Mordechai Spiegler
Mordechai Spiegler (right) and sportscaster Yoram Arbel | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mordechai Spiegler | ||
Date of birth | 19 August 1944 | ||
Place of birth | Sochi, Soviet Union | ||
Height | 5-10 (179 cm) [1] | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1957–1961 | Maccabi Netanya | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1963–1971 | Maccabi Netanya | 255 | (168) |
1972–1973 | Paris FC | 39 | (11) |
1973–1974 | Paris Saint-Germain | 13 | (10) |
1974–1975 | Maccabi Netanya | 26 | (5) |
1975 | New York Cosmos | 17 | (6) |
1975–1978 | Maccabi Netanya | 61 | (11) |
1978–1979 | Hapoel Haifa | 20 | (1) |
1981–1982 | Beitar Tel Aviv (player-manager) | 15 | (2[2]) |
Total | 446 | (214) | |
National team | |||
1963–1977 | Israel | 83 | (33) |
Teams managed | |||
1979 | Maccabi Haifa | ||
1979–1980 | Hapoel Haifa | ||
1980–1982 | Beitar Tel Aviv | ||
1982–1984 | Maccabi Netanya | ||
1984 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | ||
1985 | Maccabi Jaffa | ||
1990–1992 | Maccabi Netanya | ||
1994–1996 | Tzafririm Holon[3] | ||
2013 | Maccabi Netanya (general manager) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Mordechai "Motaleh" Spiegler (Hebrew: מרדכי שפיגלר, born 19 August 1944) is a former Israeli footballer and manager. He remains Israel's record goalscorer, with 33 goals in 83 caps.[4]
Early and personal life
Spiegler was born in Sochi, Soviet Union, and is Jewish.[1][5][6][7] He moved to Netanya, Israel, when he was a boy.[8]
Playing career
Club career
As a striker, he played for Maccabi Netanya along with Paris Saint Germain in France and alongside Pelé for New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League in the 1970s.[9]
He was chosen as the Israeli Player of the Year a record four times, in 1967/68, 1968/69, 1969/70, and in 1970/71.[10]
International career
Spiegler made his international debut for Israel on 2 January 1964 against Hong Kong. He took part in the Israeli win in the 1964 AFC Asian Cup, and scored 2 goals at the tournament, which made him a joint top scorer of the tournament.[11]
His major achievement was helping Israel qualify for the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. He scored Israel's lone goal in World Cup history in a 1–1 draw against Sweden.[12]
His 32 goals for the national team (according to IFA count, FIFA counts only 25 of them)[5] is the Israeli record. Spiegler scored 25 goals in 62 'official' internationals for the Israeli national side, he also played in 21 other 'unofficial' matches (mostly Olympic Games qualifiers) scoring seven more goals.
Spiegler captained the Israeli Olympic team at Mexico City 1968 which reached the quarter-finals, losing to Bulgaria by a draw after the match ended 1–1.[13]
International
Israel national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
1963 | 1 | 0 |
1964 | 6 | 3 |
1965 | 5 | 0 |
1966 | 8 | 4 |
1967 | 1 | 0 |
1968 | 12 | 15 |
1969 | 8 | 3 |
1970 | 6 | 3 |
1971 | 4 | 1 |
1972 | 5 | 1 |
1973 | 6 | 1 |
1974 | - | - |
1975 | - | - |
1976 | 3 | 0 |
1977 | 8 | 0 |
Total | 83 | 33 |
International goals
Post-playing career
He was nominated as the best Israeli player of the prior 50 years by the Israel Football Association in the UEFA Jubilee Awards in November 2003.[15] Spiegler is a member of the Education and Publicity Committee of the IFA.[16]
In 2007, he won a lifetime contributions special award for the Israeli national team in the 1970 FIFA World Cup, determined by Yedioth Ahronoth and the Israeli football player association.[17]
Honours
Club
- Israeli Premier League (2):1970–71, 1977–78
- Israel State Cup (1): 1977–78
- Israeli Supercup (2): 1971, 1978
- Soccer Bowl (1): 1977
International
- AFC Youth Championship (1): 1964[18]
- AFC Asian Cup (1): 1964
Individual
- Israeli Premier League – Top Goalscorer (3): 1965–66, 1967–68, 1968–69
- Israeli Player of the Year (4): 1965–66, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71
- Member of the Israeli Football Hall of Fame
Club
- Israeli Premier League (1): 1982–83
- Israeli Supercup (1): 1983
- UEFA Intertoto Cup (2): 1983, 1984
- League Cup (2): 1982, 1983
Managerial stats
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||||
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P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||||
Maccabi Haifa | 1979 | 1979 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | |||
Hapoel Haifa | 1979 | 1980 | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 26.67 | |||
Beitar Tel Aviv | 1980 | 1982 | 65 | 28 | 21 | 16 | 43.08 | |||
Maccabi Netanya | 1982 | 1984 | 80 | 44 | 17 | 19 | 55.00 | |||
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1984 | 1984 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12.50 | |||
Maccabi Jaffa | 1985 | 1985 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 41.67 | |||
Maccabi Netanya | 1990 | 1992 | 86 | 27 | 26 | 33 | 31.40 | |||
Tzafririm Holon | 1994 | 1996 | 55 | 19 | 9 | 27 | 34.55 | |||
Total | 339 | 132 | 92 | 115 | 38.94 |
See also
References
- 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Mordechai Spiegler". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
- ↑ Mordechai Spiegler at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ http://maccabi-haifafc.walla.co.il/?w=/392/@game
- ↑ Spiegler the scoring sensation UEFA, 21 June 2004
- 1 2 Day by Day in Jewish Sports History - Bob Wechsler
- ↑ Great Jews in Sports - Robert Slater
- ↑ https://www.thejc.com/news/news-features/jewish-footballers-world-cup-2018-1.465521
- ↑ "Spiegler 60 Sporting Heroes for 60 Years: No.2 Mordechai Spiegler" - Jerusalem Post
- ↑ Mordechaï Spiegler : « J’espère une finale France-Brésil le 15 juillet » - Actualité Juive
- ↑ "Israel – Player of the Year" Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- ↑ "Op-Ed: When Iran and Israel faced off" | JerusalemOnline
- ↑ Does Your Rabbi Know You're Here?: The Story of English Football's Forgotten ... - Anthony Clavane
- ↑ "Israel’s little-known contribution to soccer history - penalty shootouts" - Haaretz
- ↑ http://www.football.org.il/NationalTeam/Pages/NationalTeamPlayerGameList.aspx?PLAYER_ID=80558&NATIONAL_TEAM_ID=3
- ↑ Golden Players take centre stage UEFA
- ↑ Committees Israel Football Association (in Hebrew)
- ↑ Lifetime Contribution Prize Archived 25 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Israeli Football Player Association (IFPA)
- ↑ http://football.org.il/Archive/Articles/Pages/article_28december2012.aspx