- Yehiel Tzagai
Football player infobox
playername = Yehiel Tzagai
fullname = Yehiel Habatmo Tzagai
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1983|01|27|df=yes
cityofbirth =
countryofbirth =Ethiopia
currentclub = Maccabi Netanya
clubnumber =
position =Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs = Beitar Be'er Sheva
years = 2001-2002
2002-2007
2002-2003
2003-2004
2007-2008
2008-present
clubs = Beitar Be'er Sheva
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
→F.C. Ashdod (loan)
→ Hakoah Ramat Gan (loan)
Maccabi Netanya
Bnei Sakhnin
caps(goals) =
05 (?)
27 (4)
01 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 5 July 2008
ntupdate = 5 July 2008Yehiel Tzagai ( _he. יחיאל צגאי, born 27 January 1983) is an
Israel i footballer ofEthiopia ndescent , currently plying his trade at Maccabi Netanya.Biography
Tzagai was born in the
Beta Israel community inEthiopia and his family immigrated toIsrael in 1991 during theOperation Solomon .Tzagai grew up through the ranks at Beitar Avraham Be'er Sheva but as the club has collapsed in 2002, he signed at another club in
Beersheba - Hapoel Be'er Sheva where he was loaned until 2004 toF.C. Ashdod and Hakoah Ramat Gan.In 2004 Tzagai returned to Hapoel Be'er Sheva and played there for three seasons in the socond league, where we was considered one of the most talented players in the whole league. During the 2006-07 season, Tzagai and two other Be'er Sheva players admitted to receiving bribes to throw a match against Hapoel Ra'anana. [ [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/801715.html Soccer match canceled after three players admit taking bribes] Haaretz, 17 December 2006] However, all three players had refused to throw the match, and later receieved threats from the people who had attempted to bribe them. [ [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/909236.html Two suspected of seeking to extort money from footballer's father] Haaretz, 2 October 2007]
In 2007 Tzagai signed for Maccabi Netanya.
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