Israel National Team - Biographical Data of Selected Players


Last game included: 9/2/2011 Israel - Serbia 0-2


Zahi Armeli

Born:            25/11/1957
Position:        forward
Games:           23 according to FIFA
                 28 according to IFA
Goals:            7 according to FIFA
                 10 according to IFA
Age First Game:  25 yr 305 d  (26/09/1983)
Age Last Game:   28 yr 317 d  (08/10/1986)
Career Duration:  3 yr  12 d

Dudu Awat

Born:            17/10/1977
Position:        goalkeeper
Games:           56 according to FIFA
                 57 according to IFA
Goals:           0
Goals Conceded:  76
Age First Game:  21 yr 358 d  (10/10/1999)
Age Last Game:   33 yr 115 d  (09/02/2011)
Career Duration: 11 yr 122 d

Walid Badir

Born:            12/3/1974
Position:        defensive midfielder
Games:           74
Goals:           12
Age First Game:  23 yr 146 d  (05/08/1997)
Age Last Game:   33 yr 180 d  (08/09/2007)
Career Duration: 10 yr  34 d

Tal Banin

Born:            7/3/1971
Position:        defensive midfielder
Games:           77 according to FIFA
                 78 according to IFA
Goals:           12
Age First Game:  19 yr  70 d  (16/05/1990)
Age Last Game:   32 yr  54 d  (30/04/2003)
Career Duration: 12 yr 349 d

Haim Bar

Born:            14/5/1954
Position:        stopper
Games:           32 according to FIFA
                 51 according to IFA
Goals:           1
Age First Game:  20 yr 204 d  (04/12/1974)
Age Last Game:   29 yr 178 d  (08/11/1983)
Career Duration:  8 yr 339 d

Elyaniv Barda

Full Name:       Elyaniv Felix Barda
Born:            15/12/1981
Position:        forward
Games:           25 according to FIFA
                 26 according to IFA
Goals:           10 according to FIFA
                 11 according to IFA
Age First Game:  25 yr  99 d  (24/03/2007)
Age Last Game:   29 yr  56 d  (09/02/2011)
Career Duration:  3 yr 322 d

Menahem "Miko" Bello

Born:            26/12/1947
Position:        left defender
Games:           41 according to FIFA
                 57 according to IFA
Goals:           0
Age First Game:  17 yr 169 d (13/06/1965)
Age Last Game:   26 yr 343 d according to FIFA (04/12/1974)
                 27 yr  20 d according to IFA  (15/01/1975)
Career Duration:  9 yr 174 d according to FIFA
                  9 yr 216 d according to IFA

Arik Benado

Full Name:       Ariel Benado
Born:            5/12/1973
Position:        stopper
Games:           94
Goals:           0
Age First Game:  21 yr 163 d  (17/05/1995)
Age Last Game:   33 yr 277 d  (08/09/2007)
Career Duration: 12 yr 114 d

Yossi Benayoun

Full Name:       Yossi Shai Benayoun
Born:            5/5/1980
Position:        midfielder
Games:           79 according to FIFA
                 80 according to IFA
Goals:           22 according to FIFA
                 23 according to IFA
Age First Game:  18 yr 197 d  (18/11/1998)
Age Last Game:   30 yr 125 d  (07/09/2010)
Career Duration: 11 yr 293 d

Tal Ben-Haim

Born:            31/3/1982
Position:        stopper
Games:           57 according to FIFA
                 58 according to IFA
Goals:           0
Age First Game:  19 yr 329 d  (23/02/2002)
Age Last Game:   28 yr 315 d  (09/02/2011)
Career Duration:  8 yr 351 d

Eyal Berkovich

Born:            2/4/1972
Position:        central midfielder
Games:           78
Goals:           9
Age First Game:  19 yr 316 d  (12/02/1992)
Age Last Game:   32 yr  26 d  (28/04/2004)
Career Duration: 12 yr  76 d

Avi Cohen

Full Name:       Avraham Cohen
Born:            14/11/1956
Died:            29/12/2010
Position:        stopper
Games:           51 according to FIFA
                 64 according to IFA
Goals:           3
Age First Game:  19 yr 313 d according to FIFA (22/09/1976)
                 19 yr 248 d according to IFA  (19/07/1976)
Age Last Game:   31 yr  95 d according to FIFA (17/02/1988)
                 31 yr 134 d according to IFA  (27/03/1988)
Career Duration: 11 yr 148 d according to FIFA
                 11 yr 252 d according to IFA

Gidi Damti

Full Name:       Gidon Damti
Born:            31/10/1951
Position:        forward
Games:           47 according to FIFA
                 69 according to IFA
Goals:           13 according to FIFA
                 20 according to IFA
Age First Game:  19 yr 122 d  (02/03/1971)
Age Last Game:   30 yr  18 d  (18/11/1981)
Career Duration: 10 yr 261 d

Nir Davidovich

Born:            17/12/1976
Position:        goalkeeper
Games:           50 according to FIFA
                 51 according to IFA
Goals:           0
Goals Conceded:  32
Age First Game:  21 yr  63 d  (18/02/1998)
Age Last Game:   32 yr 266 d according to FIFA (09/09/2009)
                 33 yr  76 d according to IFA  (03/03/2010)
Career Duration: 11 yr 203 d according to FIFA
                 12 yr  13 d according to IFA

Yehoshua Feigenbaum

Born:            5/12/1947
Position:        forward
Games:           36 according to FIFA
                 51 according to IFA
Goals:           15 according to FIFA
                 24 according to IFA
Age First Game:  18 yr 192 d  (15/06/1966)
Age Last Game:   29 yr 105 d  (20/03/1977)
Career Duration: 10 yr 278 d

Shimon Gershon

Born:            6/10/1977
Position:        stopper
Games:           50
Goals:           4
Age First Game:  21 yr  43 d  (18/11/1998)
Age Last Game:   30 yr 172 d  (26/03/2008)
Career Duration:  9 yr 129 d

Boni Ginzburg

Full Name:       Ben-Zion Shabtai Ginzburg
Born:            12/12/1964
Position:        goalkeeper
Games:           62 according to FIFA
                 68 according to IFA
Goals:           0
Goals Conceded:  87 according to FIFA
                 90 according to IFA
Age First Game:  19 yr 181 d  (10/06/1984)
Age Last Game:   31 yr 246 d  (14/08/1996)
Career Duration: 12 yr  65 d

Yehoshua Glazer

Born:            29/12/1927
Position:        forward
Games:           27 according to FIFA
                 35 according to IFA
Goals:           14 according to FIFA
                 18 according to IFA
Age First Game:  21 yr 213 d  (30/07/1949)
Age Last Game:   33 yr  80 d  (19/03/1961)
Career Duration: 11 yr 232 d

Alon Harazi

Born:            13/2/1971
Positions:       right defender, stopper
Games:           88
Goals:           1
Age First Game:  21 yr 209 d  (09/09/1992)
Age Last Game:   35 yr  16 d  (01/03/2006)
Career Duration: 13 yr 173 d

Ronen Harazi

Born:            30/3/1970
Position:        forward
Games:           52
Goals:           23
Age First Game:  22 yr 128 d  (05/08/1992)
Age Last Game:   28 yr 363 d  (28/03/1999)
Career Duration:  6 yr 235 d

Alon Hazan

Born:            14/9/1967
Positions:       right defender, defensive midfielder
Games:           72
Goals:           5
Age First Game:  22 yr 195 d  (28/03/1990)
Age Last Game:   32 yr 337 d  (16/08/2000)
Career Duration: 10 yr 141 d

Yaacov Hodorov

Born:            16/6/1927
Died:            31/12/2006
Position:        goalkeeper
Games:           21 according to FIFA
                 31 according to IFA
Goals:           0
Goals Conceded:  48 according to FIFA
                 72 according to IFA
Age First Game:  22 yr  44 d  (30/07/1949)
Age Last Game:   34 yr 334 d according to FIFA (16/05/1962)
                 36 yr 336 d according to IFA  (17/05/1964)
Career Duration: 12 yr 290 d according to FIFA
                 14 yr 292 d according to IFA

Adoram Keisy

Born:            17/6/1972
Position:        left defender, stopper
Games:           55
Goals:           4
Age First Game:  21 yr 251 d  (23/02/1994)
Age Last Game:   34 yr 151 d  (15/11/2006)
Career Duration: 12 yr 265 d

Nir Klinger

Born:            25/5/1966
Positions:       stopper, midfielder
Games:           76 according to FIFA
                 83 according to IFA
Goals:           2
Age First Game:  20 yr 269 d  (18/02/1987)
Age Last Game:   30 yr 310 d  (31/03/1997)
Career Duration: 10 yr  41 d

Rafi Levi

Full Name:       Refael Levi
Born:            22/2/1938
Position:        forward
Games:           12 according to FIFA
                 17 according to IFA
Goals:            7 according to FIFA
                 11 according to IFA
Age First Game:  20 yr  93 d  (26/05/1958)
Age Last Game:   22 yr 244 d  (23/10/1960)
Career Duration: 2 yr 150 d

Uri Malmilian

Born:            24/4/1957
Position:        midfielder
Games:           48 according to FIFA
                 62 according to IFA
Goals:           12 according to FIFA
                 16 according to IFA
Age First Game:  18 yr 286 d according to FIFA (04/02/1976)
                 17 yr 266 d according to IFA  (15/01/1975)
Age Last Game:   33 yr  28 d according to FIFA (22/05/1990)
                 33 yr 168 d according to IFA  (09/10/1990)
Career Duration: 14 yr 107 d according to FIFA
                 15 yr 267 d according to IFA

Alon Mizrahi

Born:            22/11/1971
Position:        forward
Games:           37
Goals:           17
Age First Game:  21 yr  10 d  (02/12/1992)
Age Last Game:   29 yr 192 d  (02/06/2001)
Career Duration:  8 yr 182 d

Avi Nimni

Born:            26/4/1972
Position:        left offensive midfielder
Games:           80
Goals:           17
Age First Game:  19 yr 292 d  (12/02/1992)
Age Last Game:   33 yr 165 d  (08/10/2005)
Career Duration: 13 yr 238 d

Eli Ohana

Full Name:       Eliyahu Ohana
Born:            1/2/1964
Position:        forward
Games:           50 according to FIFA
                 51 according to IFA
Goals:           17
Age First Game:  20 yr  63 d according to FIFA (04/04/1984)
                 19 yr 343 d according to IFA  (10/01/1984)
Age Last Game:   33 yr 200 d  (20/08/1997)
Career Duration: 13 yr 138 d according to FIFA
                 13 yr 223 d according to IFA

Viki Peretz

Full Name:       Itzhak Viki Peretz
Born:            11/2/1953
Position:        forward
Games:           24 according to FIFA
                 40 according to IFA
Goals:            9 according to FIFA
                 14 according to IFA
Age First Game:  20 yr 275 d  (13/11/1973)
Age Last Game:   30 yr 270 d  (08/11/1983)
Career Duration:  9 yr 360 d

Haim Revivo

Full Name:       Michael Haim Revivo
Born:            22/2/1972
Position:        left offensive midfielder
Games:           67
Goals:           15
Age First Game:  20 yr 165 d  (05/08/1992)
Age Last Game:   31 yr 231 d  (11/10/2003)
Career Duration: 11 yr 156 d

Roni Rosenthal

Full Name:       Ron Rosenthal
Born:            4/10/1963
Position:        forward
Games:           55 according to FIFA
                 60 according to IFA
Goals:           10 according to FIFA
                 11 according to IFA
Age First Game:  21 yr  69 d  (19/12/1984)
Age Last Game:   33 yr 240 d  (08/06/1997)
Career Duration: 12 yr 171 d

Zvi Rozen

Born:            26/3/1947
Position:        stopper
Games:           42 according to FIFA
                 58 according to IFA
Goals:           4 according to FIFA
                 5 according to IFA
Age First Game:  20 yr 325  (14/02/1968)
Age Last Game:   27 yr 253 d according to FIFA (04/12/1974)
                 28 yr  74 d according to IFA  (08/06/1975)
Career Duration:  6 yr 293 d according to FIFA
                  7 yr 114 d according to IFA

Amir Shelah

Full Name:       Amir Yoni Shelah
Born:            11/7/1970
Position:        stopper
Games:           85
Goals:           0
Age First Game:  21 yr 216 d  (12/02/1992)
Age Last Game:   31 yr  52 d  (01/09/2001)
Career Duration: 10 yr 201 d

Itzhak Shum

Born:            1/9/1948
Position:        midfielder
Games:           53 according to FIFA
                 78 according to IFA
Goals:            5 according to FIFA
                 10 according to IFA
Age First Game:  20 yr 170 d  (18/02/1969)
Age Last Game:   33 yr  78 d  (18/11/1981)
Career Duration: 12 yr 273 d

Giora Spiegel

Born:            27/7/1947
Position:        midfielder
Games:           29 according to FIFA
                 44 according to IFA
Goals:           10 according to FIFA
                 18 according to IFA
Age First Game:  18 yr 117 d  (21/11/1965)
Age Last Game:   33 yr 108 d  (12/11/1980)
Career Duration: 14 yr 357 d

Mordechai Spiegler

Born:            19/8/1944
Position:        offensive midfielder
Games:           57 according to FIFA
                 82 according to IFA
Goals:           24 according to FIFA
                 32 according to IFA
Age First Game:  19 yr 284 d according to FIFA (26/05/1964)
                 19 yr 132 d according to IFA  (29/12/1963)
Age Last Game:   32 yr 213 d  (20/03/1977)
Career Duration: 12 yr 298 d according to FIFA
                 13 yr  81 d according to IFA

All the newspapers chose Mordechai Spiegler to the best Israeli footballer 1948-1998.

Nahum Stelmach

Born:            19/7/1936
Died:            27/3/1999
Position:        forward
Games:           45 according to FIFA
                 61 according to IFA
Goals:           19 according to FIFA
                 22 according to IFA
Age First Game:  19 yr 326 d according to FIFA (01/09/1956)
                 19 yr 358 d according to IFA  (11/07/1956)
Age Last Game:   31 yr 175 d  (10/01/1968)
Career Duration: 11 yr 151 d according to FIFA
                 11 yr 183 d according to IFA

Idan Tal

Born:            13/9/1975
Position:        midfielder
Games:           69
Goals:           6
Age First Game:  22 yr 148 d  (18/02/1998)
Age Last Game:   31 yr 360 d  (08/09/2007)
Career Duration:  9 yr 202 d

Rahamim Talbi

Born:            17/5/1943
Position:        forward
Games:           32 according to FIFA
                 46 according to IFA
Goals:            4 according to FIFA
                 10 according to IFA
Age First Game:  22 yr  27 d  (13/06/1965)
Age Last Game:   30 yr  11 d  (28/05/1973)
Career Duration:  7 yr 349 d

Itzik Visoker

Full Name:       Itzhak Visoker
Born:            18/9/1944
Position:        goalkeeper
Games:           43 according to FIFA
                 70 according to IFA
Goals:           0
Goals Conceded:  40 according to FIFA
                 65 according to IFA
Age First Game:  19 yr 251 d according to FIFA (26/05/1964)
                 19 yr 102 d according to IFA  (29/12/1963)
Age Last Game:   31 yr 139 d according to FIFA (04/02/1976)
                 31 yr 311 d according to IFA  (25/07/1976)
Career Duration: 11 yr 254 d according to FIFA
                 12 yr 209 d according to IFA

Robi Young

Full Name:       Reuven Young
Born:            15/5/1942
Position:        forward
Games:           35 according to FIFA
                 50 according to IFA
Goals:           4 according to FIFA
                 8 according to IFA
Age First Game:  18 yr 308 d  (19/03/1961)
Age Last Game:   26 yr 343 d according to FIFA (23/04/1969)
                 27 yr  13 d according to IFA  (28/05/1969)
Career Duration:  8 yr  35 d according to FIFA
                  8 yr  70 d according to IFA

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Prepared and maintained by Jean-Michel Cazal and Yaniv Bleicher for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Jean-Michel Cazal (Jean-Michel.Cazal@wanadoo.fr) and Yaniv Bleicher (yanivbl@hotmail.com)
Last updated: 12 Feb 2011

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