- Idan Tal
Infobox Football biography
playername = Idan Tal
fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1975|9|13
cityofbirth =Jerusalem
countryofbirth =Israel
height = Height|m=1.80
position =Midfielder
currentclub = Beitar Jerusalem
clubnumber = 11
youthyears =
youthclubs = Hapoel Jerusalem
years = 1994-1996 1997–1998 1998 1999-2000 2000 2000-2002 2003 2003-2006 2006-2007 2007-
clubs = Hapoel Jerusalem Maccabi Petah Tikva Hapoel Tel Aviv →Mérida UD (loan) Maccabi Petah Tikva EvertonRayo Vallecano Maccabi Haifa Bolton Wanderers Beitar Jerusalem
caps(goals) = 00? 0(?) 00? 0(?) 00? 0(?) 038 0(5) 00? 0(?) 029 0(2) 006 0(0) 109 (28) 016 0(1) 0023 0(7)
nationalyears = 1998-
nationalteam = Israel U-21 Israel
nationalcaps(goals) = 013 0(0) 060 0(6)
pcupdate = 21:14, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
ntupdate =6 July ,2007 Idan Tal ( _he. עידן טל; born
September 13 ,1975 inJerusalem ) is anIsrael iassociation football (soccer) player who currently plays forBeitar Jerusalem .Idan Tal started his career at Maccabi Petah Tikva during the 1996-97 season and played 71 games until his move to Hapoel Tel Aviv in December 1999. He played 14 games until the end of the season before moving on again, this time to
Mérida UD for the 1999-2000 season.Returning the following season to Maccabi Petah Tikva, he played 7 more games before moving to Everton in October 2000. After just 29 games he was sent to
Rayo Vallecano inSpain in January 2003, playing 6 games before returning to Israel to Maccabi Haifa.In July 2006, he left the Israeli champions to return to
England to play for Bolton Wanderers, alongside the Israeli defenderTal Ben Haim .In July 2007, Tal moved back to Israel, to play for Beitar Jerusalem, after making just 16 appearances, 12 as a substitute, for Bolton's first-team, scoring only one goal. The Israeli Premier League champions signed him on a three-year contract, worth £246,000.
Tal is also a member of the Israeli National Team, proving to be an invaluable asset to its midfield, having earned 64 caps for his country, scoring 5 goals.
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