Manor Solomon

Manor Solomon (Hebrew: מנור סולומון; born (1999-07-24)24 July 1999) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or as a winger for English club Fulham and the Israel national team.

Manor Solomon
Solomon playing for Israel at the 2020 UEFA Euro qualifiers
Personal information
Birth name Manor Solomon
Date of birth (1999-07-24) 24 July 1999
Place of birth Kfar Saba, Israel
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1][2][3][4]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Club information
Current team
 Fulham
Youth career
2007–2008 Hapoel Kfar Saba
2008–2017 Maccabi Petah Tikva
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Maccabi Petah Tikva 68 (8)
2019–2022 Shakhtar Donetsk 70 (16)
2022– Fulham 0 (0)
National team‡
2015 Israel U16 1 (1)
2015–2016 Israel U17 14 (1)
2016 Israel U18 2 (0)
2017 Israel U19 6 (0)
2017–2018 Israel U21 6 (0)
2018– Israel 28 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 December 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2022

Early and personal life

Solomon was born and raised in Kfar Saba, Israel, to a family of Sephardic Jewish descent.[5] His parents Ayala and Yossi Solomon are Phys Ed. teachers.[6] His parents met while studying together at the Ohalo College, both majored in physical education and minored in maritime, and therefore after they married and had him – they have chosen the unique Hebrew first name Manor, which means "a boom" in sailing.[7] Solomon served as a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces.[8][9]

He also holds a Portuguese passport. which eased his move to certain European football leagues.[10][11]

He is in a relationship with his Israeli girlfriend Dana Voshina since 2018.[12][13]

Club career

Maccabi Petah Tikva

On 26 November 2016, 17-year-old Solomon made his senior debut for the Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Petah Tikva, coming in as a 54' minute substitute in a match against Hapoel Haifa that ended in a 1–2 away loss.[14][15] On 28 January 2017, Solomon scored his first Israeli Premier League goal against Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv, in a home match that ended in a 2–0 win for his team.[16][17]

Solomon was named in the "50 for the future: UEFA.com's ones to watch for 2018/19".[18][19]

Shakhtar Donetsk

On 11 Janury 2019, Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk has signed 19-year-old Solomon from his previous Israeli side Maccabi Petah Tikva in a transfer worth an initial €6 million (£5.4 million), which at the time was the fifth-highest transfer fee for an Israeli footballer.[20][21][22]

On 1 October 2019, Solomon scored his first UEFA Champions League goal, when he scored in the last minutes of an away match against Atalanta that ended in a 2–1 win for his team.[23] Making him the youngest Israeli footballer to ever score in the Champions League, at the age of 20.[24]

On 26 November 2019, Solomon scored the last goal in a Champions League away match against Manchester City, helping Shakhtar to finish it with a 1–1 draw.[25]

On 21 October 2020, Solomon scored for Shakhtar the third 2020–21 UEFA Champions League away match goal against Real Madrid, in a 3–2 win for his team.[26]

On 1 December 2020, Solomon scored the last goal in a Champions League home match against Real Madrid, helping Shakhtar to earn a 2–0 win.[27]

He celebrated both his first and second two-goals displays in back-to-back Ukrainian Premier League matches against Desna Chernihiv on 14 March 2021 that ended in a 4–0 home win for his team,[28][29] and against Lviv on 21 March 2021 that ended in a 2–3 away loss.[30][31]

Fulham

On 13 April 2022, it was reported that Solomon is set to sign with English club Fulham for five years, until 2027; playing starting with the upcoming Premier League season, on 1 July 2022.[22][32][33][34] He was signed from his previous Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk in a transfer worth an initial €9 million (£7.5 million),[35] which at the time was the fourth-highest transfer fee for an Israeli footballer.[22][32][33][34]

International career

At youth international level, Solomon capped 29 times and scored twice for Israel, since his youth debut with the under-16 all throughout to the under-21.[36]

Prior to the age of 17 – and even before capping for the national under-21 squad – Solomon has been called up for the senior Israel national team, by the then Israel's head coach Elisha Levy, on 21 May 2017.[37] On 7 September 2018, 19-year-old Solomon made his senior debut for the Israeli squad, at the 71' minute of a 2018–19 UEFA Nations League away match against Albania that ended in a 0–1 away loss.[38]

On 18 November 2020, Solomon scored a first half goal in a UEFA Nations League match against Scotland, earning a 1–0 home win for his native Israel.[39]

On 4 September 2021, he scored the first goal against Austria at a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers – UEFA match, that ended in a 5–2 home win for Israel.[40]

Career statistics

Club
As of 25 April 2022[41][42][43][44][45]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Maccabi Petah Tikva 2016–17 Israeli Premier League 2324000––272
2017–18 3341040––384
2018–19 1221052––184
Total 6886092––8310
Shakhtar Donetsk 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League 11031–2[lower-alpha 1]000161
2019–20 20300–8[lower-alpha 2]31[lower-alpha 3]0296
2020–21 23910–10[lower-alpha 4]21[lower-alpha 3]03511
2021–22 16410–8[lower-alpha 5]03[lower-alpha 6]1285
Total 701651–2855110823
Career total 13824111922855119133
  1. Appearance(s) at the UEFA Europa League
  2. Five appearances and two goals at the UEFA Champions League. Three appearances and one goal at the UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearance(s) in the Ukrainian Super Cup
  4. Six appearances and two goals at the UEFA Champions League. Four appearances at the UEFA Europa League
  5. Appearance(s) at the UEFA Champions League
  6. One appearance at the Ukrainian Super Cup; Two appearances and one goal at the European International Club Friendlies of the Global Tour for Peace

International
As of 29 March 2022[46]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Israel 201820
201950
202071
2021123
202220
Total284

International goals
Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.18 November 2020Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel Scotland1–01–02020–21 UEFA Nations League B
2.31 March 2021Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova Moldova2–14–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA
3.5 June 2021City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro Montenegro2–03–1Friendly
4.4 September 2021Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa, Israel Austria1–05–22022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA

Honours

Club

Shakhtar Donetsk

See also

References
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