Yaniv Katan
{{short description|Israeli footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Yaniv Katan
יניב קטן
| image = MHFC-Yaniv-Katan.jpg
| image_size = 200
| caption = Katan in 2013
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1981|01|27}}
| birth_place = Kiryat Ata, Israel
| height = {{Height|m=1.85}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=20617|title=Yaniv Katan | Football Stats | Maccabi Haifa | Age 39 | Soccer Base|website=www.soccerbase.com}}
| position = Attacking Midfielder
| youthyears1 = 1990–1998
| youthclubs1 = Maccabi Haifa
| years1 = 1998–2006
| years2 = 2006
| years3 = 2006–2007
| years4 = 2007–2014
| clubs1 = Maccabi Haifa
| clubs2 = West Ham United
| clubs3 = → Maccabi Haifa (loan)
| clubs4 = Maccabi Haifa
| caps1 = 223
| caps2 = 8
| caps3 = 27
| caps4 = 239
| goals1 = 40
| goals2 = 0
| goals3 = 7
| goals4 = 39
| totalcaps = 472
| totalgoals = 79
| nationalyears1 = 1998
| nationalyears2 = 1998–2003
| nationalyears3 = 2000–2010
| nationalteam1 = Israel U17
| nationalteam2 = Israel U21
| nationalteam3 = Israel
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalcaps2 = 17
| nationalcaps3 = 31
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| nationalgoals2 = 5
| nationalgoals3 = 5
| club-update = 30 March 2014
| nationalteam-update = 06:13, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
}}
Yaniv Katan ({{langx|he|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 five goals.
Personal life
Katan was born in Kiryat Ata, Israel, and is Jewish.[http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=soccer&ID=187 Katan, Yaniv: Jews In Sports]
Club career
In December 2005, Katan signed a four-year contract with West Ham United, where he joined up with Israeli international teammate Yossi Benayoun.{{cite news|title=West Ham unveil new signing Katan |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/4577848.stm|work=BBC Sport |date=3 January 2006 |access-date=25 February 2008 }} 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.{{Cite news|url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1136361034182&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull|title=Life may not prove easy for Yaniv Katan at West Ham|last=Grayeff|first=Yigal|date=8 January 2006|publisher=The Jerusalem Post|access-date=24 July 2008}} He made eight appearances, including six from the bench, for West Ham.{{cite web| title =Yaniv Katan | work = Soccerbase| publisher =Racing Post | url =https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=20617 | access-date =25 February 2008 }}{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/5081570.stm|title=Katan leaves Hammers in loan deal|date=14 June 2006|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}
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,{{Cite news|title=Katan leaves Hammers in loan deal |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/5081570.stm |publisher=BBC |date=14 June 2006 |access-date=1 February 2008 }} after Alan Pardew reportedly told him he was no longer in his plans.{{Cite news|title=Scaloni's Hammers deal hangs on asking price |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=368245&cc=5739 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060627202106/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=368245&cc=5739 |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 June 2006 |publisher=ESPN|date=17 May 2006 |access-date=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." 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2017/02/03/west-hams-forgotten-signings-xi-featuring-yavin-katan/|title=West Ham's 'forgotten signings' XI; featuring Yavin Katan}} 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.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|5 May 2014}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | |||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="2"|League !colspan="2"|Israeli Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps
!Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | |||||||||
| rowspan="9"|Maccabi Haifa
|26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 4 |
| 1999–00
|34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 3 |
| 2000–01
|36 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 7 |
| 2001–02
|22 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 5 |
| 2002–03
|32 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 59 | 14 |
| 2003–04
|28 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 11 |
| 2004–05
|32 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 9 |
| 2005–06
|15 | 5| | ||||||||
| |2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | ||||
| Total
!225 | 41 | 17 | 4 | 32 | 6 | 24 | 7 | 297 | 58 |
| rowspan="2"|West Ham United
|8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total
!8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| rowspan="9"|Maccabi Haifa
|27 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 9 |
| 2007–08
|31 | 5 | 2 | 1| | ||||||
| |6 | 1 | 39 | 7 | ||||||
| 2008–09
|31 | 6 | 5 | 4| | ||||||
| |4 | 0 | 40 | 10 | ||||||
| 2009–10
|34 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 9 |
| 2010–11
|27 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 5 |
| 2011–12
|31 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 10 |
| 2012–13
|32 | 4 | 3 | 0| | ||||||
| |3 | 1 | 38 | 5 | ||||||
| 2013–14
|26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1| | ||||
| |35 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total
!239 | 39 | 21 | 8 | 37 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 315 | 56 |
| colspan="2" | Career total
!472 | 79 | 38 | 11 | 70 | 12 | 42 | 10 | 620 | 114 |
Honours
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerbase}}
- [http://www.footballdatabase.com/index.php?page=player&Id=989&pn=Yaniv_Katan Yaniv Katan profile and stats on FootballDatabase.com]
- {{in lang|he}} [http://maccabi-haifafc.walla.co.il/ts.cgi?tsscript=player&id=1905 Yaniv Katan profile and club history on Maccabi Haifa Official Website]
- {{in lang|he}} [http://www.one.co.il/c.aspx?target=%2Fsitectr2%2Easp%3FCategoryID%3D1%26TableID%3D1%26TeamID%3D4%26PlayerID%3D65%26Season%5FID%3D06%2D07%26nocache%3D1 Yaniv Katan Profile and Statistics on One.co.il]
- {{in lang|he}} [http://maccabi-haifafc.walla.co.il/?w=%2F3037%2F2756903] After 25 years in Maccabi Haifa, On 19 June 2014, Katan decided to retire from active playing.
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{{Succession box
|before=Arik Benado
|title=Maccabi Haifa F.C. captain|
|years=2006–2014
|after=Yossi Benayoun
}}
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