Tal Kachila

Tal Kachila
	Kachila playing for Beitar Jerusalem in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Tal Kachila
Date of birth	26 June 1992 (age 34)
Place of birth	Jerusalem, Israel
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm
Youth career
2006–2012	Beitar Jerusalem
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2019	Beitar Jerusalem
2017	→ Bnei Yehuda (loan)
2019–2020	Atromitos
2020–2021	Hapoel Hadera
2021–2023	Sektzia Ness Ziona
2023–2024	Hapoel Afula
2024	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm
2024–	F.C. Dimona
International career
2010–2011	Israel U19
2011–2015	Israel U21
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 June 2024

Tal Kachila (Hebrew: טל כחילה; born June 26, 1992) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a centre-back.

Club career

Kachila played from the age of 14 with Beitar Jerusalem's youth team, deciding to become a centre-back, like his father, after combining volleyball and football.

Kachila made his debut for Beitar Jerusalem on 11 August 2012, in a match in the Toto Cup against F.C. Ashdod, coming on as a substitute in the 89th minute.

5 months later, Kachila made his debut in the State Cup, coming on as a substitute in the 67th minute in a 5–0 victory over Maccabi Umm al-Fahm.

On 17 February 2013, Kachila made his league debut, playing in a 3–0 loss to Hapoel Haifa.

On 2 February 2017 loaned to Bnei Yehuda.

On 2 July 2019 signed with Atromitos F.C from the Super League Greece

International career

In October 2010, Kachila made his international debut, playing with the Israeli under-19 national team, in a 3–0 victory against the Armenian under-19 national team in the UEFA U19 Championship.

On 18 November 2013, Kachila made his debut for the Israeli under-21 national team, playing a 4–3 loss against the Portuguese under-21 national team during the UEFA U21 Championship 2015 qualifying round.

Personal life

Kachila is the son of Ehud Kachila, who played 13 years for Beitar Jerusalem as a centre-back.

Honours

Club

Bnei Yehuda

Israel State Cup (1): 2016–17

References

↑ Tal Kachila at Soccerway
1 2 3 Pashketzki, Motti (16 February 2013). "Debut for Kachila in the Beitar squad. His father, Ehud: He wanted to be like me" (in Hebrew). mako.
↑ "Beitar Jerusalem vs. Ashdod". soccerway. 11 August 2012.
↑ Ben-Shimol, David (29 January 2013). "Beitar dismantled Umm al-Fahm, a hat trick for Levy". ynet (in Hebrew).
↑ Vaser, Amit (2 February 2017). "טל כחילה הושאל מבית"ר ירושלים לבני יהודה". One (in Hebrew).
↑ "Tal Kahila". sofascore.
↑ "Israel U19 vs. Armenia U19". soccerway. 19 October 2010.
↑ Halyavin, Eddie (19 November 2013). "Kachila: Sometimes a little mistake makes you lose a game" (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.

[1] Tal Kachila at Soccerway

[debut-2] 1 2 3 Pashketzki, Motti (16 February 2013). "Debut for Kachila in the Beitar squad. His father, Ehud: He wanted to be like me" (in Hebrew). mako.

[3] "Beitar Jerusalem vs. Ashdod". soccerway. 11 August 2012.

[4] Ben-Shimol, David (29 January 2013). "Beitar dismantled Umm al-Fahm, a hat trick for Levy". ynet (in Hebrew).

[5] Vaser, Amit (2 February 2017). "טל כחילה הושאל מבית"ר ירושלים לבני יהודה". One (in Hebrew).

[6] "Tal Kahila". sofascore.

[7] "Israel U19 vs. Armenia U19". soccerway. 19 October 2010.

[8] Halyavin, Eddie (19 November 2013). "Kachila: Sometimes a little mistake makes you lose a game" (in Hebrew). Archived from the original on 26 December 2013.