Ben Sahar

Ben Sahar was born in 1989 in Holon

Sahar was born in Holon in 1989 and grew up in Modi'in. His father, an electrician, is of Tunisian Jewish descent, and his mother teaches sports. He also holds a Polish passport, which let him play in England without foreign player status.

He played youth football in Modi'in and then with Hapoel Tel Aviv. In 2006 he signed with Chelsea for £320,000 and made his first team debut in January 2007. He then went on loan to several clubs in England and the Netherlands.

A bill nicknamed the Sahar Law would have let leading athletes do national service abroad instead of army service, but it did not pass. He was drafted into the IDF in October 2008.

In 2009 he joined Espanyol, and later played for Hapoel Tel Aviv, Auxerre, Hertha BSC, Arminia Bielefeld and Willem II. In 2015 he joined Hapoel Be'er Sheva and won 3 straight championships. In 2018/2019 he was the Israeli Premier League's scoring champion with 15 goals.

He later played for APOEL, Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Petah Tikva, winning the State Cup with Petah Tikva in 2024. He joined Hapoel Tel Aviv again in 2024 and retired in April 2026.