_-_Hapoel_Tel_Aviv_vs._Maccabi_Tel_Aviv.jpg) Motti Aroesti (right) at1974 Asian Games in Tehran | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1954-07-11)July 11, 1954 (age 70) Tel Aviv, Israel | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Israeli | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| NBA draft | 1976:undrafted | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1971–1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Point guard | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 1992–1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1971–1973 | Maccabi South Tel Aviv | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1988 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1992–1993 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Maccabi Rehovot | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Maccabi Givat Shmuel | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Motti Aroesti (Hebrew:מוטי ארואסטי; born 11 July 1954), is a retiredIsraeli professionalbasketball player andcoach.
Motti Aroesti was born inGivatayim.[1]
Aroesti playedclub basketball withMaccabi Tel Aviv, from 1973 to 1988.
Aroesti wore the Maccabi jersey for 15 consecutive seasons, and won anIsraeli League title for each of those years, as well as 11Israeli State Cups. Aroesti helped Maccabi win its first FIBA Europe Champions Cup (EuroLeague) title in the1976–77 season, and he was still the team's startingpoint guard, when his team lifted its second top continental trophy in the1980–81 season.
As a member of the seniorIsraeli national basketball team, Aroesti played at the following major tournaments: the 1976 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament,1979 EuroBasket, the 1980 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the1983 EuroBasket, the 1984 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament, and the1985 EuroBasket. He won the silver medal at the 1979 EuroBasket, while playing with the senior Israeli national team.[2]
After he retired from playing professional basketball, Aroesti became abasketball coach. He also worked as asports director.
