Mordechai Spiegler
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| Motaleh Spiegler | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mordechai Spiegler | |
| Date of birth | August 19, 1944 | |
| Place of birth |  Sochi, USSR |
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| Playing position | Striker | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1957-1961 |  Maccabi Netanya |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1963-1970 1970-1971 1971-1972 1972-1973 1973-1974 1974-1977 1977-1980 |
Maccabi Netanya Hapoel Haifa Beitar Tel Aviv Paris FC Paris Saint-Germain New York Cosmos Hapoel Haifa |
- (-) - (-) - (-) 39 (11) 13 (10) 17 (6) - (-) - (-) - (-) |
| National team | ||
| 1963-1977 | Israel |
83 (32) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1979 | Maccabi Haifa |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Mordechai Spiegler (Hebrew: מרדכי שפיגלר, born 19 August 1944, in Sochi, Russia, ex-Soviet Union) is a former Russian-Israeli footballer. As a striker, he played for Maccabi Netanya along with Paris St. Germain in France and alongside Pelé for New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League in the 1970s.
He made his international debut for Israel on 2 January 1964 against Hong Kong.
His major achievement was helping Israel qualify for the Football World Cup 1970 in Mexico. He scored Israel's lone goal in World Cup history in a 1-1 draw against Sweden.
His 32 goals for the national team (according to IFA count, FIFA counts only 25 of them) 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 Olympic team at Mexico City 1968 which reached the Quarter-Finals, losing to Bulgaria by a draw after the match ended 1-1.
He was nominated as the best Israeli player of the last 50 years by the Israel Football Association in the UEFA Jubilee Awards in November 2003 [1]. Spiegler is a member of the Education and Publicity Committee of the IFA [1]. At 2007, he won a lifetime contributions special award for the Israeli national team in the 1970 world cup, determined by Yedioth Ahronoth and the Israeli football player association [2].
[edit] External links
- Mordechai Spiegler International Career from The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- UEFA.com - Israel's Golden Player
[edit] Notes
- ^ Golden Players take centre stage. UEFA.com. (Retrieved 2006-10-28).
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UEFA Jubilee Awards Israel |
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