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Yossi Benayoun

1980 - Today

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Yossi Shai Benayoun (Hebrew: יוסי שי בניון; born 5 May 1980) is an Israeli former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent most of his career in Israel and England and captained the Israel national team. Born in Dimona, he is sometimes nicknamed "The Diamond from Dimona" in Israel. As of 2023, he has been the sporting director of the Israel national team. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yossi Benayoun is the 3,245th most popular soccer player (down from 2,080th in 2019), the 279th most popular biography from Israel (down from 256th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Israeli Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Yossi Benayoun ranks 3,245 out of 21,273. Before him are Ephrem M'Bom, Jean Kalala N'Tumba, Mykhailo Mudryk, Maho Shimizu, Luis de Souza Ferreira, and Katsuyoshi Shinto. After him are Levir Culpi, Jacques Songo'o, Américo Tesoriere, Daniel Jarque, Enner Valencia, and Saúl Ñíguez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Yossi Benayoun ranks 102. Before him are Gustaf Skarsgård, Gotye, Tom Boonen, Joe Kennedy III, David Garrett, and Tiziano Ferro. After him are Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Kim Nam-gil, Theofanis Gekas, Bezalel Smotrich, Cesaro, and Sam Riley.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Yossi Benayoun ranks 279 out of 466. Before him are Miri Regev (1965), Yehoshua Kenaz (1937), Amnon Lipkin-Shahak (1944), Yardena Arazi (1951), Avi Dichter (1952), and S. Yizhar (1916). After him are Giora Spiegel (1947), Gilad Shalit (1986), Ora Namir (1930), Hany Abu-Assad (1961), Mustafa Barghouti (1954), and Yoseph Imry (1939).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Israel

Among soccer players born in Israel, Yossi Benayoun ranks 3. Before him are Yochanan Vollach (1945), and Nahum Stelmach (1936). After him are Giora Spiegel (1947), Menachem Bello (1947), Shmuel Rosenthal (1947), Dani Shmulevich-Rom (1940), Itzhak Vissoker (1944), Eran Zahavi (1987), Haim Revivo (1972), Ronny Rosenthal (1963), and Dudu Aouate (1977).

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