Mordechai Spiegler
| Motaleh Spiegler | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Mordechai Spiegler | |
| Date of birth | August 19 1944 | |
| Place of birth |  Sochi, USSR |
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| Playing position | Striker | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1957-1961 |  Maccabi Netanya |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1963-1970 1970-1971 1971-1972 1972-1973 1973-1974 1974-1977 1977-1980 1980-1981 1982-1983 |
Maccabi Netanya Hapoel Haifa Beitar Tel Aviv Paris
FC Paris Saint-Germain
New York Cosmos Hapoel Haifa Beitar Tel Aviv Maccabi Netanya |
- (-) - (-) - (-) 39 (11) 13 (10) 17 (6) - (-) - (-) - (-) |
| National team | ||
| 1963-1977 | Israel |
83 (32) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1979 | Maccabi Haifa |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Mordechai Spiegler (Hebrew: מרדכי שפיגלר, born 19 August 1944) is a former Israeli footballer. As a striker, he played for Maccabi Netanya along with Paris St. Germain in France and alongside Pelé for New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League in the 1970s.
He made his international debut for Israel on 2 January 1964 against Hong Kong.
In 1967, Alex Ferguson broke his nose in an international game against Scotland B in Tel Aviv.
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.
He was deservedly nominated as the best Israeli player of the last 50 years by the Israel Football Association in the UEFA Jubilee Awards in November 2003 [1]. Spiegler is a member of the Education and Publicity Committee of the IFA [1].
External links
- Mordechai Spiegler International Career from The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- UEFA.com - Israel's Golden Player
Notes
- ^ Golden Players take centre stage. UEFA.com. (Retrieved 2006-10-28).
| Preceded by - |
UEFA Jubilee
Awards Israel |
Succeeded by - |
| Israel squad - 1970 FIFA World Cup | |
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| 1 Vissoker • 2 Bar •
3 Bello • 4 Primo • 5 Rosen •
6 Rosenthal • 7 Shum • 8 Spiegel •
9 Feigenbaum • 10 Spiegler • 11 Borba •
12 Schwager • 13 Chazom • 14 Shmulevich‑Rom •
15 Talbi • 16 Vollach • 17 Ben Rimoz •
18 Romano • 19 Shuruk • 20 Karako •
21 Hameiri • 22 Nossovsky • Coach: Scheffer |
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