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Eran Zahavi (also spelled Zehavi, he, ערן זהבי, ; born 25 July 1987) is an Israeli professional
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who plays as a
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for and vice-captains both Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Tel Aviv and the Israel national team. Zahavi was named
Israeli Footballer of the Year The title Footballer of the Year of Israel has been bestowed annually since 1960 by the Israeli newspaper ''Maariv'' at the end of each season. In the years 1963, 1966 and 1991 two players have been honoured. Mordechai Spiegler Mordechai "Motal ...
twice (2013–14 and 2014–15), and finished as the top goalscorer of the Israeli Premier League for three consecutive seasons, in 2013–14 (29 goals), 2014–15 (27 goals) and 2015–16 (35 goals, all-time league record). In December 2014, Zahavi broke the Israeli Premier League record for scoring in consecutive appearances after he scored for the 18th game in a row. In 2016, he broke the Israeli league six-decade-old season scoring record, beating the 1954–55 record. He was named the 2017
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MVP, and broke the league's single-season scoring record in 2019. Zahavi made his debut for the Israel national team in 2010. He is a former national team captain and the current all-time top scorer for Israel with 35 goals.


Club career

Zahavi started his youth career with
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at the age of 6. At the age of 16 he went to Ironi Rishon LeZion, in his hometown. Two years later, in 2005, he returned to Hapoel.


Hapoel Tel Aviv

A Hapoel Tel Aviv youth product, Zahavi was promoted to its senior team in 2006. With Hapoel, he won the
2009–10 Israel State Cup The 2009–10 Israel State Cup ( he, גביע המדינה, ''Gvia HaMedina'') was the 71st season of Israel's nationwide football cup competition and the 56th after the Israeli Declaration of Independence. It started on 4 September 2009, while t ...
and the
2009–10 Israeli Premier League The 2009–10 Israeli Premier League was the 11th season since its introduction in 1999 and the 68th season of top-tier football in Israel. It began on 22 August 2009 and ended on 15 May 2010 with the last matches of the playoff round. On 15 May ...
title after a dramatic match against the fierce rivals
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in the last round of the season, in which he scored the winning goal in the 92nd minute. Zahavi was reported to have garnered interest from clubs in Belgium during the 2009–10 season. In the 2010–11 season Zahavi became the top assist provider of the Israeli Premier League, providing 13 assists during the season.


Palermo

Zahavi signed a five-year deal with the Italian
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club,
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, before the beginning of the
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season. He capped two seasons with 23 appearances in the top league in Italy, scoring two goals against
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and
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.


Maccabi Tel Aviv

In December 2012, towards the winter transfers window opening, Zahavi showed signs of returning to Israel. Following an agreement made by Palermo and Maccabi Tel Aviv, his former club Hapoel Tel Aviv was given seven days to make a bid on him due to a first-option clause in his contract, but it was not exploited. On 21 January 2013, after over a month of speculation in the media, Maccabi Tel Aviv announced his arrival, signing him on a three-and-a-half-year contract for €250,000. At the
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on 3 November 2014, Zahavi scored a penalty to equalise the score at 1–1 in the first half but was then attacked by a pitch invader. On retaliating, he was sent off, prompting more pitch invasions which led to the match being abandoned. In the beginning of the 2015–16 season, Zahavi was appointed as Maccabi Tel Aviv's new
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after former captain
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signed with Dutch club Vitesse. On 5 August 2015, Zahavi scored two goals against Czech team
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in a 2–0 away victory in the second leg of the third qualifying round after Maccabi lost at home 2–1. On 19 August 2015, Zahavi scored a brace, including a 96th-minute equaliser, in a 2–2 draw against Swiss side
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at
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in the first leg of the Champions League playoffs. On 25 August, during the second leg at Bloomfield, he scored a 24th-minute equaliser as the match ended 1–1, a result that sent Maccabi to the Champions League group stage due to the
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. Zahavi finished the Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round as the top goalscorer with 7 goals in 5 games. During the season Zahavi scored 35 league goals, in 36 league games, and set a new Israeli record for league goals in single season. The previous record was set by the striker Nissim Elmaliach, who scored 30 goals in 26 league games during the 1954–55 season.


Guangzhou R&F

On 29 June 2016, Zahavi joined Guangzhou R&F of the
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, making him the second Israeli footballer in China after
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. The transfer deal paid Zahavi a reported $12.5 million over two-and-a-half years. On 2 July, Zahavi made his debut coming on from the bench at the 60th minute playing against
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with the score a 1–1 draw. 15 minutes later he scored his first goal, and later on he added an assist to lead his team to a 4–2 victory. On 13 July, Zahavi scored a
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in 19 minutes in the
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match against
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, coming on from the bench in the second half and helping R&F to a 3–0 win. On 18 October, during a league match against
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, Zahavi netted his second hat-trick in an R&F jersey, propelling them to a 5–2 victory. He found the net in the 33rd, 55th, and 67th minutes of the match. Those goals gave him 16 goals in as many games for R&F, across all competitions. These scoring exploits quickly earned him the nickname "the King of Yuexiushan". Zahavi finished his first half season for Guangzhou R&F with six goals in four
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games, and 11 league goals in 15 appearances. In December 2016, according to media reports, Chinese club
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offered $20 million for Zahavi, the highest transfer fee ever offered for an Israeli footballer. On 24 January 2017, Zahavi signed a renewed contract with Guangzhou R&F until the end of the 2020 season, for an estimated $7 million per season. On 23 July, in the league match against
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, he scored four goals for Guangzhou in a 6–2 victory. Zahavi finished the 2017 season with 27 league goals (one short of the league record) to win the CSL Golden Boot Award. He was also named the Most Valuable Player in the Chinese Super League, and selected in the CSL team of the year. After
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failed to sign Zahavi in September 2017 for a transfer fee of $25 million, Zahavi renewed his contract with Guangzhou R&F in February 2018 for an estimated $10 million per season on a three-year contract. On 2 March, during round 1 of the 2018 CSL season, Zahavi scored a hat-trick and assisted one goal in the 5–4 away win against reigning champions Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao. In November 2019, Zahavi broke the CSL single-season scoring record after scoring his 29th goal of the season, surpassing the previous record set by
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in 2014.


PSV Eindhoven

On 20 September 2020, Zahavi signed a two-year deal with
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side
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. He made his debut for the Dutch side on 1 October 2020 in
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play-offs against Norwegian side Rosenborg, contributing to the 2–0 away win with a goal and an assist. On 21 July 2021, Zahavi scored a hat-trick and made an assist in a 5–1 win against Galatasaray, in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round match. In March 2022, Zahavi was named by the UEFA Europa Conference League as its Player of the Week, thanks to his two-goal display against Danish side
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in the round of 16 second leg, earning his side a 4–0 away win. In the same month, he was also named as Eredivisie Player of the Month after scoring in each of the three games he played in March. Zahavi scored his eighth European goal of the season in the Conference League quarter-finals against Leicester City, and thus equalised the PSV record shared by Willy van der Kuijlen and
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, who both scored eight European goals for the club in the 1970s. Zahavi left the club after the 2021–22 season after his contract was not renewed.


Return to Maccabi Tel Aviv

In June 2022, Zahavi returned to Maccabi Tel Aviv on a two-year contract, having previously played for the Israeli Premier League side between 2013 and 2016. He was also named captain of the club. In December 2023, UEFA named Zahavi as the UEFA Europa Conference League Player of the Week after scoring a brace against Belgian side
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in the group stage, securing Maccabi Tel Aviv a 3–1 victory.


International career

Zahavi made his senior debut for
Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
on 2 September 2010 against
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in UEFA Euro 2012 qualifiers. He scored his first goal for the national team on 10 September 2013 against
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in the
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. On 24 March 2019, he scored a
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against
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in a 4–2 home win, during the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers. On 7 June 2019, Zahavi scored a back-to-back hat-trick against
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in a 3–0 away win, during the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers. He scored a total of eleven goals during the qualifying campaign, and was thus the second best overall goalscorer (along with
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) across all qualifying groups, and only a goal behind Harry Kane. On 14 October 2020, during a
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match against
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, Zahavi scored three goals in the span of 20 minutes to bring Israel from 0–2 behind to a 3–2 win. With five goals, he was the second best goalscorer across all divisions of the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League (along with
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's Romelu Lukaku), and only a goal behind League B's Erling Haaland. On 1 September 2021, Zahavi scored his fourth international hat-trick in an away match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, earning Israel a 4–0 win against
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. Three days later, he scored two goals in the World Cup qualifying match against Austria, that ended in a 5–2 home win for Israel. Even though he missed the last two matches due to injury, Zahavi managed to score a total of eight goals during the qualifiers, and was thus one of the top goalscorers across all qualifying rounds. On 15 September 2022, it was announced that Zahavi went on hiatus from the Israel national team due to hotel room dispute prior to an international duty break. However, in November 2023, he returned to the team for the remainder of the
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matches.


Personal life

Zahavi was born and raised in
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, Israel, to Israeli-Jewish parents. His father Ilan immigrated from France to Israel as a teenager, whereas his mother Eti is Israeli-born. He has an elder brother, Avi. Zahavi has served in the
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(IDF), to complete his
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. He also obtained a French passport, on account of his French-born father, in order to facilitate the transfer to certain European leagues. Zahavi is observant and does not play football on the Jewish High Holiday of
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. On 9 May 2021, ahead of the
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match between his club
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and Willem II, two armed robbers broke into Zahavi's house in
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, tying up his wife Shay ( Levy) and three children. On 12 December 2021, their house was broken into again, this time when Zahavi was on health resort abroad with his family.


Career statistics


Club


International

:''Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Zahavi goal.''


Honours

Hapoel Tel Aviv * Israeli Premier League: 2009–10 *
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: 2009–10,
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Maccabi Tel Aviv *Israeli Premier League:
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, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2023–24 *Israel State Cup: 2014–15 *
Toto Cup The Israel Toto Cup ( he, גביע הטוטו, ''Gvia Ha'Toto'') is an association football tournament that features clubs in the two highest divisions in Israel: the Israeli Premier League ( Ligat Ha'Al), and the second division Liga Leumit. Fro ...
: 2014–15, 2023–24 *
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:
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PSV Eindhoven *
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: 2021–22 *
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Individual *Israeli Premier League Most Assists:
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Israeli Footballer of the Year The title Footballer of the Year of Israel has been bestowed annually since 1960 by the Israeli newspaper ''Maariv'' at the end of each season. In the years 1963, 1966 and 1991 two players have been honoured. Mordechai Spiegler Mordechai "Motal ...
: 2013–14, 2014–15 *Israeli Premier League Top scorer: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16 *
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Player of the Year:
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*Chinese Super League Top scorer:
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*Chinese Super League Team of the Year:
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Eredivisie Player of the Month The Eredivisie Player of the Month is an association football award that recognises the best adjudged Eredivisie player each month of the season. The Eredivisie Player of the Month award is based on statistics ( StatsPerform) and votes from footba ...
: March 2022


See also

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List of top international men's football goal scorers by country This article lists the top all-time goalscorer for each List of men's national association football teams, men's national football team. This list is an List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals, all-time top international ...
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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zahavi, Eran 1987 births Living people Israeli people of French-Jewish descent Israeli Jews French Jews Jewish footballers Israeli men's footballers Israel men's under-21 international footballers Israel men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Men's association football forwards Liga Leumit players Israeli Premier League players Serie A players Chinese Super League players Eredivisie players Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players Hapoel Rishon LeZion F.C. players Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon F.C. players Palermo FC players Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players Guangzhou City F.C. players PSV Eindhoven players Footballers from Rishon LeZion Israeli expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in China Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Italy Israeli expatriate sportspeople in China Israeli expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Israeli Footballer of the Year recipients