Eliran Atar is an Israeli professional footballer currently playing for Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C..

On February 7, 2009, when playing for Bnei Yehuda, Atar scored from an overhead

Bicycle kick

A Bicycle kick or Scissor kick is a physical move made by throwing the body up into the air, making a shearing movement with the legs to get one leg in front of the other without holding on to the ground. The move can either be done backwards or sideways...

 kick that was a candidate for the 2009 Puskás Award, though finishing fourth (i.e., the fourth most beautiful goal of that year). He became the top scorer of the 2008–09 Israeli Premier League season with 14 goals.

On 23 May 2010 he moved to Maccabi Tel Aviv

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Maccabi Tel Aviv is the biggest sports club in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs many sports club and teams in Tel Aviv, which compete in a variety of sports, such as football, basketball, judo, swimming, handball, and others....

 for $1.2 million and signed a four-year contract with the club.

On 26 August 2010 he was selected to the Player Of The Match with 2 amazing goals on the win 4–3 on PSG in the Europa League.
Atar completed his first season with Maccabi as club's Top Goalscorer with 18 league goals and 22 overall (all competitions) season goals.

International

On August 28, 2010 Atar received his first call-up for the Israeli National Team squad for UEFA Euro 2012 qualifiers against Malta

Malta

Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...

 and Georgia

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

 but was forced to withdrew him self from the squad due to an eye injury received in a league match against Beitar Jerusalem.

Club statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup Trophy A trophy is a reward for a specific achievement, and serves as recognition or evidence of merit. Trophies are most often awarded for sporting events, from youth sports to professional level athletics...		Europe UEFA The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....		International		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bnei Yehuda	2003–04	6	0
	6	0
	2004–05	9	0	4	1
13	1
2005–06	6	0	7	0
13	0
2006–07	11	0	6	1
17	1
2007–08	20	4	5	1
25	5
2008–09	27	14	2	0
29	14
2009–10 2009–10 Israeli Premier League The 2009–10 Israeli Premier League was the 11th season since its introduction in 1999 and the 68th season of top-tier football in Israel. It began on 22 August 2009 and ended on 15 May 2010 with the last matches of the playoff round....	33	8	5	1	6	4
44	13
Total	112	26	29	4	6	4	-	-	147	34
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2010–11 2010–11 Israeli Premier League The 2010–11 Israeli Premier League was the twelfth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 69th season of top-tier football in Israel. It began on 21 August 2010 and ended on 21 May 2011. Hapoel Tel Aviv were the defending champions....	31	18	8	2	2	2
	41	22
2011–12 2011–12 Israeli Premier League The 2010–11 Israeli Premier League is the thirteenth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 70th season of top-tier football in Israel. It began on 20 August 2011 and will end on 12 May 2012...	4	3	3	0	5	5
12	8
Total	35	21	11	2	7	7	-	-	53	30
Total		147	47	40	6	13	11
200	64

External links

• Statistics at Bnei Yehuda's official website
• Player profile - Bnei Yehuda's website
• Eliran's Bicycle kick on YouTube.com
• National Football Teams