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Maor Melikson 
Personal information Full name Maor Melikson Date of birth 30 October 1984 Place of birth Yavne, Israel Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Playing position Midfielder Club information Current club Wisła Kraków Number 5 Youth career Maccabi Yavne Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2001–2002 Maccabi Yavne 2002–2006 Beitar Jerusalem 111 (8) 2006–2008 Maccabi Haifa 24 (1) 2008 Hapoel Kfar Saba 15 (0) 2008–2011 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 77 (18) 2011– Wisła Kraków 20 (4) National team‡ 2002–2003 Israel U-19 8 (1) 2003–2007 Israel U-21 15 (2) 2010–2011 Israel 2 (2) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 September 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 August 2011Maor Melikson (Hebrew: מאור מליקסון; born 30 October 1984 in Yavne) is an Israeli-Polish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Wisła Kraków.
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Club career
Melikson started in the youth department of Maccabi Yavne. During the 2001–02 season, he made his senior debut in Liga Alef in a match against Ironi Ramat HaSharon.[1] At the end of that season Maccabi Yavne were relegated to Liga Bet, and Melikson moved to Beitar Jerusalem. At the end of 2005–06 season after not reaching a financial settlement with Beitar,[2][3] Melikson decided to join Ligat ha'Al champions, Maccabi Haifa on a three-year contract.[4] During the 2007–08 season, Maccabi Haifa sold Melikson to Hapoel Kfar Saba.[5] After just six months which included a relegation to Liga Leumit, he signed in June 2008 a five-year contract with Hapoel Be'er Sheva,[6] and later was appointed as the team captain.[7]
On 31 January 2011, Melikson joined Polish Ekstraklasa side Wisła Kraków on a four-and-a-half year deal for an undisclosed fee from Hapoel Be'er Sheva.[8] He won the Ekstraklasa championship in his debut season. He was also named the Ekstraklasa Revelation of the Season, even though he only played for one half of the season.[9]
International career
Melikson played in Israel national under-21 football team for several years, and helped the team qualify for the 2007 UEFA Under-21 Championship, but missed out on the final tournament due to injury.[10]
He made his debut for the Israeli senior national team in a friendly match against Uruguay on 26 May 2010.[11] On 10 August 2011, in his second appearance for the national side Melikson scored two goals for Israel in the 3–4 loss against Côte d'Ivoire.
On 20 September 2011, the Polish Football Association chairman Grzegorz Lato revealed that Melikson in a conversation with him expressed his desire to play for the Poland national football team.[12] Melikson is eligible to play for Poland based on a FIFA ruling allowing players to switch their national teams if the player had not yet played in an official FIFA match with the senior team despite having played at the youth level. The next day, Israel Football Association issued a statement that Melikson is a member of Israel national football team and he is called for the upcoming match against Malta in the last fixture of the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying phase.[13] Melikson, however, refrained from making any comment for the Polish media, but Wisła Kraków manager Robert Maaskant confirmed his intentions to switch to Poland national team.[14] Later Melikson said to Israeli media that he chose to play for Poland, but subsequently on 22 September declared that he has decided not to play for either national side for the time being.[15]
International Goals
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 10 August 2011 Geneva, Switzerland 
Côte d'Ivoire2:3 3:4 Friendly 2. 3:4 Personal life
Melikson was born in Yavne, Israel, to a Jewish family.[16] His mother was born in Legnica, Poland, and made Aliyah to Israel as a child.[17] Melikson holds both Israeli and Polish citizenship.[18]
Statistics
- (correct as of 22 September 2011)
Club Season League Domestic League Domestic Cups European Cups Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Beitar Jerusalem 2002–03 Ligat ha'Al 27 3 5 0 – 32 3 2003–04 26 2 7 0 – 33 2 2004–05 29 1 7 1 – 36 2 2005–06 29 2 7 1 3 0 39 3 Total 111 8 26 2 3 0 140 10 Maccabi Haifa 2006–07 Ligat ha'Al 18 1 6 0 9 0 33 1 2007–08 6 0 9 1 0 0 15 1 Total 24 1 15 1 9 0 48 2 Hapoel Kfar Saba 2007–08 Ligat ha'Al 15 0 3 2 – 18 2 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2008–09 Liga Leumit 28 5 11 3 – 39 8 2009–10 Ligat ha'Al 30 9 6 4 – 36 13 2010–11 19 4 4 0 – 23 4 Total 77 18 21 7 – 88 25 Wisła Kraków 2010–11 Ekstraklasa 15 4 2 0 – 17 4 2011–12 5 0 0 0 7 3 12 3 Total 20 4 2 0 7 3 29 7 Career Total 247 31 67 12 19 3 323 46 Honours
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
- Toto Cup Leumit: 2008–09
Wisła Kraków
- Ekstraklasa: 2010–11
Individual
- Ekstraklasa Revelation of the Season: 2010–11
References
- ^ מאור מליקסון
- ^ בית"ר ירושלים שיחררה את מאור מליקסון
- ^ בית"ר ירושלים: גאידמק שוחח שוב עם גרנט
- ^ מאור מליקסון סיכם לשלוש שנים במכבי חיפה
- ^ מאור מליקסון נמכר להפועל כפ"ס
- ^ מליקסון חתם בהפועל באר שבע
- ^ הפועל ב"ש: אילוז ימשיך, מליקסון מונה
- ^ Maor Melikson zawodnikiem Wisły! 31.01.2011, wisla.krakow.pl
- ^ "Melikson odkryciem Ekstraklasy". wisla.krakow.pl. http://www.wisla.krakow.pl/pl/aktualnosci/melikson_odkryciem_ekstraklasy/. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
- ^ "Maor Melikson - kosztowne błędy młodości". onet.pl. http://sport.onet.pl/pilka-nozna/liga-mistrzow/maor-melikson-kosztowne-bledy-mlodosci,2,4821799,wiadomosc.html. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ^ "Uruguay Israel". eng.football.org.il. http://eng.football.org.il/NationalTeam/Pages/NationalTeamGameDetails.aspx?GAME_ID=2373&DISPLAY_HOME_TABLE. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
- ^ "Maor Melikson mówi tak dla Polski". pzpn.pl. http://www.pzpn.pl/index.php/Reprezentacje/Reprezentacja-A/Aktualnosci/Maor-Melikson-mowi-tak-dla-Polski. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
- ^ "פרננדס: "מליקסון זומן לנבחרת בכל פעם שהיה כשיר"". football.org.il. http://football.org.il/Archive/Articles/Pages/nationalteam_21september2011.aspx.aspx. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
- ^ "Trener Maaskant o Maorze Meliksonie". wisla.krakow.pl. http://www.wisla.krakow.pl/pl/aktualnosci/trener_maaskant_o_maorze_meliksonie/. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
- ^ "מליקסון: החלטתי שלא לשחק באף נבחרת. הלב גבר על הראש "". Sport5.co.il. http://www.sport5.co.il/HTML/articles/Article.285.107393.html. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ "Israeli Sports". Jewish Sports Review 8 (87): 20. September/October 2011, accessed September 16, 2011.
- ^ "Melikson: Było trochę łez i wzruszeń". wisla.krakow.pl. http://www.wisla.krakow.pl/pl/aktualnosci/melikson_bylo_troche_lez_i_wzruszen/. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- ^ "Melikson otrzymal polskie obywatelstwo". sport.pl. http://www.sport.pl/sport/1,65025,9121833,Ekstraklasa__Melikson_otrzymal_polskie_obywatelstwo.html. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
External links
- Maor Melikson at 90minut.pl (Polish)
- Stats at IFA
Wisła Kraków – current squad 1 Jovanić · 2 Jaliens · 4 Chávez · 5 Melikson · 6 Bunoza · 7 Sobolewski (c) · 9 Boguski · 10 Garguła · 11 Núñez · 12 Kurto · 13 Paljić · 15 Díaz · 16 Jirsák · 17 Kirm · 18 Genkov · 19 Małecki · 20 Biton · 22 Jovanović · 25 Pareiko · 28 Wilk · 31 Lamey · 33 Czekaj · 45 Brud · 77 Iliev · Manager: Moskal
Categories:- 1984 births
- Living people
- Israeli Jews
- Jewish footballers
- Israeli footballers
- Israeli people of Polish origin
- Maccabi Yavne F.C. players
- Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players
- Maccabi Haifa F.C. players
- Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. players
- Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. players
- Wisła Kraków players
- Ekstraklasa players
- Israeli expatriates in Poland
- Expatriate footballers in Poland
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