Michael Zandberg

Michael Zandberg

Personal information
Date of birth	April 16, 1980 (1980-04-16) (age 31)
Place of birth	Ramat Gan, Israel
Playing position	Left Wing
Club information
Current club	Hapoel Haifa
Number	24
Youth career
199?-1998	Hapoel Ramat Gan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1998-2002	Hapoel Petah Tikva	109	(14)
2002-2006	Maccabi Haifa	117	(33)
2006-2009	Beitar Jerusalem	85	(10)
2009-2010	Hapoel Tel Aviv	14	(1)
2010	Bnei Yehuda	12	(0)
2010-2011	Maccabi Petah Tikva	29	(2)
2011-	Hapoel Haifa	5	(0)
National team
2002-2007	Israel	20	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Michael Zandberg (Hebrew: מיכאל זנדברג‎; born April 16, 1980 in Petah Tikva) is an Israeli football player playing for Hapoel Haifa.

He played for Hapoel Petah Tikva until he was 22 years of age. Then he moved to Maccabi Haifa where he played 4 years in 2002-2006 season, and won 3 championships and also in UEFA Champions League. Zandberg is one of the best wingers in Israeli football^[1] and is a member of the Israeli national team. Recently Zandberg has received interest from teams in the Dutch Eredivisie, the English Premiership, and from the German Bundesliga.

In the summer of 2006, Zandberg transferred to Beitar Jerusalem.

In May 2007, it was revealed that Zandberg had agreed on a $600,000 one-year contract with English side Sheffield United, but when Sheffield United was relegated to the English 2nd division on the final day of the season, Zandberg decided against the move.

At the end of Ligat ha'Al 2006-07, Zandberg was chosen as the Player of the Season.^[2]

Honours

• Israeli Premier League (5):
  • 2003-04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08

• Toto Cup (1):
  • 2005-06

• State Cup (1):
  • 2008

• Israeli Footballer of the Year (1):
  • 2007

References

1. ^ http://www.one.co.il/MSites/Biz/InsideArticle.aspx?id=114179
2. ^ http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/israpoy.html

External links

• IFA profile
• ONE profile
• Michael Zandberg at National-Football-Teams.com

Persondata
Name	Zandberg, Michael
Alternative names
Short description	Israeli footballer
Date of birth	April 16, 1980
Place of birth	Ramat Gan, Israel
Date of death
Place of death