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Dedi Ben Dayan

Dedi Ben Dayan is an Israeli former football defender who played for clubs including Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Colorado Rapids, and for the Israel national team.

born 1978Defender for Israel national teamHapoel Tel Aviv's 2010 doublePlaying for Colorado Rapids

Born: 22 November 1978, Holon
Occupation: association football player, association football coach

Dedi Ben Dayan was born in 1978 in Holon

David "Dedi" Ben Dayan was born in Holon on November 22, 1978. He played youth football at Hapoel Tel Aviv and then moved to the youth team of Maccabi Tel Aviv.

He joined the Maccabi Tel Aviv senior team in 1997 and won 2 State Cups and the Toto Cup there. After short spells at Hapoel Petah Tikva and Hapoel Kfar Saba, he played 2 seasons at Hapoel Be'er Sheva. In 2005 he joined Colorado Rapids, becoming the second Israeli to play in Major League Soccer.

He returned to Israel in 2006 to play for Maccabi Netanya. In 2009 he signed with Hapoel Tel Aviv, which won the league and cup double that season, and he scored 11 goals. He later played for AC Omonia in Cyprus, Hapoel Acre, Bnei Sakhnin, Maccabi Petah Tikva and Maccabi Sha'arayim.

He made 28 appearances for Israel between 2000 and 2012 and scored 1 goal. He retired in 2017 and became an assistant coach in the Maccabi Tel Aviv youth system. He is married to model Dana Farkash, and they have 3 daughters.