Alon Harazi

Infobox Football biography
playername = Alon Harazi אלון חרזי


fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1971|02|13
cityofbirth =
countryofbirth =Israel
height = Height|m=1.79
nickname =
position = Defender
currentclub = Flagicon|ISR Maccabi Haifa
clubnumber =
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1990–1997
1997–1998
1998–
clubs = Maccabi Haifa
Beitar Jerusalem
Maccabi Haifa
caps(goals) = - (-)
- (-)
473 (29)
nationalyears = 1992–2006
nationalteam = Flagicon|ISR Israel
nationalcaps(goals) = 89 (-)
pcupdate =
ntupdate = 14 April 2007

Alon Harazi ( _he. אלון חרזי; born February 13, 1971) is an Israeli footballer, currently the captain and the most veteran player at Maccabi Haifa. He came to the club in 1990 at the age of 18 from a Second Division team. Began as a striker but today plays in defensive roles, mostly as a central defender or right back.

Harazi has made 90 international appearances for Israel and won seven league championships, more than any other Israeli player – six of those championships were with Maccabi Haifa (the other was with Beitar Jerusalem) as well as three State Cup titles. Harazi made more than 400 league appearances with Maccabi Haifa - a team record, which was celebrated during November 2005 league match versus Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Harazi is a very fast player, has an excellent header, and is with an outstanding understanding of the game. Appeared with Maccabi Haifa in the UEFA Champions League group stage.

As of season 2008-09 Harazi is the oldest player in Ligat ha'Al.

His grandfather played football for Makkabi Judah in Poland [cite web |url=http://www.one.co.il/c.aspx?target=%2Fnext%2Easp%3Fid%3D90673%26Bz%3D0%26categoryid%3D1%26tableid%3D1%26nocache%3D1 |title=אלון חרזי: מדהים איך הם שמרו על רוח החיים |accessdate=2007-04-17 |last=Ben Dor |first=Doron |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=16 |year=2007 |month=April |format= |work= |publisher=One.co.il |pages= |language=Hebrew |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] .

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