Idan Tal
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| Idan Tal | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Idan Tal | |
| Date of birth | 13 October 1975 | |
| Place of birth | Petah Tikva, Israel | |
| Nickname | The Panther | |
| Position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Bolton Wanderers | |
| Number | 23 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Hapoel Jerusalem | ||
| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 1994-1996 1997–1998 1998 1999-2000 2000 2000-2002 2002 2002-2006 2006-present |
Hapoel Jerusalem Maccabi Petah Tikva Hapoel Tel Aviv Mérida UD (loan) Maccabi Petah Tikva Everton (£700K) Rayo Vallecano Maccabi Haifa Bolton Wanderers |
? (?) 71 (?) 14 (?) 38 (5) 7 (?) 29 (2) 6 (0) 109 (28) 1 (0) |
| National team** | ||
1998-present |
Israel U-21 Israel |
13 (0) 58 (4) |
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* Professional club appearances and goals |
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Idan Tal(Hebrew: עידן טל) (born October 13, 1975 in Petah Tikva) is an Israeli association football (soccer) player who currently plays as a midfielder for English Premier League (Barclays Premiership) club Bolton Wanderers in season 2006-07[1].
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 in Spain 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 defender Tal Ben Haim.
He is also a member on the Israeli National Team, proving to be an invaluable asset to its midfield, having earned 48 caps for his country with 17 goals.
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1 Al Habsi | 2 Hunt | 4 Nolan | 5 Méïté | 6 Speed | 7 Stelios | 8 Campo | 9 Pedersen | 11 Gardner | 12 Walker | 14 Davies | 16 Teymourian | 17 Fortune | 20 Vaz Té | 21 Diouf | 22 Jääskeläinen | 23 Tal | 24 O'Brien | 25 Faye | 26 Ben Haim | 31 Sinclair | 39 Anelka | 41 Fojut | 42 Smith | 46 Jamieson | Manager: Allardyce |
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