Manor Solomon

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Manor Solomon
מנור סולומון
Manor Solomon - Press Conference - Israel Football Association - 26 May 2022 (cropped).jpg
Solomon with Israel in 2022
Personal information
Full name Manor Solomon [1]
Date of birth (1999-07-24) 24 July 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth Kfar Saba, Israel [2]
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [2]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Villarreal (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
Number 6
Youth career
2007–2008 Hapoel Kfar Saba
2008–2017 Maccabi Petah Tikva
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2019 Maccabi Petah Tikva 68 (8)
2019–2023 Shakhtar Donetsk 70 (16)
2022–2023 → Fulham (loan) 19 (4)
2023– Tottenham Hotspur 5 (0)
2024–2025 → Leeds United (loan) 39 (10)
2025– → Villarreal (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2015 Israel U16 1 (1)
2015–2016 Israel U17 15 (1)
2016 Israel U18 2 (0)
2017 Israel U19 6 (0)
2017–2018 Israel U21 6 (0)
2018– Israel 46 (8)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 September 2025

Manor Solomon (Hebrew : מנור סולומון; born 24 July 1999) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a winger for La Liga club Villarreal, on loan from Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Israel national team.

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He began his professional career at Maccabi Petah Tikva in the Israeli Premier League. In January 2019, he transferred to Shakhtar Donetsk for a €6 million fee, and won three Ukrainian Premier League titles. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he moved on loan to Fulham of the Premier League before joining Tottenham on a permanent deal in 2023. He was loaned to Leeds United, where he won the 2024–25 EFL Championship.

Solomon represented Israel from under-16 to under-21 level. In 2018, he made his senior debut for the national team.

Early and personal life

Solomon was born and raised in Kfar Saba, Israel, [3] to an Israeli family of Hungarian-Jewish and Iraqi-Jewish descent. [4] His parents Ayala and Yossi Solomon are physical education teachers. [5] His mother and father met while studying together at the Ohalo College, both majored in physical education and minored in maritime studies. As a young married couple, their shared maritime training gave them the idea to choose the unique Hebrew first name Manor for their son, that also means "a boom" in sailing. [6] Solomon was enlisted for mandatory military service in December 2017, and has served in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). [7] [8]

He also holds a Portuguese passport, on account of his Sephardi Jewish ancestors, [9] [10] which eases travel to certain European football leagues. [11] [4]

He has been in a relationship with Dana Voshina since 2018, with the couple getting married in Israel in June 2025. [12] [13] Solomon and his girlfriend were safely evacuated by the Israeli government from Ukraine (as a foreign player of Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk at the time), after the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022. They were taken on a long car ride to the Polish border. [14] Following Solomon and Voshina's marriage in Israel in June 2025, they were stuck in the country following the shut down of Israeli airspace due to the rising tensions between Iran and Israel. [15]

Club career

Maccabi Petah Tikva

On 26 November 2016, at the age of 17, Solomon made his senior debut for the Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Petah Tikva, coming on as a 54th minute substitute against Hapoel Haifa that ended in a 2–1 away loss. [16] [17] On 28 January 2017, Solomon scored his first Israeli Premier League goal a 2–0 home victory against Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv. [18] [19]

Solomon was named in the "50 for the Future: UEFA.com's Ones to Watch for 2018–19". [20] [21]

Shakhtar Donetsk

On 11 January 2019, Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk signed 19-year-old Solomon from Maccabi Petah Tikva in a transfer worth an initial €6 million, then the fifth-highest transfer fee for an Israeli footballer. [22] [23] [24]

Solomon (left) and Tomasz Kedziora of Dynamo Kyiv in April 2021 Match <<Shakhtior>> - <<Dinamo>> 0-1. 17 aprelia 2021 goda -- 1218258.jpg
Solomon (left) and Tomasz Kędziora of Dynamo Kyiv in April 2021

After moving to Shakhtar, Solomon scored his first UEFA Champions League goal on 1 October 2019, in the 95th minute of an away match against Italian side Atalanta that ended in a 2–1 victory. [25] This made him the then youngest Israeli footballer ever to score in the Champions League, at the age of 20. [26] On 26 November, he scored the equalising goal in a 1–1 Champions League draw away at Manchester City. [25] [27]

Solomon continued his good Champions League form in the following season, scoring Shakhtar's third goal on 21 October 2020 in a 3–2 away victory over Spanish side Real Madrid. [28] On 1 December, he scored the second goal in the return fixture against Real Madrid, helping his team to a 2–0 home victory. [29] He celebrated both his first and second braces in back-to-back Ukrainian Premier League matches, the first on 14 March 2021 in a 4–0 home victory over Desna Chernihiv⁣ [30] [31] and the second on 21 March in a 3–2 defeat away to Lviv. [32] [33]

Loan to Fulham

On 25 July 2022, English Premier League club Fulham announced the signing of Solomon on a one-year loan, following a FIFA ruling concerning the Russo-Ukrainian War which allows foreign players affected by the war to suspend their contracts with Ukrainian clubs until 30 June 2023. [34] [35] Solomon started training with Fulham on 10 July, and became a registered player for the club on 1 August. [34] [36] [37] Upon his signing, he became the top-paid Israeli footballer, earning £1.7 million per season, with performance bonuses that can increase his salary to £2.5 million. [36] [37]

He made his debut on 6 August, coming on as a substitute in the second half of a 2–2 home draw against Liverpool. [38] On 7 January 2023, having recovered from a knee injury, he made his FA Cup debut for the club during their third round 2–0 away victory over Hull City, coming on as a second-half substitute. [39] [38] On 11 February, Solomon scored his first goal for the club, coming on as a 72nd minute substitute in their Premier League match against Nottingham Forest, securing his team a 2–0 home win. [40] On 18 February, in the following league week, Solomon netted a late winning goal in Fulham's 1–0 away victory over Brighton & Hove Albion. [41] On 24 February he scored his third consecutive goal after coming on as a substitute, notching the equaliser in a 1–1 draw at home against Wolverhampton Wanderers. [42] He became the first Israeli to have scored in three consecutive Premier League matches since Ronny Rosenthal in 1992. [43] On 28 February he scored his fourth consecutive goal in a 2–0 FA Cup victory over Leeds United. [44] On 6 March 2023 he scored his fifth consecutive goal in a 3–2 away defeat to Brentford. [45] ..

Tottenham Hotspur

On 11 July 2023, Solomon signed for English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, as a free agent (thanks to an extended compensation year by FIFA ruling in favour of ex-Ukrainian leagues' foreign players); [46] with a five-year contract running until 30 June 2028. [47] [48] Solomon told The Athletic that he felt an immediate connection with Tottenham, especially after he had learnt about the London club's rich Jewish history. [49] [46]

He made his professional league debut for the club on 19 August, coming on as a late substitute for Dejan Kulusevski in a 2–0 home victory over Manchester United. [50] On 2 September, Solomon assisted Son Heung-min twice in a 5–2 away win against newly promoted Burnley. [51]

Loan to Leeds United

On 27 August 2024, Solomon signed for EFL Championship club Leeds United on a season-long loan. [52] [53] [54] He made his debut four days later in a 2–0 home league victory over Hull City, and crossed the ball to the near post for Mateo Joseph's opening goal. [55] He scored two goals against Swansea City on 24 November, and another on 21 December against Oxford United. [56]

On 21 April 2025, Solomon recorded two assists in a 6–0 win over Stoke City. Leeds United sealed promotion back to the Premier League for the first time in two years later that day following Burnley's 2–1 win over Sheffield United. [57] On 3 May, he scored the winning goal of a 2–1 victory over Plymouth Argyle. The goal came in added time and ensured that Leeds United would be crowned as champions of the Championship for the 2024–25 season. [58] Solomon's 10 league goals and 12 assists during the 2024–25 season with Leeds were also a career-high. [59]

Loan to Villarreal

On 1 September 2025, Solomon signed for La Liga club Villarreal on a season-long loan. [60]

International career

At youth international level, Solomon has been capped 35 times and has scored seven goals for Israel. [61] [62]

Solomon (front, furthest left) with Israel under-21 in 2018 Valeriy Lobanovskyi Memorial Tournament 2018 (08).jpg
Solomon (front, furthest left) with Israel under-21 in 2018

On 21 May 2017, at 17 years of age, Solomon was called-up to the Israeli senior side, although he did not appear for the team at the time. [63] [64] On 7 September 2018, Solomon made his senior debut for the Israeli squad at age 19, coming on as a 71st-minute substitute in a 2018–19 UEFA Nations League away match against Albania that ended in a 0–1 away loss. [65]

On 18 November 2020, Solomon scored his first goal for Israel's seniors, in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League 1–0 home victory over Scotland. [66] The following 4 September, he scored again in a 5–2 home victory over Austria in 2022 World Cup qualifying. [67]

On 10 June 2022, during a 2022–23 UEFA Nations League away match against Albania, Solomon scored a brace, bringing Israel back from a 0–1 deficit to a 2–1 win in just 16 minutes. [68]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 3 May 2025 [2] [69]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] League cup [b] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Maccabi Petah Tikva 2016–17 Israeli Premier League 2324000––272
2017–18 3341040––384
2018–19 1221052––184
Total6886092––8310
Shakhtar Donetsk 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League 11031–2 [c] 000161
2019–20 20300–8 [d] 31 [e] 0296
2020–21 23910–10 [f] 21 [e] 03511
2021–22 16410–8 [g] 01 [e] 0254
Total701651–2853010522
Fulham (loan) 2022–23 [70] Premier League 1945100––245
Tottenham Hotspur 2023–24 [71] Premier League500010––60
Leeds United (loan) 2024–25 [72] Championship 391020–––4110
Career total201381821022853025947
  1. ↑ Includes Israel State Cup, Ukrainian Cup and FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Israel Toto Cup and EFL Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Five appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, three appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  5. 1 2 3 Appearance in Ukrainian Super Cup
  6. ↑ Six appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 8 September 2025 [73]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Israel 201820
201950
202071
2021123
202252
202361
202440
202551
Total468
Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Solomon goal.
List of international goals scored by Manor Solomon [61] [62]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
118 November 2020 Netanya Stadium, Netanya, IsraelFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1–01–0 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B
231 March 2021 Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, MoldovaFlag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 2–14–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
35 June 2021 Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, MontenegroFlag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 2–03–1 Friendly
44 September 2021 Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa, IsraelFlag of Austria.svg  Austria 1–05–22022 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
510 June 2022 Arena Kombëtare, Tirana, AlbaniaFlag of Albania.svg  Albania 1–12–1 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B
62–1
719 June 2023 Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem, IsraelFlag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 2–12–1 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
88 September 2025Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, MoldovaFlag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 2–04–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

    Honours

    Shakhtar Donetsk

    Leeds United

    See also

    References

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