Alon Mizrahi

Alon Mizrahi (Hebrew: אלון מזרחי‎; born 22 November 1971) is a retired Israeli professional footballer that has played in several clubs throughout Europe, including Nice, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Maccabi Haifa and Beitar Jerusalem.[1]

Alon Mizrahi
Personal information
Full name Alon Mizrahi
Date of birth (1971-11-22) 22 November 1971
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
National team
1990 Israel U18 1 (1)
1990–1993 Israel U21 13 (15)
1992–2001 Israel 37 (17)
2007–2010 Israel (beach soccer)
Teams managed
2008–2009 Hapoel Yehud
2012–2013 Hapoel Kfar Saba (general manager)
2013 Hapoel Petah Tikva
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

His nickname is The Airplane, referring to the movement he used to do after scoring a goal.

Personal achievements
  • Mizrahi is the Israeli player with the most goals in his career (339).
  • Mizrahi was the top scorer of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in seasons 1993-94 and 1998-99.[2]
  • 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

Club
Bnei Yehuda
Maccabi Haifa

Individual

International career

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.24 March 1993Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa Russia1–22–2Friendly
2.24 March 1993Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa Russia2–22–2Friendly
3.5 August 1997Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Belarus3–13–2Friendly
4.19 February 1998Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan Turkey3–04–0Friendly
5.19 February 1998Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan Turkey4–04–0Friendly
6.18 March 1998Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest Romania1–01–0Friendly
7.17 May 1998Skonto Stadium, Riga Latvia5–05-1Friendly
8.10 October 1998Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle San Marino3–05–0Euro 2000 qualifying
9.18 January 1999Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan Estonia5–07–0Friendly
10.23 March 1999Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan Cyprus2–03–0Euro 2000 qualifying
11.23 March 1999Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan Cyprus3–03–0Euro 2000 qualifying
12.6 June 1999Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan Austria4–05–0Euro 2000 qualifying
13.8 September 1999Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan San Marino2–08–0Euro 2000 qualifying
14.3 September 2000Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan Liechtenstein1–02–02002 World Cup qualifying
15.17 January 2001Municipal Stadium, Beit She'an Uzbekistan2–02–0Friendly
16.24 April 2001Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi Georgia1–12–3Friendly
17.24 April 2001Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi Georgia2–22–3Friendly

Personal life

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.

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Marco Balbul		 Maccabi Haifa captain
1998–1999		 Succeeded by
Arik Benado

References
  1. "Alon Mizrahi - Player Profile". NationalFootballTeams. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  2. "Alon Mizrahi - Scorer of the Cup Winners' Cup". Rsssf. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
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