Yogev Ohayon

Yogev Ohayon was born in 1987 in Safed

Yogev Ohayon was born in Safed on 24 April 1987 and grew up in Kiryat Shmona, in a family of Moroccan Jewish origin. He began playing basketball at age 7 at the Kiryat Shmona club and later joined the youth department of Hapoel Galil Elyon.

He studied at Emek Hahula high school and won the high school league title with it in 2005. In that league he recorded a quadruple double. He also played for Israel's youth teams, which finished 7th at the 2005 under-18 European Championship in Belgrade.

Ohayon joined the Hapoel Galil Elyon senior team in the 2004/2005 season and later played for Ironi Nahariya and Hapoel Jerusalem. In 2011 he signed with Maccabi Tel Aviv. In 2012 a dispute over his move to Lokomotiv Kuban went to FIBA, which ruled for Maccabi, and he then extended his contract with the club.

With Maccabi he won the league, the State Cup, the League Cup and the EuroLeague in the 2013/2014 season. He later played for Hapoel Jerusalem, winning the 2019 State Cup, and for Hapoel Holon, where in 2020 he became the first player in league history to reach 600 career steals.

From 2021 he played in the Liga Leumit for Ironi Nahariya, Maccabi Ironi Ra'anana and again Nahariya. In July 2026 he signed with Elitzur Netanya.