Yaniv Katan

Infobox Football biography
playername = Yaniv Katan
יניב קטן


fullname =
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1981|01|27
cityofbirth = Tel Aviv
countryofbirth = Israel
height = Height|m=1.85
position = Striker
currentclub = Maccabi Haifa
clubnumber = 20
contractend =
youthyears = 1990-1998
youthclubs = Maccabi Haifa
years = 1998-2006 2006 2006-2007
2007-
clubs = Maccabi Haifa
West Ham United
→ Maccabi Haifa (loan)
Maccabi Haifa
caps(goals) = 223 (40)
006 0(0)
027 0(7)
031 0(7)
nationalyears = 1998
1998-2003
2000-
nationalteam = Israel U17
Israel U21
Israel
nationalcaps(goals) = 004 0(2)
017 0(5)
030 0(5)
pcupdate = 10 February, 2007
ntupdate = 06:13, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Yaniv Katan ( _he. יניב קטן; born January 27, 1981 in Qiryat Ata, Israel) is an Israeli international football forward and winger. He is currently contracted to Maccabi Haifa.

Personal life

Katan grew up in Haifa most of his life and then moved to Tel Aviv shortly after his parents divorced.Fact|date=July 2008 His parents are Iraqi immigrants who moved from Baghdad in 1951.Fact|date=July 2008

Club career

Katan joined Maccabi Haifa's youth set up at the age of nine. He quickly moved up the club's ranks, becoming a regular in Haifa's senior squad at the age of 16. In 2002, during the second leg of the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round against FC Haka, he temporarily became the second Israeli (after Alon Mizrahi) to score a hat-trick in Europe — only for Haifa to be suspended for fielding an ineligible player and the scoreline reversed. The following season Maccabi reached the groups stages, and Katan opened the scoring against Manchester United twice: both in Maccabi's 2-5 away loss and in its 3-0 home win (which was played in Cyprus for security reasons). [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=Man Utd crush Haifa |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/champions_league/2261650.stm |work= |publisher=BBC Sport |pages= |page= |date=2002-09-18 |accessdate=2008-02-25 ] [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=Maccabi maul Man Utd |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/champions_league/2367965.stm|work= |publisher=BBC Sport |pages= |page= |date=2002-10-29 |accessdate=2008-02-25 ]

In December 2005, Katan signed a four-year contract with West Ham United, where he joined up with Israeli international team mate Yossi Benayoun. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=West Ham unveil new signing Katan |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/4577848.stm|work= |publisher=BBC Sport |pages= |page= |date=2006-01-03 |accessdate=2008-02-25 ] 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://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1136361034182&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull|title=Life may not prove easy for Yaniv Katan at West Ham|last=Grayeff|first=Yigal|date=January 8, 2006|publisher=The Jerusalum Post|accessdate=2008-07-24] The pacey centre forward made eight appearances, including six from the bench, for West Ham, [cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Yaniv Katan | work = Soccerbase| publisher =Racing Post | date = | url =http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=20617 | format = | doi = | accessdate =2008-02-25 ] where he faced stiff competition for places with Marlon Harewood, Teddy Sheringham, Dean Ashton and Bobby Zamora all vying for a starting place.

At the end of the 2005-06 season, Yaniv moved back to Maccabi Haifa in a loan deal, with a view to a permanent move [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=Katan leaves Hammers in loan deal |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/5081570.stm |format= |work= |publisher=BBC |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date=2006-06-14 |accessdate=2008-02-01 |language= |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= ] , after Alan Pardew reportedly told him he was no longer in his plans. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=Scaloni's Hammers deal hangs on asking price |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=368245&cc=5739 |format= |work= |publisher=ESPNsoccernet |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date=2006-05-17 |accessdate=2008-02-25 "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.cite news|url=http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1148287851993&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull|title=Yaniv Katan rejects Betar offer, signs for four years with Haifa |last=Last|first=Jeremy|coauthors=Sharon Solomon|date=May 24, 2006|publisher=The Jerusalem Post|accessdate=2008-07-24]

Representative honours

Katan has represented Israel at Under-17, Under-21 and senior levels.

References

External links

*soccerbase|id=20617|name=Yaniv Katan
* [http://www.footballdatabase.com/index.php?page=player&Id=989&pn=Yaniv_Katan Yaniv Katan profile and stats on FootballDatabase.com]
*he icon [http://maccabi-haifafc.walla.co.il/ts.cgi?tsscript=player&id=1905 Yaniv Katan profile and club history on Maccabi Haifa Official Website]
*he icon [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 Satistics on One.co.il]