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Israeli Players in the English Premier League 1992-93 to 2018-19
The first Israeli football player to be associated with an English football club was legendary striker Mordechai Spiegler,
who had a short spell with West Ham United after the 1970 FIFA World Cup Finals in Mexico.
Other Israeli players followed, including Avi Cohen who was with Liverpool from 1979 to 1981.
Here are the full details of all 16 Israeli Players in the English Premier League from 1992-93 to 2018-19.
Walid Badir – Wimbledon – 1999–2000 Yossi Benayoun – West Ham United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal – 2005–13 Tal Ben Haim – Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, Manchester City, Sunderland, Portsmouth, West Ham United, Queens Park Rangers – 2004–11, 2012–13 Eyal Berkovic – Southampton, West Ham United, Manchester City, Portsmouth – 1996–99, 2002–05 Tamir Cohen – Bolton Wanderers – 2007–11 Najwan Ghrayib – Aston Villa – 1999–2000 Tomer Hemed – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2017–18 Yaniv Katan – West Ham United – 2005–06 Beram Kayal – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2017–19 Dekel Keinan – Blackpool – 2010–11 Avi Nimni – Derby County – 1999–2000 Ronny Rosenthal – Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur – 1992–97 Ben Sahar – Chelsea – 2006–07 Itay Shechter – Swansea City – 2012–13 Idan Tal – Everton, Bolton Wanderers – 2000–02, 2006–07 Itzik Zohar – Crystal Palace – 1997–98
| Walid Badir – Wimbledon – 1999–2000 |
| Yossi Benayoun – West Ham United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal – 2005–13 |
| Tal Ben Haim – Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, Manchester City, Sunderland, Portsmouth, West Ham United, Queens Park Rangers – 2004–11, 2012–13 |
| Eyal Berkovic – Southampton, West Ham United, Manchester City, Portsmouth – 1996–99, 2002–05 |
| Tamir Cohen – Bolton Wanderers – 2007–11 |
| Najwan Ghrayib – Aston Villa – 1999–2000 |
| Tomer Hemed – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2017–18 |
| Yaniv Katan – West Ham United – 2005–06 |
| Beram Kayal – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2017–19 |
| Dekel Keinan – Blackpool – 2010–11 |
| Avi Nimni – Derby County – 1999–2000 |
| Ronny Rosenthal – Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur – 1992–97 |
| Ben Sahar – Chelsea – 2006–07 |
| Itay Shechter – Swansea City – 2012–13 |
| Idan Tal – Everton, Bolton Wanderers – 2000–02, 2006–07 |
| Itzik Zohar – Crystal Palace – 1997–98 |
Tal Ben Haim – Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, Manchester City, Sunderland, Portsmouth & West Ham United
(L-R) Liverpool’s Ronny Rosenthal celebrates one of his two goals with teammate John Barnes
Walid Badir-Wimbledon
Tamir Cohen – Bolton Wanderers
Najwan Ghrayib – Aston Villa
Eyal Berkovic – Southampton, West Ham United, Manchester City & Portsmouth
Dekel Keinan – Blackpool
Ben Sahar – Chelsea
Avi Nimni – Derby County
Itzik Zohar – Crystal Palace
Yossi Benayoun – West Ham United, Liverpool & Chelsea
Yaniv Katan – West Ham United
