 Spiegel in 1991 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Giora Spiegel | ||
| Date of birth | (1947-07-27)July 27, 1947 (age 78) | ||
| Place of birth | Petah Tikva,Israel | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1965–1973 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 176 | (68) |
| 1973–1978 | Strasbourg | 97 | (23) |
| 1978–1979 | Lyon | 43 | (9) |
| 1979 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 26 | (2) |
| 1979–1980 | Hakoah Ramat Gan | 28 | (6) |
| 1980–1981 | Beitar Tel Aviv | 33 | (9) |
| Total | 403 | (117) | |
| International career | |||
| Israel U-19 | |||
| 1965–1980 | Israel | 44 | (18) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1983–1988 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | ||
| 1988–1989 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||
| 1989–1992 | Bnei Yehuda | ||
| 1993–1998 | Maccabi Haifa | ||
| 1999–2000 | Bnei Yehuda | ||
| 2000–2002 | Ironi Rishon LeZion | ||
| 2007–2008 | Beitar Jerusalem (general manager) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Giora Spiegel (Hebrew:גיורא שפיגל; born July 27, 1947) is an Israeli formerfootballer and coach.[2] As a footballer, he holds therecord for the longestIsraeli international career, spanning 14 years and 357 days.
Born inPetah Tikva, Giora Spiegel is the son ofEliezer Spiegel, who played forMaccabi Petah Tikva and theIsrael national team.[3][4] He is Jewish.[5] Spiegel attendedHerzliya Hebrew High School. In university he studied accountancy.[6]
As a youth, he played withMaccabi Tel Aviv, and was marked early on as a future talent. By age 17, he was leading the national U-21 side to Asian championships and by 18, he had been called up to thefull side. In the summer of 1970 he played as a forward for the Israel national team at the 1970 World Cup finals in Mexico.[7]
In 1973, he fought with Maccabi manager,Jerry Beit haLevi over transferring to a club in France. He later left for France in 1974 to play for French side Strasbourg, returning in 1979 to rejoin Maccabi.[7]
Spiegel began his career as a manager inHapoel Petah Tikva in the mid-1980s . After several years he moved to Maccabi Tel Aviv, which won theState Cup. After problems with some of the players and a 10–0 defeat toMaccabi Haifa, Spiegel was fired.
In 1989, he moved toBnei Yehuda, which won theIsraeli Championship in 1990.[7] In 1993, he moved to Maccabi Haifa.[8] The team won the Israeli Championship that year[7] without losing a single game the whole season. Under his lead, Haifa won the State Cup twice, in 1995 and in 1998.
In 1999, Spiegel returned to Bnei Yehuda. After one unsuccessful season with the club, he moved toIroni Rishon LeZion for two years.
In July 2007, after an absence of five years from the Israeli football scene, Spiegel was hired byBeitar Jerusalem as itsgeneral manager.[7] That year, the team won theDouble. In August 2008, he retired.
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Israel
Individual
Israel football squad | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
