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Since 2014, Yossi Benayoun holds Israel's record for international appearances
Scored 2 hat-tricks in international matches
Earned his 100th cap for Israel on 5 Sep 2017 aged 37 years 4 months

Football player Yossi Benayoun

Yosef Shai Benayoun

(native: יוסף שי בניון)
Yossi Benayoun

Born on 5 May 1980 (age 44)

National team appearances of Yossi Benayoun

Team	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Israel	1998 - 2017	102	38	33	29	24	2	0.235
Total:		102	38	33	29	24	2	0.235

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballer	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Maccabi Haifa FC, Haifa	18 Nov 1998 - 17 Apr 2002	21		12	4	5		0.238
Racing Santander, Santander	05 Sep 2002 - 04 Jun 2005	24		6	7	5		0.208
West Ham United FC, London	03 Sep 2005 - 06 Jun 2007	13	8	1	4	4		0.308
Liverpool FC, Liverpool	22 Aug 2007 - 03 Mar 2010	20	19	1	8	6	1	0.300
Chelsea FC, London	02 Sep 2010 - 10 Aug 2011	5	4	1	1	4	1	0.800
Arsenal FC, London	02 Sep 2011 - 31 May 2012	5	5		3
West Ham United FC, London	07 Sep 2012 - 11 Sep 2012	2	1	1	1
Chelsea FC, London	22 Mar 2013 - 02 Jun 2013	3	1	2	1
without club	14 Aug 2013	1		1
Queens Park Rangers FC, London	28 May 2014 - 01 Jun 2014	2		2
Maccabi Haifa FC, Haifa	23 Mar 2016	1		1
Maccabi Tel Aviv FC, Tel Aviv	06 Jun 2017 - 11 Jun 2017	2		2
Beitar Jerusalem FC, Jerusalem	05 Sep 2017 - 09 Oct 2017	3		3

Player stats by competition

Competition

Played

Capt.

Sub. in

Sub. off

Goals

Pen.

Goals/ Caps

European Championship qualifiers (QE)

0.357

World Cup qualifiers (QW)

0.206

Friendly matches and other tournaments

0.175

Total:

102

0.235

Footballer stats by year

Year	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Caps	2	5	5	7	5	9	8	7	6	7
Goals	0	4	1	0	1	0	3	2	3	0

Year	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2016	2017	2050
Caps	8	8	3	5	5	4	2	1	5
Goals	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0

Career highlights

Match date	Opponent team	Event	Age
18 Nov 1998	Portugal	debut	18 years 6 months 13 days
5 Sep 1999	Cyprus	first goal	19 years 4 months
8 Sep 1999	San Marino	first hat-trick	19 years 4 months 3 days
15 Aug 2006	Slovenia	50th cap	26 years 3 months 10 days
2 Sep 2006	Estonia	first cap as captain	26 years 3 months 28 days
28 May 2014	Mexico	record for caps (holds up to now)	34 years 23 days
5 Sep 2017	Italy	100th cap	37 years 4 months

Record of Yossi Benayoun's goals by opponent team

Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	Matches by goals in a match				Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
Opponent team	Goals	Pen.	Matches with goals	1	2	3	>3	Goals/Matches with goals	Caps	Goals/Caps
San Marino	3		1			1		3.000	1	3.000
Malta	3	1	1			1		3.000	3	1.000
Switzerland	3		2	1	1			1.500	4	0.750
Luxembourg	2	1	2	2				1.000	3	0.667
Latvia	2		2	2				1.000	3	0.667
Cyprus	2		2	2				1.000	5	0.400
Croatia	2		2	2				1.000	6	0.333
Chile	1		1	1				1.000	1	1.000
Hungary	1		1	1				1.000	1	1.000
Faroe Islands	1		1	1				1.000	2	0.500
Andorra	1		1	1				1.000	2	0.500
Romania	1		1	1				1.000	2	0.500
Portugal	1		1	1				1.000	3	0.333
Slovenia	1		1	1				1.000	3	0.333
(+) other teams									63
Total:	24	2	19	16	1	2	0	1.263	102	0.235

Record of national team matches played by Yossi Benayoun

National team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Winning Percentage
Israel football team	102	39	26	37	153	140	51.0

Yossi Benayoun's international caps

as player of Maccabi Haifa FC, Haifa:

debut age - 18 years 6 months 13 days

18 Nov 1998

Setúbal, Estádio do Bonfim

2-0

Portugal vs Israel

Friendly International

23 Dec 1998 18:00 (+2:00)

Ramat Gan, National Stadium

2-0

Israel vs Yugoslavia

Friendly International

age when scoring first goal - 19 years 4 months

05 Sep 1999 20:00 (+3:00)

Limassol, Tsirion Athletic Center

3-2

Cyprus vs Israel

UEFA Euro 2000 Qualifying, Group 6

1х

08 Sep 1999 19:00 (+3:00)

Ramat Gan, National Stadium

8-0

Israel vs San Marino

UEFA Euro 2000 Qualifying, Group 6

3х

10 Oct 1999 19:30 (+2:00)

Albacete, Estadio Carlos Belmonte

3-0

Spain vs Israel

UEFA Euro 2000 Qualifying, Group 6

13 Nov 1999 20:05 (+2:00)

Ramat Gan, National Stadium

0-5

Israel vs Denmark

UEFA Euro 2000 Qualifying, Play-off

17 Nov 1999 19:15 (+1:00)

Copenhagen, Parken

3-0

Denmark vs Israel

UEFA Euro 2000 Qualifying, Play-off

16 Aug 2000 19:00 (+4:00)

Moscow, Grand Sports Arena of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex

1-0

Russia vs Israel

Friendly International

03 Sep 2000 20:20 (+3:00)

Ramat Gan, National Stadium

2-0

Israel vs Liechtenstein

2002 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 7

07 Oct 2000 21:30 (+2:00)

Madrid, Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

2-0

Spain vs Israel

2002 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 7

11 Oct 2000 20:25 (+2:00)

Ramat Gan, National Stadium

3-1

Israel vs Bosnia & Herzegovina

2002 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 7

15 Nov 2000 21:00

Braga, Estádio Primeiro de Maio

2-1

Portugal vs Israel

Friendly International

1х

17 Jan 2001

Beit She`an, Municipal Stadium

2-0

Israel vs Uzbekistan

Friendly International

14 Feb 2001

Herzliya, Municipal Stadium

1-0

Israel vs Moldova

Friendly International

28 Mar 2001 20:30 (+2:00)

Vienna, Ernst Happel Stadion

2-1

Austria vs Israel

2002 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 7

24 Apr 2001

Tbilisi, Boris Paichadze National Stadium

3-2

Georgia vs Israel

Friendly International

02 Jun 2001 19:00 (+2:00)

Vaduz, Rheinpark Stadion

0-3

Liechtenstein vs Israel

2002 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 7

06 Jun 2001 20:00 (+3:00)

Ramat Gan, National Stadium

1-1

Israel vs Spain

2002 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 7

15 Aug 2001 18:00 (+2:00)

Kaunas, Steponas Darius ir Stasys Girėnas Stadionas

2-3

Lithuania vs Israel

Friendly International

13 Feb 2002 20:30 (+1:00)

Kaiserslautern, Fritz Walter Stadion

7-1

Germany vs Israel

Friendly International

17 Apr 2002 19:15 (+2:00)

Copenhagen, Parken

3-1

Denmark vs Israel

Friendly International

as player of Racing Santander, Santander:

05 Sep 2002 20:00 (+2:00)

Luxembourg City, Stade Josy Barthel

0-5

Luxembourg vs Israel

Friendly International

1х

12 Oct 2002 19:00 (+2:00)

Attard, Ta`Qali National Stadium

0-2

Malta vs Israel

UEFA Euro 2004 Qualifying, Group 1

20 Nov 2002 18:00 (+1:00)

Skopje, Gradski Stadion

2-3

Macedonia vs Israel

Friendly International

12 Feb 2003

Ramat Gan, National Stadium

2-0

Israel vs Armenia

Friendly International

29 Mar 2003 19:00 (+2:00)

Limassol, Tsirion Athletic Center

1-1

Cyprus vs Israel

UEFA Euro 2004 Qualifying, Group 1

02 Apr 2003 21:45 (+3:00)

Palermo, Stadio Renzo Barbera

1-2

Israel vs France

UEFA Euro 2004 Qualifying, Group 1

30 Apr 2003 21:30 (+3:00)

Palermo, Stadio Renzo Barbera

2-0

Israel vs Cyprus

UEFA Euro 2004 Qualifying, Group 1

07 Jun 2003 21:15 (+3:00)

Antalya, Atatürk Stadyumu

0-0

Israel vs Slovenia

UEFA Euro 2004 Qualifying, Group 1

20 Aug 2003 19:00 (+4:00)

Moscow, Central Stadium Lokomotiv

1-2

Russia vs Israel

Friendly International

06 Sep 2003 20:15 (+2:00)

Ljubljana, Centralni Stadion Bežigrad

3-1

Slovenia vs Israel

UEFA Euro 2004 Qualifying, Group 1

10 Sep 2003 18:00 (+3:00)

Antalya, Atatürk Stadyumu

2-2

Israel vs Malta

UEFA Euro 2004 Qualifying, Group 1

11 Oct 2003 20:45 (+2:00)

Saint-Denis, Stade de France

3-0

France vs Israel

UEFA Euro 2004 Qualifying, Group 1

18 Feb 2004

Ramat Gan, National Stadium

6-0

Israel vs Azerbaijan

Friendly International

28 Apr 2004 18:00 (+3:00)

Ramat Gan, National Stadium

1-1

Israel vs Moldova

Friendly International

27 May 2004 20:00 (+5:00)

Tbilisi, Lokomotiv Stadium

0-1

Georgia vs Israel

Friendly International

18 Aug 2004 20:15 (+2:00)

Varaždín, Stadion Varteksa

1-0

Croatia vs Israel

Friendly International

04 Sep 2004 20:45 (+2:00)

Saint-Denis, Stade de France

0-0

France vs Israel

2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 4

08 Sep 2004 20:50 (+3:00)

Ramat Gan, National Stadium

2-1

Israel vs Cyprus

2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 4

1х

09 Oct 2004 20:05 (+2:00)

Ramat Gan, National Stadium

2-2

Israel vs Switzerland

2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 4

2х

complete list

Comments

glandi Poland - Error report posted on 15 August 2013 at 12:13:04

Benayoun is free agent after his contract with Chelsea expired in 1th July 2013, so playing against Ukraine he was without club. (link:

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stringer Scotland - Error report posted on 18 October 2017 at 20:54:58

Benayoun was with Maccabi Tel Aviv (not Maccabi Haifa) in June 2017 for caps 98 and 99. (link:

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