Born 10/8/89 in Holon, Israel.

Ben Sahar is currently on a 6 month loan deal with Portsmouth.

A rapid rise to prominence for the centre-forward who joined Chelsea in the summer of 2006 was ensured when in February 2007 he became both Chelsea and Israel's youngest international ever at the age of 17.

The next month he made more records by becoming our youngest international goalscorer with two goals against Estonia.

In the January before, Ben had made his Chelsea debut as a sub against Macclesfield in the FA Cup and his Premiership debut later that month against Wigan. In total he made four sub appearances during the 2006/07 campaign.

His previous club was Hapoel Tel-Aviv and his time in London began well with four goals in his first five youth team games and a first start in the reserves as early as September.

He finished with a reserve total of six goals from 15+1 game (making him top appearance maker) and began this season on loan at QPR although the start was interrupted by an appendix operation.

In total he played nine games at the Championship club but failed to find the net. A more productive time was enjoyed in the same division at Sheffield Wednesday between February and May 2008, scoring three games in 12 appearances.

Included was a goal in a final day win that kept the Hillsborough side up.