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Kobi Dajani
קובי דג'אני
Personal information
Full name Ya'akov Dajani
Date of birth (1984-11-05) 5 November 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defensive Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Hapoel Marmorek
Youth career
Gadna Tel Aviv Yehuda
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2007 Bnei Yehuda 98 (2)
2007–2009 F.C. Ashdod 44 (0)
2009–2010 Hapoel Petah Tikva 13 (0)
2010 Hapoel Ashkelon 16 (1)
2010–2013 Maccabi Netanya 93 (8)
2013–2014 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 19 (0)
2014–2015 Hapoel Haifa 23 (0)
2015–2016 F.C. Ashdod 5 (0)
2016– Hapoel Marmorek 0 (0)
International career‡
2002–2003 Israel U19 8 (0)
2003–2007 Israel U21 15 (0)
2010 Israel 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:40, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Ya'akov "Kobi" Dajani (Hebrew: יעקב "קובי" דג'אני; born 5 November 1984) is an Israeli professional association football player and former Israel U21 international who is currently contracted to Hapoel Marmorek.

Biography

Early life

Kobi Dajani started playing football in the youth ranks of Gadna Tel Aviv Yehuda in Tel Aviv.

Playing career

Domestic

Dajani made his first team debut, as a substitute, for Bnei Yehuda in a Premier League match against city rivals, Hapoel on 19 October 2002.

During a training session on 6 October 2009, Dajani got into a heated war of words with youth player, Raphael Maltinsky.[1] After some physical play, Dajani walked over to Maltinsky and headbutted him in the face requiring Maltinsky to be taken to a hospital where he had four stitches put in.[2] Dajani apologized that night to Maltinsky over the phone.[3] The following day, both Dajani and Maltinsky came to training but both were not allowed to train with the club without going before a tribunal.[4]

In June 2010 Dajani signed a 1-year deal with Maccabi Netanya. His debut season with the club proved to be his finest and he is considered by many fans as the MVP of Netanya in the 2010–11 season.[5] In June 2011 he signed a new 4-years contract with Netanya worth $480,000 which means a 60% upgrade to his yearly salary.[6]

International

Dajani was part of the Israel national under-21 football team that qualified for the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, but was not named to the final squad.

On 17 November 2010 he made his debut for the senior side when Israel played against Iceland.

Statistics

As to 1 June 2014
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Israel League Israel State Cup Toto Cup Europe Total
2002–2003 Bnei Yehuda Ligat ha'Al 7 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 13 1
2003–2004 16 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 22 1
2004–2005 28 0 3 1 6 1 0 0 37 2
2005–2006 23 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 30 0
2006–2007 23 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 29 0
2007–2008 F.C. Ashdod 24 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 28 0
2008–2009 20 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 30 0
2009–2010 Hapoel Petah Tikva 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 8 0
2009–2010 Hapoel Ashkelon Liga Leumit 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 18 1
2010–2011 Maccabi Netanya Ligat ha'Al 32 3 4 0 7 0 0 0 43 3
2011–2012 35 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 42 2
2012–2013 26 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 26 2
2013–2014 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 19 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
2014–2015 Hapoel Haifa 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total Israel 271 11 21 1 54 1 0 0 350 13
Career total 271 11 21 1 54 1 0 0 350 13

Honours

Team

Individual

References

  1. ^ Artzi, Shai (7 October 2009). הפועל פ"ת: דג'אני ומלטינסקי לדין [Hapoel PT: Dajani And Maltinsky To Be Face Tribunal]. Yedioth Ahronoth (in Hebrew). Retrieved 7 October 2009.
  2. ^ Artzi, Shai (6 October 2009). שמח באימון הפועל פ"ת: דג'אני נגח במלטינסקי [Happiness At Hapoel PT Training: Dajani Headbutted Maltinsky]. Yedioth Ahronoth (in Hebrew). Retrieved 7 October 2009.
  3. ^ Sarid, Almog (7 October 2009). מלטינסקי סלח לדג'אני, ניראון לא [Maltinsky Forgave Dajani, Niron Still Does Not]. Ma'ariv (in Hebrew). NRG.co.il. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
  4. ^ Rozenfeld, Dror (7 October 2009). דג'אני ומלטינסקי ערכו סולחה אך לא התאמנו [Hapoel PT: Dajani And Maltinsky To Be Face Tribunal] (in Hebrew). One.co.il. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
  5. ^ "הקופסא-הדור הבא, מכבי נתניה - קרלוס אריאס שחקן העונה, בן הרוש התגלית". Archived from the original on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
  6. ^ "קובי דג'אני סגר לארבע שנים במכבי נתניה - וואלה! ספורט". 2 June 2011.
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