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Mordechai Shpigler 
Mordechai Spiegler (right) & sportscaster Yoram ArbelPersonal information Full name Mordechai Spiegler Date of birth 19 August 1944 Place of birth Sochi, Soviet Union 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[1]) 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 * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
Standing (l-r): Yitzchak Vissoker, Yisha'ayahu Schvager, David Primo, Yochanan Vollach, Zvi Rosen, Shmuel Rosenthal. Sitting (l-r): Itzhak Shum, Giora Spiegel, Mordechai Spiegler (C), Yehoshua Faygenbaum, Shraga Bar. Israel national football team, 1970.
Mordechai "Motaleh" Spiegler (Hebrew: מרדכי שפיגלר, born in Sochi, Soviet Union, 19 August 1944) is a former Israeli footballer. He remains Israel's record goalscorer, with 33 goals in 83 caps.[2]
In 2005, he was voted the 105th-greatest Israeli of all time, in a poll by the Israeli news website Ynet to determine whom the general public considered the 200 Greatest Israelis.[3]
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Playing career
Domestic 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.
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.[4]
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.
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.
International goals
International
Israel national team 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 0 0 1975 0 0 1976 3 0 1977 8 0 Total 83 33 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.[6] Spiegler is a member of the Education and Publicity Committee of the IFA.[7]
In 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.[8]
Honours
As player
- AFC Asian Cup (1):
- Israeli Premier League (2):
- 1970–71, 1977–78
- Israel State Cup (1):
- 1978
- Soccer Bowl (1):
- 1977
- Israeli Premier League – Top Goalscorer (3):
- 1965–66, 1966–68, 1968–69
- Israeli Player of the Year (4):
- 1967–68, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71
As manager
- Israeli Premier League (1):
- 1982–83
- League Cup (1):
- 1982–83
- Israeli Supercup (1):
- 1983
- UEFA Intertoto Cup (1):
- 1983
See also
References
- ^ http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=21313
- ^ Spiegler the scoring sensation UEFA, 21 June 2004
- ^ גיא בניוביץ' (June 20, 1995). "הישראלי מספר 1: יצחק רבין – תרבות ובידור". Ynet. http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3083171,00.html. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
- ^ Israel – Player of the Year RSSSF
- ^ 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 (Hebrew)
- ^ Lifetime Contribution Prize Israeli Football Player Association
AFC Asian Cup Top Scorers 1956: Stelmach · 1960: Cho Yoon-Ok · 1964: Spiegler / Singh · 1968: Behzadi / Spiegel / Romano · 1972: Kalani · 1976: Nouraei / Mazloumi / Kamel · 1980: Fariba / Choi Soon-Ho · 1984: Jia Xiuquan / Mohammadkhani / Bayani · 1988: Lee Tae-Ho · 1992: Al-Bishi · 1996: Daei · 2000: Lee Dong-Gook · 2004: Hubail / Karimi · 2007: Mahmoud / Al-Qahtani / Takahara · 2011: Koo Ja-CheolFootballer of the Year in Israel 1965: Heiman • 1966: Rosenthal & Spiegler • 1969: Spiegler • 1970: Spiegler • 1971: Spiegler • 1975: Benjamin • 1976: Malmilian • 1977: Topolansky • 1978: Machnes • 1979: Cohen • 1980: Visoker • 1981: Sinai • 1982: Machnes • 1983: Machnes • 1984: Ohana • 1985: Selecter • 1986: Ran • 1987: Malmilian • 1988: Cohen • 1989: Klinger • 1990: Sinai • 1991: Levine & Banin • 1992: Avi Cohen • 1993: Harazi • 1994: Berkovic • 1995: Revivo • 1996: Revivo • 1997: Ohana • 1998: Abukasis • 1999: Roso • 2000: Elimelech • 2001: Benayoun • 2002: Roso • 2003: Dego • 2004: Davidovich • 2005: Tal • 2006: Boccoli • 2007: Zandberg • 2008: Alberman • 2009: Enyeama • 2010: Vermouth • 2011: RefaelovUEFA Jubilee Awards Pano (Albania) | Koldo (Andorra) | Oganesian (Armenia) | Prohaska (Austria) | Banishevskiy (Azerbaijan) | Aleinikov (Belarus) | Van Himst (Belgium) | Sušić (Bosnia and Herzegovina) | Stoichkov (Bulgaria) | Šuker (Croatia) | Kaiafas (Cyprus) | Masopust (Czech Republic) | Laudrup (Denmark) | Moore (England) | Poom (Estonia) | Løkin (Faroe Islands) | Litmanen (Finland) | Fontaine (France) | Khurtsilava (Georgia) | Walter (Germany) | Hatzipanagis (Greece) | Puskás (Hungary) | Sigurvinsson (Iceland) | Giles (Republic of Ireland) | Spiegler (Israel) | Zoff (Italy) | Kvochkin (Kazakhstan) | Starkovs (Latvia) | Hasler (Liechtenstein) | Narbekovas (Lithuania) | Pilot (Luxembourg) | Pančev (Macedonia) | Busuttil (Malta) | Cebanu (Moldova) | Cruyff (Netherlands) | Best (Northern Ireland) | Bratseth (Norway) | Lubański (Poland) | Eusébio (Portugal) | Hagi (Romania) | Yashin (Russia) | Bonini (San Marino) | Law (Scotland) | Džajić (Serbia and Montenegro) | Popluhár (Slovakia) | Oblak (Slovenia) | Di Stéfano (Spain) | Larsson (Sweden) | Chapuisat (Switzerland) | Şükür (Turkey) | Blokhin (Ukraine) | Charles (Wales)Israel squad – 1970 FIFA World Cup 
Categories:- UEFA Golden Players
- 1944 births
- People from Sochi
- Living people
- Association football forwards
- Jewish footballers
- Israeli footballers
- Maccabi Netanya F.C. players
- Israel international footballers
- Israeli expatriate footballers
- Beitar Tel Aviv F.C. players
- Olympic footballers of Israel
- 1964 AFC Asian Cup players
- 1968 AFC Asian Cup players
- Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- 1970 FIFA World Cup players
- AFC Asian Cup-winning players
- Ligue 1 players
- Paris FC players
- Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players
- Expatriate footballers in France
- North American Soccer League players
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- New York Cosmos players
- Maccabi Haifa F.C. managers
- Israeli football managers
- Hapoel Haifa F.C. managers
- Maccabi Netanya F.C. managers
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