Bio

Ben Sahar (Hebrew: בן שׂהר‬, changed his last name from סהר‬; born 10 August 1989) is an Israeli football striker who currently plays for Hapoel Be'er Sheva in the Israeli Premier League. At 16, Sahar was the equivalent of a second-year apprentice at Chelsea F.C. He first caught the eye of Chelsea staff in an Under-16 fixture against Ireland in 2004. He has since played for the Israeli Under-21 national team and the Israeli national team. Before transferring to Chelsea, he was on the Hapoel Tel Aviv books, and while he was promoted to the first team by the manager Itzhak Shum, he did not feature in any matches, since his transfer was completed before the start of the 2006–07 season. Before coming to Chelsea, he got Polish citizenship (his mother Batya is of Polish origin), which grants him an automatic right to play in the UK, as Poland is an EU member state.