:Jonathan Assous

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jonathan Assous
יונתן אסוס

| image = Jonathan Assous.JPG

| upright = 0.9

| full_name = Jonathan Victor Gerard Assous

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1983|09|2}}

| birth_place = Sarcelles, France

| height = 1.77 m

| position = Defensive midfielder

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 2001–2003

| years2 = 2003–2004

| years3 = 2004–2006

| years4 = 2006–2007

| years5 = 2007

| years6 = 2007–2008

| years7 = 2008–2009

| years8 = 2009

| years9 = 2010

| years10 = 2010–2013

| years11 = 2013

| years12 = 2013–2014

| years13 = 2015

| years14 = 2016–2018

| clubs1 = AS Nancy

| clubs2 = Nîmes

| clubs3 = Angers

| clubs4 = Cannes

| clubs5 = Créteil

| clubs6 = Reims

| clubs7 = Maccabi Tel Aviv

| clubs8 = Hapoel Petah Tikva

| clubs9 = Hapoel Ramat Gan

| clubs10 = Hapoel Petah Tikva

| clubs11 = Hapoel Ashkelon

| clubs12 = Maccabi Ahi Nazareth

| clubs13 = Beitar Ramat Gan

| clubs14 = Sporting Tel Aviv

| caps1 = 7

| caps2 = 21

| caps3 = 22

| caps4 = 6

| caps5 = 15

| caps6 = 17

| caps7 = 34

| caps8 = 43

| caps9 = 10

| caps10 = 90

| caps11 = 13

| caps12 = 6

| caps13 = 0

| caps14 = 17

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 0

| goals5 = 1

| goals6 = 1

| goals7 = 1

| goals8 = 2

| goals9 = 0

| goals10 = 2

| goals11 = 1

| goals12 = 0

| goals13 = 0

| goals14 = 1

}}

Jonathan Victor Gerard Assous{{Cite web |url=http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/PlayerDetails.aspx?PLAYER_ID=93320 |title=Assous Jonathan Victor Gerard |access-date=2009-11-26 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304142642/http://eng.football.org.il/Leagues/Pages/PlayerDetails.aspx?PLAYER_ID=93320 |url-status=dead }} ({{Langx|he|יונתן אסוס}}; born September 2, 1983) is a French-Israeli[https://www.haaretz.com/1.5002706 Israeli teams tell Diaspora Jews: Make aliyah, for soccer's sake! - Haaretz - Israel News | Haaretz.com]{{cite news |first=Or |last=Spunder |script-title=he:הקשר ג'ונתן אסוס מועמד למכבי ת"א |url=http://www.one.co.il/Article/109149.html |publisher=One.co.il |date=January 24, 2008 |access-date=January 28, 2008 |language=he }} former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. In France, Assous was widely known for his temper and rough play.{{cite news |first=David |last=Maruani |title=Mac. Tel Aviv's new French signing: 'I'm not a mad dog' |url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/949358.html |publisher=Ha'aretz |access-date=February 16, 2008 }}

Career

Assous began his professional career in the Ligue 2 with club AS Nancy. Sparingly making a league appearance, he moved down to the Championnat National to play with Nîmes. Fine performances in the Championnat earned him a contract with Angers. There he grabbed headlines for his rough play which got him ejected on numerous occasions. During his stint with Créteil, he trialed with Nice and impressed then-manager Frédéric Antonetti. Unfortunately, contractual problems with Créteil ended his chance of making it to Ligue 1 for the first time in his career. Instead, Assous joined Reims where he was able to carve out a spot in the starting 11.

After the successful acclimation of French midfielder Rudy Haddad to life in Israel, Maccabi decided to look for more Jewish footballers who would not count against the foreign player cap.{{cite news |first=Shirley |last=Bar-Dayan |script-title=he:מכבי ת"א רכשה את אסוס, גם דגאנו מסושו מועמד להצטרף |url=http://www.sport5.co.il/HTML/Articles/Article.64.31761.html |publisher=Sport 5 |date=January 28, 2008 |access-date=January 28, 2008 |language=he |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212011904/http://www.sport5.co.il/HTML/Articles/Article.64.31761.html |archive-date=February 12, 2008 }} Frenchman Kevin Pariente and Americans Benny Feilhaber and Jonathan Bornstein were originally scouted for the club. After Maccabi could not come to terms with their respective clubs, they turned to Assous who was having a good season in France. Some fans were vocally opposed to signing Assous because of his previously unsuccessful trial with Hapoel Kfar Saba and lack of "star quality".{{cite news |first=Barak |last=Kessler |script-title=he:אבי נמני מציג: כדור הרגעה לאוהדים |url=http://www.one.co.il/Oppinion/154/109400.html |publisher=One.co.il |date=January 28, 2008 |access-date=January 28, 2008 |language=he }}

Immediately after being bought, Assous went to the Jewish Agency offices in Paris to fill out all necessary forms for receiving Israeli citizenship under the Law of Return.{{cite news |first=Lee |last=Botz |newspaper=Ynet |script-title=he:מכבי ת"א רכשה את אסוס, בני פילהאבר לא יגיע |url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3499771,00.html |publisher=Yedioth Ahronoth |date=January 28, 2008 |access-date=January 28, 2008 |language=he }}

In 2008, he was joined in Israel by his brother, Gary who signed with Maccabi Netanya.{{cite news|first=Hen |last=Michelle |script-title=he:אחיו של ג'ונתן אסוס חתם במכבי נתניה |trans-title=Brother of Jonathan Assous Signs With Maccabi Netanya |url=http://coop2.one.co.il/Article/115166.html |publisher=One.co.il |date=April 30, 2008 |access-date=September 13, 2009 |language=he |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721140811/http://coop2.one.co.il/Article/115166.html |archive-date=July 21, 2011 }}

From 2009 to 2011, he was playing for Hapoel Petah Tikva.

In January 2011, he joined Hapoel Ramat Gan but the club had been relegated to Liga Leumit, so he did not want to continue in this team.

In August 2011, he joined for a second Time Hapoel Petah Tikva, club where he is liked by all ultras, for his temper, and his aggressive style of play.

In May 2012, Hapoel Petah Tikva was relegated to Liga Leumit, but Assous decided to continue with the club, and to sign a 3 years contract, in August 2012.

In October 2014, he joined Liga Gimel club, Shimshon Tel Aviv.[http://doublepass.sport5.co.il/story.php?id=11288 Amazing: Jonathan Assous signed for Shimshon Tel Aviv] Michael Weissermann, doublepass.sport5.co.il, 7 October 2014 {{in lang|he}}