Rifaat Turk
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| Rifaat Turk | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Date of birth | 1957 | |
| Place of birth |  Jaffa, Israel |
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| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1973-1975 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1975-1984 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
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| National team | ||
| 1976–1986 | Israel |
34 (3) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Rifaat Turk (Arabic: رفعت ترك, Hebrew: רפעת טורק) is the deputy mayor of Tel Aviv in Israel. As a former football player, he was the first Arab to ever play for the Israel national football team.
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[edit] Early life
The son of a Jaffa fisherman, Turk, did not go to school very often and would hang out with friends by the Jaffa port. One day he was spotted by a scout of Hapoel Tel Aviv. This would change his life forever.[1].
[edit] Today
Turk is very big on the social problems that Jaffa youth are confronted with. He is a member of the Meretz party and has a son in the Hapoel Tel Aviv's youth system.[2]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Sarah Coleman. World Press Review. Rifat Turk: Scoring for Arab Israelis. June 2003
- ^ Hanes Turk's Profile in the Hapoel Tel Aviv youth academy
