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{{Short description|Israeli footballer (born 1986)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Eden Ben Basat
| image = Eden Ben Basat Maccabi (crop).JPG
| image_size = 
| caption = Ben Basat playing for [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]] in 2015
| fullname = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|9|8}}
| birth_place = [[Kiryat Haim]], Israel
| height = 1.85 m
| currentclub = [[Hapoel Haifa F.C.|Hapoel Haifa]]
| clubnumber = 9
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Striker]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthyears2 = 
| youthclubs1 = [[Hapoel Haifa F.C.|Hapoel Haifa]]
| youthclubs2 = [[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]]
| years1 = 2004–2009
| years2 = 2007
| years3 = 2007–2008
| years4 = 2008
| years5 = 2009
| years6 = 2009–2011
| years7 = 2011–2013
| years8 = 2013–2014
| years9 = 2014–2017
| years10 = 2017–2018
| years11 = 2018–2019
| years12 = 2019–2021
| clubs1 = [[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]]
| clubs2 = → [[Maccabi Herzliya F.C.|Maccabi Herzliya]] (loan)
| clubs3 = → [[Hapoel Haifa F.C.|Hapoel Haifa]] (loan)
| clubs4 = → [[Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C.|Ironi Kiryat Shmona]] (loan)
| clubs5 = → [[Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]] (loan)
| clubs6 = [[Hapoel Haifa F.C.|Hapoel Haifa]]
| clubs7 = [[Stade Brestois 29|Brest]]
| clubs8 = [[Toulouse FC|Toulouse]]
| clubs9 = [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]
| clubs10 = [[Hapoel Haifa F.C.|Hapoel Haifa]]
| clubs11 = [[Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C.|Hapoel Be'er Sheva]]
| clubs12 = [[Hapoel Haifa F.C.|Hapoel Haifa]]
| caps1 = 21
| caps2 = 9
| caps3 = 26
| caps4 = 13
| caps5 = 9
| caps6 = 59
| caps7 = 52
| caps8 = 32
| caps9 = 57
| caps10 = 43
| caps11 = 16
| caps12 = 38
| goals1 = 4
| goals2 = 0
| goals3 = 13
| goals4 = 2
| goals5 = 1
| goals6 = 27
| goals7 = 13
| goals8 = 7
| goals9 = 9
| goals10 = 14
| goals11 = 1
| goals12 = 6
| nationalyears1 = 2003
| nationalyears2 = 2004
| nationalyears3 = 2004–2005
| nationalyears4 = 2012–2021
| nationalteam1 = [[Israel national under-17 football team|Israel U17]]
| nationalteam2 = [[Israel national under-18 football team|Israel U18]]
| nationalteam3 = [[Israel national under-19 football team|Israel U19]]
| nationalteam4 = [[Israel national football team|Israel]]
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalcaps2 = 3
| nationalcaps3 = 10
| nationalcaps4 = 13
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalgoals2 = 4
| nationalgoals3 = 5
| nationalgoals4 = 7
| club-update = 22 May 2021
| nationalteam-update = 25 June 2015
}}
'''Eden Ben Basat''' ({{langx|he|עדן בן בסט}}; born 8 September 1986) is a former Israeli professional [[association football|footballer]] who played for the [[Israeli Premier League]] side [[Hapoel Haifa F.C.|Hapoel Haifa]]. At the international level, Ben Basat was [[cap (sport)|capped]] from the [[Israel national under-17 football team|under-17]] level onward and is now a member of the Israeli national squad.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eng.football.org.il/NationalTeam/Pages/NationalTeamPlayerDetails.aspx?PLAYER_ID=7208&NATIONAL_TEAM_ID=342 |title=National team player's details: Ben Basat Eden |publisher=The Israel Football Association |access-date=27 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921151621/http://eng.football.org.il/NationalTeam/Pages/NationalTeamPlayerDetails.aspx?PLAYER_ID=7208&NATIONAL_TEAM_ID=342 |archive-date=21 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Early life==
Ben Basat was born in [[Kiryat Haim]], Israel, to a [[Jewish]] family.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.maccabi-tlv.co.il/en/2015/04/passover-at-maccabi-tel-aviv/|title = Passover at Maccabi Tel Aviv|date = 5 April 2015}}</ref>

He is the nephew of the legendary defender [[Eitan Aharoni]], who also played for Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Haifa.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}

==Club career==
Ben Basat grew up in the red side of Haifa, at [[Hapoel Haifa F.C.|Hapoel Haifa]], but moved to the youth academy of [[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]]. In the U-16 team, he averaged more than 20 goals per season. Ben Basat played for every national team in Israel. [[Ronny Levy]] promoted him to the first team of Maccabi Haifa, and he made his first appearance on 19 December 2004 against [[Hapoel Nazareth Illit F.C.|Hapoel Nazareth Illit]].

Ben Basat was the only Israeli selected to play an England Schools under-18 team with the Rest of the World Schools XI in a match to celebrate the 2004 centenary of the [[English Schools' Football Association]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.canadasoccer.com/news/viewArtical.asp?Press_ID=1741 |title=Wilson To Play in England vs. Rest of the World Match |publisher=CanadaSoccer |date=4 May 2004 |access-date=27 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215061604/http://canadasoccer.com/news/viewArtical.asp?Press_ID=1741 |archive-date=15 December 2010}}</ref> In this game he scored one of the goals.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Brown+strike+seals+victory.-a0116851493 |title=Brown strike seals victory |work=Newcastle Evening Chronicle |publisher=The Free Library (Farlex) |format=reprint |date=20 May 2004 |access-date=27 December 2010}}</ref>

At the end of the [[2009–10 Israeli Premier League]], Ben Basat negotiated the purchase of his player card with Maccabi Haifa. The negotiated fee settled upon was US$50,000.<ref name=Shahar>{{cite news |script-title=he:בן בסט: לכסף שהציעו לי היה משקל בהחלטה |first=Doron |last=Ben Dor |url=http://www.one.co.il/Article/181244.html |publisher=One.co.il |date=11 June 2011 |access-date=11 June 2011 |language=he |trans-title=Ben Basat: The Money Offered To Me Had Weight In My Decision }}</ref>

===Brest===
At the end of the [[2010–11 Israeli Premier League]] season, Ben Basat received a phone call to meet with Maccabi Haifa owner, [[Ya'akov Shahar]].<ref name=Shahar/> In that meeting, Shahar asked Ben Basat to return to Haifa in order to become a central part of the attack together with [[Tomer Hemed]].<ref name=Shahar/> Ben Basat politely declined and informed Shahar of his desire to try to play in Europe.<ref name=Shahar/> In June 2011, Ben Basat announced that he had signed with French club, Stade Brestois 29.<ref name=Shahar/> Ben Basat cited the club's seriousness in him as well as financial motivations for signing with the club.<ref name=Shahar/>

Ahead of his move to France, Ben Basat acknowledged that it would be difficult.<ref name=Shahar/> The language barrier as well as there being difficulties adhering to his kosher diet in France were some of the hardships he cited, but signing together with [[Colombia]]n [[Jhon Culma]] meant that he would have someone who be understanding of his situation.<ref name=Shahar/>

===Toulouse===
On 31 January 2013, [[Toulouse F.C.|Toulouse]] signed Ben Basat to a four-and-a-half-year deal from [[Stade Brestois 29|Brest]] for an undisclosed fee.

===Maccabi Tel ===
On 22 July 2014, [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]] signed Ben Basat to a four-year deal, for 700,000 €. On 20 October 2014, he scored his debut goal for his team at the 3–1 win against [[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]].

===Hapoel Haifa===
On 14 January 2018, Eden Ben Basat scored the first goal of the match for Hapoel Haifa against league champions [[Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C.]], after no more than seven seconds, breaking an all-time [[Israeli Premier League]] record.

==International career==
Ben Basat made his debut in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign as a substitute against Russia in a 4–0 defeat, and scored his first goal against Luxembourg in his second appearance.

===International goals===
:''Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ben Basat goal''.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Eden Ben Basat
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || 12 October 2012 ||[[Stade Josy Barthel]], [[City of Luxembourg]], [[Luxembourg]] || {{fb|LUX}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|6–0 || [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|2 || 16 October 2012 || [[Ramat Gan Stadium]], [[Ramat Gan]], Israel || {{fb|LUX}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|3–0 || 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| align="center"|3 || 6 February 2013 || [[Netanya Stadium]], [[Netanya]], Israel || {{fb|FIN}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|2–1 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| align="center"|4 || 22 March 2013 || Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel || {{fb|POR}} || align="center"|2–1 || align="center"|3–3 || 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| align="center"|5 || 26 March 2013 || [[Windsor Park]], [[Belfast]], Northern Ireland || {{fb|NIR}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|2–0 || 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| align="center"|6 || 11 October 2013 || [[Estádio José Alvalade]], [[Lisbon]], Portugal || {{fb|POR}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|1–1 || 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| align="center"|7 || 15 October 2013 || Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel || {{fb|NIR}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–1 || 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
|}

==Honours==
'''Maccabi Haifa'''
*[[List of Israeli football champions|Israeli Championship]]: [[2004–05 Israeli Premier League|2004–05]], [[2005–06 Israeli Premier League|2005–06]]

'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''
*[[Israeli Premier League]]: [[2014–15 Israeli Premier League|2014–15]]
*[[Israel State Cup]]: [[2014–15 Israel State Cup|2014-15]] 
*[[Toto Cup]]: [[2014–15 Toto Cup Al|2014–15]]

'''Hapoel Haifa'''
*[[Israel State Cup]]: [[2017–18 Israel State Cup|2017-18]]

==References==
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