Tomer Eliyahu

Tomer Eliyahu
תומר אליהו
Personal information
Full name	Tomer Eliyahu
Date of birth	25 February 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Bat Yam, Israel
Position(s)	Defender/Midfielder
Youth career
1982–1993	Hapoel Tel Aviv
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993–1998	Hapoel Tel Aviv
1998–2003	Ironi Rishon LeZion
1999–2000	→ Hapoel Kfar Saba
2003–2005	Bnei Sakhnin
2005–2006	Hapoel Acre
2006–2007	Hapoel Beersheba
2007–2008	Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan
2012	Hapoel Bat Yam
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tomer Eliyahu (Hebrew: תומר אליהו; born 25 February 1975) is a retired Israeli professional association football player. Known as a journeyman, Eliyahu played more than 350 matches in thirteen seasons in Israel's Ligat ha'Al filling in as both a defender and a midfielder.^[1]

Biography

Early life

Eliyahu started playing football at age 7 with Hapoel Tel Aviv. He was brought up to Hapoel's first team by then manager, Moshe Sinai.^[1]

Professional career

After the 2001/02 season, Eliyahu signed a two-year contract worth US $110,000 per season.^[2]

Bnei Sakhnin

After Ironi Rishon LeZion was relegated to the Liga Leumit, Eliyahu signed a contract with Bnei Sakhnin.^[3] During the 2004/05 season, a small fight broke out after a 2-0 loss to Hapoel Tel Aviv. In the ensuing violence, the referee, Assaf Keinan was attacked and a police officer was stabbed. In an interview after the incident, Eliyahu became extremely vocal about an underlying anti-semitism toward Bnei Sakhnin by referees as the team was an Arab team. Eliyahu said that he had not experienced such disdain from match officials at any of his previous clubs.^[4] After two seasons with Bnei Sakhnin, Eliyahu attracted interest from Beitar Jerusalem but opted to sign with Hapoel Acre of the Liga Leumit.^[5]

Hakoah Amidar/Ramat Gan

After one full season in Ramat Gan, Eliyahu was forced to retire due to back problems.^[1]

Honours

With Bnei Sakhnin

State Cup: 2003/04

With Hapoel Acre

Toto Cup (Leumit): 2005/06

With Hakoah Maccabi Amidar/Ramat Gan

Liga Leumit: 2007/08

Statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Israel			League		Israel State Cup		Toto Cup		Europe		Total
2006-07	Hapoel Beersheba	Liga Leumit	29	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	39	0
2007-08	Hakoah Maccabi Amidar/Ramat Gan	Liga Leumit	31	0	2	0	8	4	0	0	41	4
2008-09	Hakoah Maccabi Amidar/Ramat Gan	Ligat ha'Al	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total	Israel
Career total

References

תומר אליהו (in Hebrew). One.co.il. Retrieved 11 April 2009.

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c Vaknin, Guy (13 November 2008). תומר אליהו: אני מאוד גאה בקריירה שלי (in Hebrew). One.co.il. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
^ Motola, Gur (27 June 2001). ראשל"צ: תומר אליהו חתם, בן עמי מתקרב (in Hebrew). Yedioth Ahronoth. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
^ Halon, Sharbel (1 July 2003). בני סכנין: תומר אליהו סיכם על הצטרפותו לקבוצה (in Hebrew). Yedioth Ahronoth. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
^ Ganour, Tomer (1 February 2005). תומר אליהו: מנסים בכוח להוריד את סכנין ליגה (in Hebrew). Yedioth Ahronoth. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
^ Ganour, Tomer (15 July 2005). תומר אליהו העדיף את הפועל עכו על בית"ר ירושלים (in Hebrew). Yedioth Ahronoth. Retrieved 10 April 2009.

[Retirement-1] Vaknin, Guy (13 November 2008). תומר אליהו: אני מאוד גאה בקריירה שלי (in Hebrew). One.co.il. Retrieved 10 April 2009.

[2] Motola, Gur (27 June 2001). ראשל"צ: תומר אליהו חתם, בן עמי מתקרב (in Hebrew). Yedioth Ahronoth. Retrieved 10 April 2009.

[3] Halon, Sharbel (1 July 2003). בני סכנין: תומר אליהו סיכם על הצטרפותו לקבוצה (in Hebrew). Yedioth Ahronoth. Retrieved 10 April 2009.

[4] Ganour, Tomer (1 February 2005). תומר אליהו: מנסים בכוח להוריד את סכנין ליגה (in Hebrew). Yedioth Ahronoth. Retrieved 10 April 2009.

[5] Ganour, Tomer (15 July 2005). תומר אליהו העדיף את הפועל עכו על בית"ר ירושלים (in Hebrew). Yedioth Ahronoth. Retrieved 10 April 2009.

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