Boaz Janay

Boaz Janay
בועז ינאי

Personal information
Born	(1952-11-09) November 9, 1952 (age 72) Nahalal, Israel
Nationality	Israeli
Listed height	6 ft 6.5 in (1.99 m)
Career information
Playing career	1971–1989
Position	Center
Career history
1971–1979	Hapoel Gvat/Yagur
1979–1980	Hapoel Tel Aviv
1980–1985	Hapoel Afula
1986–1989	Hapoel Gvat
Career highlights and awards
Israeli State Cup winner (1976) Israeli Premier League Top Scorer (1979)
Medals Representing  Israel Men's Basketball FIBA EuroBasket 1979 Italy Asian Games 1974 Iran Maccabiah Games 1977 Tel Aviv

Boaz Janay (בועז ינאי; also Yanay or Yanai; born November 9, 1952) is an Israeli former basketball player. He scored a total of 6,985 career points in the Israeli Premier League, which is the 4th-most points scored all-time in the league's history. He also represented the Israeli national team.

Club career

During his club career, Janay, who is 1.99 m (6'6 1⁄2") tall,^[1] played at the center position.^[1] Janay played a total of 16 seasons of club basketball in Israel. He played with the Israeli clubs Hapoel Gvat/Yagur, Hapoel Tel Aviv, and Hapoel Gilboa/Afula, between 1971 and 1989.^[2][3] During his Israeli club career, Janay scored 6,985 points, which is the 4th-most points scored in the history of the Israeli Premier League.^[1] His career scoring average in the Israeli Premier League was 20.2 points per game.

National team career

Janay was a member of the senior men's Israeli national team. At the 1977 Maccabiah Games, he won a silver medal with Team Israel.^[4] He also won a gold medal with Israel at the 1974 Asian Games.

Janay also played with Israel at the following tournaments: 1971 FIBA European Championship, the 1972 FIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the 1973 FIBA European Championship, the 1975 FIBA European Championship, the 1976 FIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the 1977 FIBA European Championship, the 1979 FIBA European Championship, the 1980 FIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament, and the 1981 FIBA European Championship.^[5]

See also

• Israeli Premier League Statistical Leaders

References

1. "ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | Israel Basketball | 1986-87 Season | Hapoel Gvat | Boaz Janay". basket.co.il.
2. "ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | History | All-Time Player Points | Boaz Janay". basket.co.il.
3. "Sporting Heroes for 60 Years: No. 41 Boaz Yanai; If there is one Israeli hoops star who truly proved you do not need to play for the perrenial champs in order to be one of the best, it is Boaz Yanai". The Jerusalem Post. March 23, 2008.
4. "U.S. Quintet Captures Gold at Maccabiahs". The New York Times. 21 July 1977.
5. "Boaz YANAY (ISR)". archive.fiba.com.

External links

• FIBA Archive Profile
• למטרה: כדורסלן העבר מסביר מה חסר היום לנבחרת, Maariv, February 18, 2015. (in Hebrew)