David Amsalem

David Amsalem
דוד אמסלם

Personal information
Date of birth	4 September 1971 (1971-09-04) (age 40)
Place of birth	Lod, Israel
Playing position	Left-Back
Youth career
1979-1983	Ayelat Lod
1984-1986	Hapoel Tel Aviv
1986-1990	Bnei Yehuda
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1990-1993	Bnei Yehuda	59	(2)
1994-1995	Hapoel Tel Aviv	28	(1)
1995-1998	Beitar Jerusalem	85	(5)
1998-1999	Crystal Palace	10	(0)
1999-2000	Hapoel Haifa	35	(2)
2000-2009	Beitar Jerusalem	182	(7)
National team‡
1991-1993	Israel U21	11	(1)
1992-1999	Israel	31	(0)
Teams managed
2009-2010	Beitar Jerusalem (assistant manager)
2010	Beitar Jerusalem
2010-2011	Beitar Jerusalem (assistant manager)
2011	Beitar Jerusalem
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2007. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 May 2007

David Amsalem (Hebrew: דוד אמסלם‎; born on 4 September 1971 in Israel) is a retired Israeli footballer.

Career

He started his career with Bnei Yehuda and then joined Hapoel Tel Aviv whom he played for during the 1994-1995 season. He became the second Israeli to join Crystal Palace following Itzik Zohar who left just as Amsalem was signing.

Terry Venables signed Amsalem from Beitar Jerusalem for £800,000 in 1998 via a third party at a time when Amsalem was captain of the Israeli national side. Controversy surrounded his signing as there were claims the money never reached Beitar. Beitar chairman Ehud Federman said that his contract had run out and had left the club on a free transfer.

He played for Beitar Jerusalem for three seasons 1995-1998. He started six games for the Eagles and played in a total of ten games for them. He was released from Palace in 1999 and joined Hapoel Haifa who he played for until the end of the 1999-00 season.

He made his return to Beitar Jerusalem in 2000 and played there for 8 and a half seasons until he decided to retire in July 2009 to take on the spot of assistant coach for the club.

Honours

• Israeli Premier League (4):
  • 1996-97, 1997–98, 2006–07, 2007–08

• Toto Cup (1):
  • 1997–98

• Israel State Cup (2):
  • 2008, 2009

External links

• (Hebrew) Profile and statistics of David Amsalem on One.co.il
• David Amsalem career stats at Soccerbase
• Stats on National Football Teams

Persondata
Name	Amsalem, David
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	4 September 1971
Place of birth	Lod, Israel
Date of death
Place of death