Dedi Ben Dayan
David " Dedi " Ben Dayan ( born November 22, 1978 in Holon ) is an Israeli football player. He currently plays for Hapoel Tel Aviv in the Ligat ha Al, the highest Israeli league.
Career
Ben Dayan began his career in the youth teams of Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Tel Aviv. In 1997, he came into the first team of Maccabi. In his first season in the top division of Israeli defender with the club finished sixth. In the second season it was runner-up. After a sixth place in 1999 /00 could reach fourth place in the following season, and as a bonus has been one Cup Winners' Cup by defeating in the final Maccabi Petah Tikva 3-0. In the 2001 / 02 season, winning the cup could be repeated and one was at the end of the championship of third parties.
After the successful season Ben Dayan moved in 2002 to Hapoel Petah Tikva, which he remained faithful until the winter transfer period 2002/ 03, after which he moved to Hapoel Kfar Saba. With Kfar Saba, where he completed nine games, he dismounted from the highest Israeli league. Then he moved to Hapoel Beersheba. In the first season finished fourth, one finished last in the 2004/05 season and Ben Dayan had to descend again with a club.
Well, he left Israel and moved to the U.S.. The defender signed with the Colorado Rapids. In the playoffs, he made it with the Rapids in the Conference Finals, where they lost 1:3 against the eventual champions Houston Dynamo.
In 2006, he came back home again and moved to Maccabi Netanya. In the first season they finished second behind Beitar Jerusalem. This success was in 2007/ 08 are repeated. After a fourth place finish in 2008/ 09 Ben Dayan returned to his tribe club Hapoel Tel Aviv, where he played in the group stage of the newly created Europa League against Celtic Glasgow, Hamburger SV and Rapid Vienna. Hapoel made it to the Round of 32 Best Ben Dayan came in all games of the Israelis used.
Internationally, he has played 22 times for the Israeli national team and scored one goal ( against Moldova in the World Cup Qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa).
Achievements
- Israel State Cup winners 2001, 2002