Haim Levin (Hebrew: חיים לוין; 3 March 1937 – 21 April 2024) was an Israeli football goalkeeper who played for Maccabi Tel Aviv and the Israel national team in the 1960s.[2]
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| Date of birth | 3 March 1937 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Petah Tikva, Mandatory Palestine | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 21 April 2024 (aged 87) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1954–1957 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1955–1956 | → Hapoel Kfar Saba (loan) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1957 | Hapoel Hadera | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1957–1960 | Maccabi Haifa | 53 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1960–1969 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1969–1971 | Beitar Jerusalem | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1972 | Maccabi Netanya | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1976 | Hapoel Jerusalem | |||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1963–1969 | Israel[1] | 22 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||
Career
editLevin played for Maccabi Haifa in the late 1950s, playing 56 matches.[3] He was elected Israeli Footballer of the Year in 1965.[3] He left Maccabi Tel Aviv in 1969 and went on to play for Beitar Jerusalem, Maccabi Netanya, and Hapoel Jerusalem.[3]
Levin made 22 appearances in the Israel national team and participated in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico.[3]
In the 1980s Levin returned to former club Maccabi Haifa, working as a goalkeeper coach in the senior team and the youth department.[3]
Death
editLevin died on 21 April 2024, at the age of 87.[3] He had four daughters.[3]
Honours
editMaccabi Tel Aviv
- Israeli championships: 1966–68
- State Cup: 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67
- Asian Club Championship: 1968–69
- Israeli Supercup: 1964–65 (shared cup with Hakoah Ramat Gan), 1967–68
Individual
References
edit- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 March 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Haim Levin at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ a b c d e f g h "שוער העבר, חיים לוין, הלך לעולמו בגיל 87" [Former goalkeeper Haim Levin passed away at 87]. One (in Hebrew). 21 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
External links
edit- Haim Levin at National-Football-Teams.com
- Haim Levin at WorldFootball.net
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