Yisha'ayahu Schwager

Personal information
Yisha'ayahu Schwager ישעיהו שווגר
Date of birth	February 10, 1946(1946-02-10)
Place of birth	, Poland
Date of death	2000
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Defender
Youth clubs
	Hapoel Haifa Maccabi Haifa
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1962-1976	Maccabi Haifa	360 (11)
National team
1966-1974	Israel	37 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Yisha'ayahu (Jeszaja) Schwager (Hebrew: ישעיהו שווגר‎) was a former Polish-Israeli footballer.

[edit] 1970 World Cup

Schwager was a member of the Israel squad that participated in the World Cup finals in Mexico. During a group play match against Italy, Schwager was given the task of marking Luigi Riva, which he did so well that he received praise from the media back home. In the year 2000, Schwager died from heart attack, being the first and only member of the Israel national team in World Cup finals to pass away.

Schwager also played at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

v • d • e Israel squad - 1970 FIFA World Cup

1 Vissoker • 2 Bar • 3 Bello • 4 Primo • 5 Rosen • 6 Rosenthal • 7 Shum • 8 Spiegel • 9 Feigenbaum • 10 Spiegler • 11 Borba • 12 Schwager • 13 Chazom • 14 Shmulevich‑Rom • 15 Talbi • 16 Vollach • 17 Ben Rimoz • 18 Romano • 19 Shuruk • 20 Karako • 21 Hameiri • 22 Nossovsky • Coach: Scheffer