Silvi Jan

Silvi Jan (Hebrew: סילבי ז'אן; born 27 October 1973) an Israeli former footballer who played as a striker. With 29 goals, she is the all-time Israel national team top goalscorer.

Silvi Jan

Jan in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth	(1973-10-27) 27 October 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Netanya, Israel
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1999	Kolbotn I.L.[1]
1999–2002	Hapoel Tel Aviv
2002–2007	Maccabi Holon
2009–2012	ASA Tel Aviv	76	(150)
International career
1997–2007	Israel	23	(29)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Jan played school football in Netanya, and was part of the boys' football team of Shorashim school.^[2] As there was no women's league, Jan tried to find an active team in Europe, eventually signing with Kolbotn I.L. in Norway. In 1999, with the establishment of the Israeli Women's League, Jan returned to Israel and signed with Hapoel Tel Aviv.

Jan played at Hapoel Tel Aviv for four seasons, until the team folded, winning the league and cup in 2000–01. After Hapoel Tel Aviv folded, Jan signed with Maccabi Holon, where she played until her retirement in 2007.^[1] With Maccabi Holon Jan won the league 4 times and the cup 5 times.

In January 2009, Jan returned to league action and joined ASA Tel Aviv University.^[3] On 21 February 2012, in a league match against her former club, Maccabi Holon, Jan scored her 1000th goal in all club and national team competitions.^[4] Jan played at ASA Tel Aviv until her retirement in May 2012.^[5] With ASA Tel Aviv Jan Jan won three championships and two cups. Jan scored a total of 1,010 goals in all competitions.^[6]

International career

Silvi Jan has been a striker for the Israel national team for many years,^[7] appearing in 23 matches and scoring 29 goals.^[8] Jan made her debut against Romania on 2 November 1997, and scored her debut goal against Bosnia and Herzegovina on 8 April 2008, one of four she scored on the day.

Her last international goal was also scored against Bosnia and Herzegovina, in a match played on 23 November 2006, in which Israel won 5–2. Jan made her last international appearance against Poland on 10 May 2007.

International goals

Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	8 April 1998	Bat Yam, Israel	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–0	5–0	1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2.				3–0
3.				4–0
4.				5–0
5.	19 October 1999	Herzliya, Israel	Estonia	1–1	2–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2001 qualifying
6.	2 September 2001	Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	1–0	5–2	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
7.				3–0
8.				4–0
9.				5–0
10.	28 October 2001	Ramat Gan, Israel	Romania	1–0	1–0
11.	4 June 2002	Kyiv, Ukraine	Estonia	2–0	3–0
12.	7 February 2003	Unknown	Greece	1–0	1–0[9]	Friendly
13.	12 March 2003	Unknown	Cyprus		6-1[10]	Friendly
14.
15.
16.	10 August 2003	Pärnu, Estonia	Estonia	3–1	4–1[11]	UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
17.
18.	9 May 2004	Tel Aviv, Israel	Estonia	4–0	12–1
19.				6–0
20.				9–0
21.				10–1
22.				12–1
23.	30 May 2004	Herzliya, Israel	Kazakhstan	2–1	3–1
24.	21 August 2005	Pärnu, Estonia	Estonia	1–0	5–2	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
25.				2–1
26.				3–2
27.	7 May 2006	Herzliya, Israel	Estonia	1–0	1–0
28.	11 May 2006	Chișinău, Moldova	Moldova	1–0	1–0
29.	18 November 2006	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Latvia	1–0	3–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
30.	23 November 2006	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–0	5-2

Personal life

Jan came out as a lesbian in December 2017.^[12] She got engaged to her partner in November the following year.

In September 2018. Jan was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis.^[13]

Honours

Hapoel Tel Aviv

• Ligat Nashim: 2000–01
• Israeli Women's Cup: 2000–01

Haccabi Holon

• Ligat Nashim: 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07
• Israeli Women's Cup: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07

ASA Tel Aviv University

• Ligat Nashim: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
• Israeli Women's Cup: 2010–11, 2011–12

Individual

• Ligat Nashim top goalscorer: 1999–2000,^[14] 2006–07,^[15] 2009–10,^[16] 2010–11,^[17] 2011–12^[18]
• Israeli Women's Cup top goalscorer: 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2006–07, 2011–12