Reuniting with Barak Abramov: Silva Kani, one of the most intriguing players to emerge from Bnei Yehuda in recent years, and one whom Barak Abramov knows well, on his way to Beitar Y-M. The former owner, who was also the one who signed him to his first senior contract at the age of 15, is expected To pay 350 thousand euros to see him land in Beitar Jerusalem, and fulfill his potential. So can Silva Kani make his breakthrough at Teddy? You are introduced to the actor’s special style, and also to the complex personal story that accompanies him.
Only on the field – what can Silva Kani contribute to Beitar Y-M?
After Bnei Yehuda’s relegation, Kani found it difficult to reproduce the ability he performed in the breakthrough season in the Premier League. In the first season he suffered injuries, but in 2022/2023 he already scored 8 goals in 26 appearances, improved physicality and ignited the imagination with great technique, all the way to a move to Austria Vienna. Kani came to Austria Vienna as a future player, got minutes at the start of the season, including in a 1:2 against Legia Warsaw in the Conference League qualifiers and scored once, in the second round of the Austrian league against Lustenau. However, the team decided to loan him towards the end of the summer transfer window to Stripping from the Austrian second league, in Media he scored one goal and added two assists, completing 90 minutes only once in 16 appearances.
For those who don’t know, Silva is a right wing player with a strong left foot, who can also play on the left wing and as a striker. He has an exceptional dribble, a good ability to keep the ball, a diagonal movement into the area and also a not bad finish at all, something that was expressed very nicely in the 2022/23 season in the Bnei Yehuda uniform, when he scored eight goals and assisted once.
Beitar Jerusalem will certainly be happy to upgrade the right wing position, which was occupied last season by Timothy Mozzi and Nika Horchali. Kani can bring a lot of variety from the wing position, lifts well, knows how to cut from the wing to the center and also threaten the goal from afar, something that the Black and Yellows lacked in this position in the last season.
practice? Yes. to play? No – the beginning of the road
Like a child who had his ball taken away. For four years Silva was part of a group, but separately. Practiced all week and didn’t play on Saturday. He got his first chance as part of the “Equality Gate” project, which gave him an opportunity and a framework even though he arrived without an ID card. Coach Nati Mizrahi: “He is a good soul and from a young age his potential stood out. Lots of scouts and coaches came to see him. Together with him we won all the trophies. Every child could join the project and we also helped them with their studies.”
From the age of 10 to 14, he was part of Hapoel Tel Aviv, Hapoel Bat Yam, Gadna and Maccabi Tel Aviv without playing in the league. His and his family’s request for a certificate was examined before the state for 10 years. His father Richard has been in Israel for 31 years and the Bnei Yehuda pioneer, along with all four of his brothers, grew up and were educated in Israel together with their mother Chantal. In 2005, they submitted an application to the state to receive identity cards and recognition as residents of Israel and according to the lawyer, Tal Proshan, who handled the case: “The judge fell asleep on the case.” Thus, for a decade they were stuck in a kind of “prison”, and could not advance their lives. His older brothers were not drafted into the army, and their way of life in the country went wrong. In this situation, without a certificate, the young Silva could not be registered as a player in the football association.
“It burned our lives,” Richard said in a conversation with the Sports Channel after his debut, “We suffered for 10 years for no reason. It was very difficult for our family.” In 2015, the long-awaited approval arrived and after bureaucratic problems with the Togo government, the pioneer received the status of a temporary resident and the identity card in 2017. “I was told that Maccabi Tel Aviv has children of rich people, so we decided to move to Bnei Yehuda because I didn’t have much money. I don’t know if it’s true, but I was afraid he wouldn’t play there because of protection. I feel that Silva is God’s messenger.”
The refusal to Maccabi Haifa and the embrace of Bnei Yehuda
Ten minutes on the field in the debut was enough for Silva to find the net in Bloomfield. To understand the potential it is enough to look at the move. A soft touch with the outsider in the center of the field, joining the box and finishing by touching the far corner. is this boy In three years in the youth department, he scored 40 goals, and in the 2019/20 season, he scored in three groups: A boys, youth and seniors.
“It’s not every day that a player like this grows in Israeli football,” said after his debut the director of Bnei Yehuda’s youth department at the time, Tamir Ben Ami, “I’ve been at the club for four years and follow Silva’s development closely. His physical and athletic abilities are extraordinary. He has more Progress to be made in terms of muscle mass and understanding of the game, and once that happens, Silva usually plays on the left wing. He can also fit in on the right or in a formation of two strikers, his speed is exceptional and very difficult to stop him one on one.”
The height (1.85), the talent and the strong story caught the eyes of the Queen of the North – Maccabi Haifa: “Two years ago, Richard approached me after the Greens talked to him. They wanted him to come to the club and live in a boarding school in Kfar Galim,” continued Ben Ami, “the financial situation of The family is not easy and he hesitated, but very quickly he realized that the best place for Silva is Bnei Yehuda.” The Oranges, then with owner Barak Abramov, with whom he would later reunite, signed the striker to a contract at the age of 15 and helped him financially so that his head would be focused only on football. It can be said that the owner Barak Abramov and the management then took it as a project of the club, which explains the step now of Beitar Y-M.
In the Hatikva neighborhood they told about a quiet and modest guy, who comes to work and also gives extra in order to succeed. As part of the club’s outstanding program, he trained in his youth under striker Mavis Chibuta, who helped him improve his ability in the front.
Now, he will reunite with Abramov’s team, who deviated from his practice and paid a significant transfer fee in terms of Beitar Jerusalem, to add Kani, in the hope that he might be the one to lead Beitar Y-M in the years to come. Kani will get the opportunity to join a big team and prove himself in a big way. Is he ready for that? time will tell.
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