 Sahar has made three appearances for Chelsea |
Chelsea teenager Ben Sahar has been named in the Israel squad for the Euro 2008 qualifiers against England and Estonia later this month. The 17-year-old striker made his debut against Ukraine in February and is in the squad with Hapoel Tel Aviv's Dani Bondarv, who earns his first call-up.
Bolton midfielder Idan Tal and Maccabi Haifa striker Roberto Colautti are also named, even though both are banned.
Israel play host to England on 24 March and face Estonia four days later.
Squad:
D Aouate (Deportivo La Coruna), S Elimelech (Hapoel Tel Aviv), N Davidovic (Maccabi Haifa); T Ben Haim (Bolton), A Benado, S Gershon, Y Ziv, T Ben Yossef (all Beitar Jerusalem), Y Shpungin (Maccabi Tel Aviv), Y Antebi, D Bondarv (both Hapoel Tel Aviv); Y Benayoun (West Ham), W Badier, S Toamah, E Barda (all Hapoel Tel Aviv), G Alberman, A Ben Shushan, T Tamuz (all Beitar Jerusalem), P Balili (Sivaspor), I Tal (Bolton); Y Katan (Maccabi Haifa), O Golan (Maccabi Petah Tikva), B Sahar (Chelsea), R Colautti (Maccabi Haifa).