Sportsצחי אליחן

Tzahi Elihan

Tzahi Elihen is an Israeli former football player who played for Beitar Jerusalem, Bnei Sakhnin and several other clubs.

born 1991Playing for Beitar JerusalemBronze medal at 2009 MaccabiahPlaying for Bnei Sakhnin

Born: 3 April 1991, Stockholm
Occupation: association football player

Tzahi Elihan was born in 1991 in Stockholm

Elihen was born in Stockholm, Sweden, on 3 April 1991. His father was Israeli and his mother was Swedish and converted to Judaism. After his mother's death, he moved to Israel with his family at age 5, living first in Haifa and then in Ramat Yishai.

He began playing in the youth section of Maccabi Nazareth Illit and joined the Beitar Jerusalem youth section at 14. He made his senior debut on 20 February 2010 as a substitute in a 3-2 loss to Hapoel Haifa. In his second senior game he scored his first goal, in a 5-0 win over Maccabi Ahi Nazareth.

In 2009 he played for Israel at the Maccabiah Games and won a bronze medal. He stayed with Beitar Jerusalem until 2014, scoring 1 goal in 11 league games in the 2013/2014 season.

In September 2014 he joined Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan, where he scored 3 goals in 24 league games. He signed with Bnei Sakhnin in May 2015 and moved to Hapoel Ramat Gan in January 2016. He later played for Hapoel Migdal HaEmek, M.S. Daburiyya and, from January 2018, Hapoel Beit She'an.