{{short description|Israeli footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Tal Kachila | fullname = Tal Kachila | image = Beitar Jerusalem FC vs. MTK Budapest FC 2016-06-18 (017).jpg | caption = Kachila playing for Beitar Jerusalem in 2016 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|06|26}} | birth_place = Jerusalem, Israel | height = {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | currentclub = Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | clubnumber = | position = Centre-back | youthyears1 = 2006–2012 | youthclubs1 = Beitar Jerusalem | years1 = 2012–2019 | clubs1 = Beitar Jerusalem | caps1 = 110 | goals1 = 7 | years2 = 2017 | clubs2 = → Bnei Yehuda (loan) | caps2 = 11 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2019–2020 | clubs3 = Atromitos | caps3 = 4 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2020–2021 | clubs4 = Hapoel Hadera | caps4 = 15 | goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2021–2023 | clubs5 = Sektzia Ness Ziona | caps5 = 31 | goals5 = 2 | years6 = 2023–2024 | clubs6 = Hapoel Afula | caps6 = 12 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2024 | clubs7 = Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | caps7 = 18 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2024– | clubs8 = F.C. Dimona | caps8 = 0 | goals8 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2010–2011 | nationalteam1 = Israel U19 | nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2011–2015 | nationalteam2 = Israel U21 | nationalcaps2 = 2 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | club-update = 1 June 2024 | nationalteam-update = }} '''Tal Kachila''' ({{langx|he|טל כחילה}}; born June 26, 1992) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a centre-back.<ref>{{soccerway|tal-khila/160610}}</ref>
==Club career== Kachila played from the age of 14 with Beitar Jerusalem's youth team, deciding to become a centre-back, like his father, after combining volleyball and football.<ref name="debut"/>
Kachila made his debut for Beitar Jerusalem on 11 August 2012, in a match in the Toto Cup against F.C. Ashdod, coming on as a substitute in the 89th minute.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/08/11/israel/toto-cup-ligat-al/beitar-jerusalem-fc/ms-ashdod/1354579/|title=Beitar Jerusalem vs. Ashdod|publisher=soccerway|date=11 August 2012}}</ref>
5 months later, Kachila made his debut in the State Cup, coming on as a substitute in the 67th minute in a 5–0 victory over Maccabi Umm al-Fahm.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4337979,00.html|title=Beitar dismantled Umm al-Fahm, a hat trick for Levy|newspaper=ynet|first=David|last=Ben-Shimol|language=Hebrew|date=29 January 2013}}</ref>
On 17 February 2013, Kachila made his league debut, playing in a 3–0 loss to Hapoel Haifa.<ref name="debut"/>
On 2 February 2017 loaned to Bnei Yehuda.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.one.co.il/Article/16-17/1,1,2,0/285669.html?ref=rss|title=טל כחילה הושאל מבית"ר ירושלים לבני יהודה|newspaper=One|first=Amit|last=Vaser|language=Hebrew|date=2 February 2017}}</ref>
On 2 July 2019 signed <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sofascore.com/player/tal-kahila/174715|title=Tal Kahila|last=|first=|date=|website=sofascore|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> with Atromitos F.C from the Super League Greece
==International career== In October 2010, Kachila made his international debut, playing with the Israeli under-19 national team, in a 3–0 victory against the Armenian under-19 national team in the UEFA U19 Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2010/10/19/europe/uefa-u19-championship/israel-under-19/armenia-under-19/1020504/|title=Israel U19 vs. Armenia U19|publisher=soccerway|date=19 October 2010}}</ref>
On 18 November 2013, Kachila made his debut for the Israeli under-21 national team, playing a 4–3 loss against the Portuguese under-21 national team during the UEFA U21 Championship 2015 qualifying round.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sport-pikama.co.il/Next.asp?ID=9224|title=Kachila: Sometimes a little mistake makes you lose a game|first=Eddie|last=Halyavin|language=Hebrew|date=19 November 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226031126/http://www.sport-pikama.co.il/Next.asp?ID=9224|archivedate=26 December 2013}}</ref>
==Personal life== Kachila is the son of Ehud Kachila, who played 13 years for Beitar Jerusalem as a centre-back.<ref name="debut">{{cite web|url=http://www.mako.co.il/Sports-football-il/premier-league/Article-55e42afdb91ec31004.htm|title=Debut for Kachila in the Beitar squad. His father, Ehud: He wanted to be like me|publisher=mako|first=Motti|last=Pashketzki|language=Hebrew|date=16 February 2013}}</ref>
==Honours == ===Club=== ;Bnei Yehuda *Israel State Cup (1): 2016–17
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kachila, Tal}} Category:1992 births Category:Living people Category:Jewish Israeli sportspeople Category:Israeli men's footballers Category:Footballers from Jerusalem Category:Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players Category:Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. players Category:Atromitos F.C. players Category:Hapoel Hadera F.C. players Category:Sektzia Ness Ziona F.C. players Category:Hapoel Afula F.C. players Category:Hapoel Umm al-Fahm F.C. players Category:F.C. Dimona players Category:Israeli Premier League players Category:Super League Greece players Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Category:Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Greece Category:Israeli people of Iraqi-Jewish descent Category:Israel men's under-21 international footballers Category:Men's association football central defenders Category:21st-century Israeli sportsmen