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Alon Mizrahi
Mizrahi in 2007, doing his famous "Airplane" move.
Personal information
Full name Alon Mizrahi
Date of birth (1971-11-22) 22 November 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Tel Aviv, Israel
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1984–1989 Bnei Yehuda
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1993 Bnei Yehuda 66 (46)
1990–1991 → Hapoel Tel Aviv (loan) 18 (4)
1993–1994 Maccabi Haifa 38 (28)
1994 Maccabi Tel Aviv 10 (1)
1994–1999 Maccabi Haifa 53 (35)
1995 → Maccabi Ironi Ashdod (loan) 14 (9)
1995–1997 → Bnei Yehuda (loan) 44 (31)
1999 Nice 18 (4)
1999–2001 Beitar Jerusalem 50 (21)
2001–2003 Hapoel Kfar Saba 50 (22)
2003 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 7 (1)
2003–2005 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 45 (16)
2004 → Bnei Yehuda (loan) 9 (0)
2005–2006 Maccabi Amishav
International career
1990 Israel U18 1 (1)
1990–1993 Israel U21 13 (15)
1992–2001 Israel 37 (17)
2007–2010 Israel (beach soccer)
Managerial career
2008–2009 Hapoel Yehud
2012–2013 Hapoel Kfar Saba (general manager)
2013 Hapoel Petah Tikva
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alon Mizrahi (Hebrew: אלון מזרחי; born 22 November 1971) is an Israeli former professional footballer who played for clubs including Nice, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Maccabi Haifa and Beitar Jerusalem.[1]

His nickname is "The Airplane" (Hebrew: האווירון, romanized: Ha-Avirón), referring to the hand movement he used to do after scoring a goal.

Personal life

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His father, Amos Mizrahi was also a footballer who played in Bnei Yehuda in the 1950s and 1960s and was part of the team that won the State Cup in 1968. He was married to Vered Mizrahi from 1994 until their divorce in 2020 and the couple had 2 daughters and a son.[2] His middle daughter Sun Mizrahi is a supermodel.

International career

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International goals

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Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mizrahi goal.
List of international goals scored by Alon Mizrahi
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 24 March 1993 Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa, Israel  Russia 1–2 2–2 Friendly
2 2–2
3 5 August 1997 Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus  Belarus 3–1 3–2 Friendly
4 19 February 1998 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel  Turkey 3–0 4–0 Friendly
5 4–0
6 18 March 1998 Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania  Romania 1–0 1–0 Friendly
7 17 May 1998 Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia  Latvia 5–0 5–1 Friendly
8 10 October 1998 Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino  San Marino 3–0 5–0 Euro 2000 qualifying
9 18 January 1999 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel  Estonia 5–0 7–0 Friendly
10 23 March 1999 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel  Cyprus 2–0 3–0 Euro 2000 qualifying
11 3–0
12 6 June 1999 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel  Austria 4–0 5–0 Euro 2000 qualifying
13 8 September 1999 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel  San Marino 2–0 8–0 Euro 2000 qualifying
14 3 September 2000 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel  Liechtenstein 1–0 2–0 2002 World Cup qualifying
15 17 January 2001 Municipal Stadium, Beit She'an, Israel  Uzbekistan 2–0 2–0 Friendly
16 24 April 2001 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia  Georgia 1–1 2–3 Friendly
17 2–2

Personal achievements

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  • Mizrahi was the top scorer of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in seasons 1993-94 and 1998-99.[3]
  • Mizrahi scored 206 goals in the Israeli Premier League. Mizrahi broke the scoring record of the Israeli legendary striker Oded Machnes and became the greatest goal-scorer in Israeli history.
  • Mizrahi has maintained an impressive strike rate, of a goal in every two games, throughout his career.
  • Mizrahi won four times the "Goal King" title, awarded to the player who scores the most in the premier league season. He won the title twice with Bnei Yehuda and twice with Maccabi Haifa.
  • Mizrahi won 2 championships (with Bnei Yehuda and with Maccabi Haifa), 1 cup (with Maccabi Haifa) and participated twice in the Cup Winners' Cup (with Maccabi Haifa) and Peace Cup (with Beitar Jerusalem).
  • Mizrahi scored 28 goals in 1993–94 for Maccabi Haifa. This is a (shared) Israeli record of goals per season in the Israeli Premier League.
  • Mizrahi scored 15 goals in European club competitions.

Honours

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Bnei Yehuda

Maccabi Haifa

Individual

Sporting positions
Preceded by Maccabi Haifa captain
1998–1999 		Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "Alon Mizrahi - Player Profile". NationalFootballTeams. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  2. ^ מרלין-רוזנצוייג, אורית (14 June 2020). "ורד, גרושתו של הכדורגלן אלון מזרחי: "בגיל 44 התעוררתי בגדול"". xnet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Alon Mizrahi - Scorer of the Cup Winners' Cup". Rsssf. Retrieved 27 July 2015.

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