Kobi Dajani
קובי דג'אני
Personal information
Full name Ya'akov Dajani
Date of birth (1984-11-05) 5 November 1984
Place of birth Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defensive Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Hapoel Marmorek
Youth career
Gadna Tel Aviv Yehuda
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2007 Bnei Yehuda 98 (2)
2007–2009 F.C. Ashdod 44 (0)
2009–2010 Hapoel Petah Tikva 13 (0)
2010 Hapoel Ashkelon 16 (1)
2010–2013 Maccabi Netanya 93 (8)
2013–2014 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 19 (0)
2014–2015 Hapoel Haifa 23 (0)
2015–2016 F.C. Ashdod 5 (0)
2016– Hapoel Marmorek 0 (0)
International career‡
2002–2003 Israel U19 8 (0)
2003–2007 Israel U21 15 (0)
2010 Israel 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:40, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Ya'akov "Kobi" Dajani (Hebrew: יעקב "קובי" דג'אני; born 5 November 1984) is an Israeli professional association football player and former Israel U21 international who is currently contracted to Hapoel Marmorek.

Biography

Early life

Kobi Dajani started playing football in the youth ranks of Gadna Tel Aviv Yehuda in Tel Aviv.

Playing career

Domestic

Dajani made his first team debut, as a substitute, for Bnei Yehuda in a Premier League match against city rivals, Hapoel on 19 October 2002.

During a training session on 6 October 2009, Dajani got into a heated war of words with youth player, Raphael Maltinsky.[1] After some physical play, Dajani walked over to Maltinsky and headbutted him in the face requiring Maltinsky to be taken to a hospital where he had four stitches put in.[2] Dajani apologized that night to Maltinsky over the phone.[3] The following day, both Dajani and Maltinsky came to training but both were not allowed to train with the club without going before a tribunal.[4]

In June 2010 Dajani signed a 1-year deal with Maccabi Netanya. His debut season with the club proved to be his finest and he is considered by many fans as the MVP of Netanya in the 2010–11 season.[5] In June 2011 he signed a new 4-years contract with Netanya worth $480,000 which means a 60% upgrade to his yearly salary.[6]

International

Dajani was part of the Israel national under-21 football team that qualified for the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, but was not named to the final squad.

On 17 November 2010 he made his debut for the senior side when Israel played against Iceland.

Statistics

As to 1 June 2014
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Israel League Israel State Cup Toto Cup Europe Total
2002–2003Bnei YehudaLigat ha'Al71204000131
2003–2004161105000221
2004–2005280316100372
2005–2006230007000300
2006–2007230006000290
2007–2008F.C. Ashdod240103000280
2008–2009200208000300
2009–2010Hapoel Petah Tikva5000300080
2009–2010Hapoel AshkelonLiga Leumit161200000181
2010–2011Maccabi NetanyaLigat ha'Al323407000433
2011–2012352303000422
2012–2013263100000262
2013–2014Hapoel Be'er Sheva190200000210
2014–2015Hapoel Haifa1000000010
Total Israel 271112115410035013
Career total 271112115410035013

Honours

Team

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Artzi, Shai (2009-10-07). הפועל פ"ת: דג'אני ומלטינסקי לדין [Hapoel PT: Dajani And Maltinsky To Be Face Tribunal]. Yedioth Ahronoth (in Hebrew). Retrieved 7 October 2009.
  2. ↑ Artzi, Shai (2009-10-06). שמח באימון הפועל פ"ת: דג'אני נגח במלטינסקי [Happiness At Hapoel PT Training: Dajani Headbutted Maltinsky]. Yedioth Ahronoth (in Hebrew). Retrieved 7 October 2009.
  3. ↑ Sarid, Almog (2009-10-07). מלטינסקי סלח לדג'אני, ניראון לא [Maltinsky Forgave Dajani, Niron Still Does Not]. Ma'ariv (in Hebrew). NRG.co.il. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
  4. ↑ Rozenfeld, Dror (2009-10-07). דג'אני ומלטינסקי ערכו סולחה אך לא התאמנו [Hapoel PT: Dajani And Maltinsky To Be Face Tribunal] (in Hebrew). One.co.il. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
  5. ↑ "הקופסא-הדור הבא, מכבי נתניה - קרלוס אריאס שחקן העונה, בן הרוש התגלית". Archived from the original on 2011-08-19. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
  6. ↑ "קובי דג'אני סגר לארבע שנים במכבי נתניה - וואלה! ספורט". 2 June 2011.
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