Israel National Team - Biographical Data of Selected Players


Last game included: 26/3/2008 Israel - Chile 1-0


Zahi Armeli

Born:            25/11/1957
Position:        forward
Games:           23 full internationals
                 28 IFA "A" games
Goals:           7 full internationals
                 10 IFA "A" goals
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

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 full internationals
                 78 IFA "A" games
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 full internationals
                 51 IFA "A" games
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

Menahem Bello

Born:            26/12/1947
Position:        left defender
Games:           41 full internationals
                 57 IFA "A" games
Goals:           0
Age First Game:  17 yr 169 d (13/06/1965)
Age Last Game:   26 yr 343 d  at last full international (04/12/1974)
                 27 yr  20 d  at last IFA "A" game (15/01/1975)
Career Duration:  9 yr 174 d (full internationals career)
                  9 yr 216 d (IFA "A" games career)

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:           63
Goals:           15
Age First Game:  18 yr 197 d  (18/11/1998)
Age Last Game:   27 yr 326 d  (26/03/2008)
Career Duration:  9 yr 129 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
Position:        stopper
Games:           51 full internationas
                 64 IFA "A" games
Goals:           3
Age First Game:  19 yr 313 d  at first full international (22/09/1976)
                 19 yr 248 d  at first IFA "A" game (19/07/1976)
Age Last Game:   31 yr  95 d  at last full international (17/02/1988)
                 31 yr 134 d  at last IFA "A" game (27/03/1988)
Career Duration: 11 yr 148 d (full internationals career)
                 11 yr 252 d (IFA "A" games career)

Gidi Damti

Full Name:       Gidon Damti
Born:            31/10/1951
Position:        forward
Games:           47 full internationals
                 69 IFA "A" games
Goals:           13 full internationals
                 20 IFA "A" goals
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

Yehoshua Feigenbaum

Born:            5/12/1947
Position:        forward
Games:           36 full internationals
                 51 IFA "A" games
Goals:           15 full internationals
                 24 IFA "A" goals
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 full internationals
                 68 IFA "A" games
Goals:           0
Goals Conceded:  87 full internationals
                 90 IFA "A" goals
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:           33 full internationals
                 35 IFA "A" games
Goals:           16 full internationals
                 18 IFA "A" goals
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:           27 full internationals
                 31 IFA "A" games
Goals:           0
Goals Conceded:  61 full internationals
                 72 IFA "A" goals
Age First Game:  22 yr  44 d  (30/07/1949)
Age Last Game:   34 yr 334 d  at last full international (16/05/1962)
                 36 yr 336 d  at last IFA "A" game (17/05/1964)
Career Duration: 12 yr 290 d (full internationals career)
                 14 yr 292 d (IFA "A" games career)

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 full internationals
                 83 IFA "A" games
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

Born:            1938
Position:        forward
Games:           16 full internationals
                 17 IFA "A" games
Goals:           9 full internationals
                 11 IFA "A" goals
Age First Game:  N/A
Age Last Game:   N/A
Career Duration: 2 yr 150 d

Uri Malmilian

Born:            24/4/1957
Position:        midfielder
Games:           48 full internationals
                 62 IFA "A" games
Goals:           12 full internationals
                 16 IFA "A" goals
Age First Game:  18 yr 286 d  at first full international (04/02/1976)
                 17 yr 266 d  at first IFA "A" game (15/01/1975)
Age Last Game:   33 yr  28 d  at last full international (22/05/1990)
                 33 yr 168 d  at last IFA "A" game (09/10/1990)
Career Duration: 14 yr 107 d (full internationals career)
                 15 yr 267 d (IFA "A" games career)

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 full internationals
                 51 IFA "A" games
Goals:           17
Age First Game:  20 yr  63 d  at first full international (04/04/1984)
                 19 yr 343 d  at first IFA "A" game (10/01/1984)
Age Last Game:   33 yr 200 d  (20/08/1997)
Career Duration: 13 yr 138 d (full internationals career)
                 13 yr 223 d (IFA "A" games career)

Viki Peretz

Full Name:       Itzhak Viki Peretz
Born:            11/2/1953
Position:        forward
Games:           24 full internationals
                 40 IFA "A" games
Goals:            9 full internationals
                 14 IFA "A" goals
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 full internationals
                 60 IFA "A" games
Goals:           10 full internationals
                 11 IFA "A" goals
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 full internationals
                 58 IFA "A" games
Goals:           4 full internationals
                 5 IFA "A" goals
Age First Game:  20 yr 325  (14/02/1968)
Age Last Game:   27 yr 253 d  at last full international (04/12/1974)
                 28 yr  74 d  at last IFA "A" game (08/06/1975)
Career Duration:  6 yr 293 d (full internationals career)
                  7 yr 114 d (IFA "A" games career)

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 full internationals
                 78 IFA "A" games
Goals:           5 full internationals
                 10 IFA "A" goals
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 full internationals
                 44 IFA "A" games
Goals:           10 full internationals
                 18 IFA "A" goals
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 full internationals
                 82 IFA "A" games
Goals:           24 full internationals
                 32 IFA "A" goals
Age First Game:  19 yr 284 d  at first full international (26/05/1964)
                 19 yr 132 d  at first IFA "A" game (29/12/1963)
Age Last Game:   32 yr 213 d  (20/03/1977)
Career Duration: 12 yr 298 d (full internationals career)
                 13 yr  81 d (IFA "A" games career)

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

Nahum Stelmach

Born:            19/7/1936
Died:            27/3/1999
Position:        forward
Games:           51 full internationals
                 61 IFA "A" games
Goals:           22
Age First Game:  19 yr 358 d  (11/07/1956)
Age Last Game:   31 yr 175 d  (10/01/1968)
Career Duration: 11 yr 183 d

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 full internationals
                 46 IFA "A" games
Goals:           4 full internationals
                 10 IFA "A" goals
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 full internationals
                 70 IFA "A" games
Goals:           0
Goals Conceded:  41 full internationals
                 68 IFA "A" goals
Age First Game:  19 yr 251 d  at first full international (26/5/1964)
                 19 yr 102 d  at first IFA "A" game (29/12/1963)
Age Last Game:   31 yr 139 d  at last full international (4/2/1976)
                 31 yr 311 d  at last IFA "A" game (25/7/1976)
Career Duration: 11 yr 254 d (full internationals career)
                 12 yr 209 d (IFA "A" games career)

Reuven Young

Born:            15/5/1942
Position:        forward
Games:           35 full internationals
                 50 IFA "A" games
Goals:           4 full internationals
                 8 IFA "A" goals
Age First Game:  18 yr 308 d  (19/03/1961)
Age Last Game:   26 yr 343 d  at last full international (23/04/1969)
                 27 yr  13 d  at last IFA "A" game (28/05/1969)
Career Duration:  8 yr  35 d (full internationals career)
                  8 yr  70 d (IFA "A" games career)

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