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
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

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.

International career

International goals

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
124 March 1993Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa, Israel Russia1–22–2Friendly
22–2
35 August 1997Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus Belarus3–13–2Friendly
419 February 1998Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel Turkey3–04–0Friendly
54–0
618 March 1998Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania Romania1–01–0Friendly
717 May 1998Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia Latvia5–05–1Friendly
810 October 1998Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino San Marino3–05–0Euro 2000 qualifying
918 January 1999Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel Estonia5–07–0Friendly
1023 March 1999Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel Cyprus2–03–0Euro 2000 qualifying
113–0
126 June 1999Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel Austria4–05–0Euro 2000 qualifying
138 September 1999Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel San Marino2–08–0Euro 2000 qualifying
143 September 2000Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel Liechtenstein1–02–02002 World Cup qualifying
1517 January 2001Municipal Stadium, Beit She'an, Israel Uzbekistan2–02–0Friendly
1624 April 2001Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia Georgia1–12–3Friendly
172–2

Personal achievements

  • 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

Bnei Yehuda

Maccabi Haifa

Individual

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

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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