Eliran Atar

Eliran Atar
Atar playing for Maccabi Haifa in 2015
Personal information
Full name Eliran Atar
Date of birth (1987-02-17) 17 February 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Tel Aviv, Israel
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Bnei Yehuda
Number 16
Youth career
Bnei Yehuda
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2010 Bnei Yehuda 112 (26)
2010–2013 Maccabi Tel Aviv 96 (53)
2013–2015 Stade de Reims 23 (2)
2015–2017 Maccabi Haifa 65 (23)
2017–2020 Maccabi Tel Aviv 60 (20)
2020–2021 Beitar Jerusalem 34 (15)
2021– Bnei Yehuda 57 (20)
International career‡
2005–2006 Israel U-19 8 (3)
2012–2018 Israel 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 July 2020

Eliran Atar (Hebrew: אלירן עטר; born 17 February 1987) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays for Bnei Yehuda as a forward.

Early life

Atar was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a Moroccan Jewish family.[1]

Club career

Bnei Yehuda

On 7 February 2009, when playing for Bnei Yehuda, Atar scored from an overhead kick that was a candidate for the 2009 Puskás Award, though finishing fourth (i.e., the fourth most beautiful goal of that year).[2][3][4] He became the top scorer of the 2008–09 Israeli Premier League season with 14 goals.

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Atar training with Maccabi Tel-Aviv in 2012

On 7 May 2010, Atar signed a four-years contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv for a transfer fee of $1.2 million.[5]

On 26 August 2010 he was selected to the Player Of The Match with two amazing goals on the win 4–3 over PSG in the Europa League. Atar completed his first season with Maccabi as the club's top goalscorer with 18 league goals and 22 overall (all competitions) season goals. He attracts interest from VfL Wolfsburg, 1. FC Nürnberg, Parma and Betis.

Reims

On 24 June Atar, signed a four-year deal with Ligue 1 side Stade de Reims.

Maccabi Haifa

On 15 January 2015, he signed a three half-year deal with Israeli Premier League side Maccabi Haifa.

International career

On 28 August 2010 Atar received his first[6] call up for the Israel national team for UEFA Euro 2012 qualifiers against Malta and Georgia but withdrew himself from the squad due to an eye injury received in a league match against Beitar Jerusalem. In October 2012, Atar was called up again to the Israeli squad before a double header 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Luxembourg but yet again was released from the squad due to a lower back injury without making a national appearance. Atar, however, was able to make his debut in an international friendly defeat against Belarus, on 14 November 2012.[7] On 12 November 2016, almost exactly four years later, Atar scored his first ever international goal for Israel in a 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification match against Albania. It was only his fourth cap since 2012 and Israel won, 3–0.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 June 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bnei Yehuda 2003–04 Israeli Premier League 6 0 – – – – 6 0
2004–05 Israeli Premier League 9 0 4 1 0 0 – – 13 1
2005–06 Israeli Premier League 6 0 7 0 0 0 – – 13 0
2006–07 Israeli Premier League 11 0 6 1 0 0 – – 17 1
2007–08 Israeli Premier League 20 4 5 1 0 0 – – 25 5
2008–09 Israeli Premier League 27 14 2 0 0 0 – – 29 14
2009–10 Israeli Premier League 33 8 5 1 0 0 7[a] 4 – 45 13
Total 112 26 29 4 0 0 7 4 – 148 34
Maccabi Tel Aviv 2010–11 Israeli Premier League 33 18 2 1 0 0 2[a] 2 – 37 21
2011–12 Israeli Premier League 31 13 1 0 0 0 10[a] 6 – 42 19
2012–13 Israeli Premier League 31 22 1 1 3 2 0 0 – 35 25
Total 95 53 4 2 3 2 12 8 – 114 65
Reims 2013–14 Ligue 1 22 2 1 0 1 0 – – 24 2
2014–15 Ligue 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 – – 1 0
Total 23 2 1 0 1 0 – – 25 2
Maccabi Haifa 2014–15 Israeli Premier League 14 6 0 0 0 0 – – 14 6
2015–16 Israeli Premier League 27 10 3 2 0 0 – – 30 12
2016–17 Israeli Premier League 24 7 1 0 0 0 – – 25 7
2017–18 Israeli Premier League 0 0 0 0 2 2 – – 2 2
Total 65 23 4 2 2 2 – – 71 27
Maccabi Tel Aviv 2017–18 Israeli Premier League 25 7 2 0 3 1 6[a] 0 – 36 8
2018–19 Israeli Premier League 30 12 3 2 2 1 7[a] 5 – 42 20
2019–20 Israeli Premier League 5 1 1 0 2 0 3[b] 0 1[c] 0 12 1
Total 60 20 6 2 7 2 16 5 1 0 90 29
Beitar Jerusalem 2019–20 Israeli Premier League 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 – 6 4
2020–21 Israeli Premier League 29 11 1 0 3 0 1[a] 0 – 34 11
Total 34 15 2 0 3 0 1 0 – 40 15
Bnei Yehuda 2021–22 Liga Leumit 29 11 5 0 0 0 – – 34 11
Career total 418 150 51 10 16 6 36 17 1 0 521 183
  1. ^ a b c d e f Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearance in Israel Super Cup

International

As of match played 12 November 2016
Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Atar goal.
List of international goals scored by Eliran Atar
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 12 November 2016 Elbasan Arena, Elbasan, Albania 4  Albania 3–0 3–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Maccabi Haifa

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Who likes Gefilte Fish? The Players celebrate Passover". 30 March 2018.
  2. ^ FIFA Puskás Award results
  3. ^ "Jest luty, a już mamy gola ROKU!". Sportfan (in Polish). o2.pl. 9 February 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
  4. ^ "Take a bow son: Eliran Atar (Bnei Yehuda) & Simon Cox (Swindon)". 101greatgoals.com. 9 February 2009. Archived from the original on 9 February 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
  5. ^ מעריבnrg
  6. ^ UEFA.com – UEFA EURO 2012 – Israel-Malta
  7. ^ "International Match (Sky Sports)".
  8. ^ "Albania v Israel". BBC Sport.
  9. ^ "בפעם החמישית: מכבי ת"א זכתה בגביע הטוטו". 14 December 2017.

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