
2011 Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel 3 (0)
2011–2012 Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona 18 (0)
2013 Maccabi HaSharon Netanya 16 (1)
2013–2014 F.C. Baqa 4 (3)
2014– Maccabi HaSharon Netanya 11 (5)
National team
2000 Israel U-21 3 (0)
Teams managed
2014–2015 Maccabi HaSharon Netanya[2]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 February 2007

Playing career

Dahan was a product of the Maccabi Netanya youth system where he managed to catch the eye of a scout from German club Borussia Dortmund.[3] He left Netanya for Dortmund along with Amos Sassi where the two enjoyed great success even capturing a world title in a tournament for ORT high schools.

Both Dahan and Sassi excelled at Dortmund, even taking the German youth championship while there.[4] But in order to be able to play for Israel's full national team, they had to complete their mandatory service in the Israel Defense Forces. Both were loaned out to Maccabi Haifa where they languished on the bench. He later moved to Maccabi Netanya helping them win promotion to the first league in 1999.

In 2006 Dahan moved to Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv and played there for 5 seasons helping the team win promotion to Liga Leumit in 2008–09. He was also a part of the shocking State Cup win against Maccabi Tel Aviv that took place on 26 February 2008.[5]

In September 2011 he moved to Maccabi Daliyat al-Karmel from Liga Alef (North).

In November 2011 after only two months with Daliyat al-Karmel he made a move to Maccabi Ironi Kfar Yona from the bottom of Liga Alef (South).

Honours

References
  1. http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.joueurs.shlomi.dahan.126134.en.html
  2. http://football.org.il/Clubs/Pages/PositionMemberDetails.aspx?MEMBER_ID=13763
  3. מהאלופות לליגות הנמוכות: הצמד שחלם ונפל one.co.il (Archived)
  4. "Sports in Israel". jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  5. http://sports.walla.co.il/?w=/7/1239952
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