Career record
Tal Ben Haim is a defender, born 31 March 1982, listed at 183 cm, and holds Israel citizenship. The club record here runs 2001–2021 across 12 clubs, 433 appearances and 3 goals.
The longest stay was Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C., 3 years from 2001 to 2004 and 85 appearances. Bolton Wanderers F.C. accounts for the most football: 87 appearances of the 433 on record. The best scoring rate came at Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. — 2 in 85, a goal every 42.5 games. Across 20 years there were 11 moves, roughly one every 1.8 seasons. At senior international level the record is 96 caps and 2 goals.
| Club | Years | Appearances | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. | 2001–2004 | 85 | 2 |
| Bolton Wanderers F.C. | 2004–2007 | 87 | 1 |
| Chelsea F.C. | 2007–2008 | 13 | 0 |
| Manchester City F.C. | 2008–2009 | 9 | 0 |
| Portsmouth F.C. | 2009–2012 | 55 | 0 |
| Sunderland A.F.C. | 2009–2009 | 5 | 0 |
| West Ham United F.C. | 2010–2011 | 8 | 0 |
| Queens Park Rangers F.C. | 2013–2013 | 3 | 0 |
| Standard Liège | 2013–2014 | 10 | 0 |
| Charlton Athletic F.C. | 2014–2015 | 37 | 0 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. | 2015–2018 | 63 | 0 |
| Beitar Jerusalem F.C. | 2018–2021 | 58 | 0 |
International record
| Team | Years | Caps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel national under-21 football team | 2001–2002 | 6 | 0 |
| Israel men's national football team | 2002–2017 | 96 | 2 |
His clubs, in this archive
The archive covers 1 of the seasons Tal Ben Haim spent at Chelsea F.C., 2007/08 to 2007/08. Their best finish in those years was 2nd in 2007/08 and their worst 2nd in 2007/08, averaging 85 points a season. The single covered season at Manchester City F.C. is 2008/09, when they finished 10th of 20 on 50 points. The single covered season at Portsmouth F.C. is 2009/10, when they finished 20th of 20 on 28 points. The single covered season at West Ham United F.C. is 2010/11, when they finished 20th of 20 on 33 points. Those placings are recalculated from the individual results rather than copied from a table, so they can be read against any other club on this site.
| Season | Competition | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chelsea F.C., 2007/08 | |||
| 2007/08 | Premier League | 2nd of 20 | 85 |
| Manchester City F.C., 2008/09 | |||
| 2008/09 | Premier League | 10th of 20 | 50 |
| Portsmouth F.C., 2009/10 | |||
| 2009/10 | Premier League | 20th of 20 | 28 |
| West Ham United F.C., 2010/11 | |||
| 2010/11 | Premier League | 20th of 20 | 33 |
Only the seasons this archive holds are listed — it begins in 2000/01 and covers league matches in the five competitions named above, so a career that started earlier or ran through other leagues shows a gap here rather than a blank.
How this page is put together
The career table above is the structured record held on Wikidata under a public-domain licence, read once and cached, not queried while you are reading. The player is bound to that record by date of birth rather than by name: a name search returns the wrong Klose and three different Robinhos, and a page carrying somebody else’s links cannot afford that.
Compare any two clubs he played for with the head-to-head tool, or read the records these seasons feed into.
Frequently asked
When and where was Tal Ben Haim born?
31 March 1982, and holds Israel citizenship.
Which clubs did Tal Ben Haim play for?
12 on record: Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C., Bolton Wanderers F.C., Chelsea F.C., Manchester City F.C., Portsmouth F.C., Sunderland A.F.C., West Ham United F.C., Queens Park Rangers F.C.….
How many of those seasons are in this archive?
4 of them, at 4 clubs. The archive runs from 2000/01 and covers the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga, so seasons outside that window or in other leagues are not counted.
How long did the career last?
From 2001 to 2021 on the club record here, 20 years across 12 clubs in 1 of the five leagues this archive covers.
Which competitions can this site say anything about?
Premier League. Those are the ones his clubs played in during the seasons the archive holds; the rest of the career is listed above but has no placings beside it.
Where do these figures come from?
The career record is the structured data held for this player on Wikidata, which is public-domain. The league placings and points beside it are not: those are recalculated here from every individual result in the archive, which is why they can be compared with any other club or season on this site.