Guillermo Israilevich

Guillermo Israilevich (Hebrew: 'גיז'רמו ישראלביץ‎; born September 10, 1982) is a retired Argentinian-Israeli footballer.[1]

Guillermo Israilevich
Guillermo Israilevich for Maccabi Haifa F.C. in 2004
Personal information
Full name Guillermo Pablo Israilevich
Date of birth (1982-09-10) 10 September 1982
Place of birth Santa Fe, Argentina
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Boca Unidos
Youth career
Unión de Santa Fe
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2002 Unión de Santa Fe 48 (4)
2002–2007 Maccabi Haifa 18 (0)
2003–2006 → Hapoel Nazareth Illit (loan) 60 (8)
2006–2007 → Hapoel Kfar Saba (loan) 32 (1)
2007–2008 Hapoel Kfar Saba 32 (5)
2008–2012 Maccabi Tel Aviv 80 (8)
2012–2014 Boca Unidos 47 (9)
National team‡
2002 Israel U21 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 April 2010
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 September 2006

Club career

After the 06/07 season, Israilevich signed a 3-year contract with Hapoel Kfar Saba, which is worth $200,000 per season. He transferred to Maccabi Tel Aviv on 29/06/2008. Maccabi Tel Aviv had to pay 550,000 Dollars for him. He has signed a contract for 3 years.[2]

National Team Confusion

On October 4, 2006 Israilevich was called up to the Israeli national team to replace the injured Michael Zandberg before a European qualifier against Russia. The Israel Football Association had forgotten that they had already received a warning from FIFA not to have Israilevich play any more matches after he represented Israel twice with the Israel under-21 side. It seems that he had already played for Argentina in a FIFA recognized competition at the youth level and is ineligible to represent Israel at any level without special permission from FIFA. As a result, the Israel national football team left for Moscow, Russia with only 19 players[3]

Personal life

Born to a Jewish father and a Christian mother, Israilevich has said that he is not a practitioner of either religion.[4][5]

Honours

References
  1. "Israel - G. Israelevich - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  2. "Israilevich signed for Maccabi Tel Aviv (hebrew)".
  3. National team to leave with only 19 players. Israel Football Association. 04/10/2006
  4. Corte, Diego (27 March 2003). "Jugando, pese a todo" [Playing nevertheless] (in Spanish). Clarin.
  5. (in Spanish)
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