Mordechai Spiegler
Mordechai Spiegler (right) and sportscaster Yoram Arbel
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Mordechai Spiegler | ||
| Date of birth | 19 August 1944 | ||
| Place of birth | Sochi, Soviet Union | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1957–1961 | Maccabi Netanya | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1963–1971 | Maccabi Netanya | 255 | (168) |
| 1972–1973 | Paris FC | 39 | (11) |
| 1973–1974 | Paris Saint-Germain | 13 | (10) |
| 1974–1975 | Maccabi Netanya | 26 | (5) |
| 1975 | New York Cosmos | 17 | (6) |
| 1975–1978 | Maccabi Netanya | 61 | (11) |
| 1978–1979 | Hapoel Haifa | 20 | (1) |
| 1981–1982 | Beitar Tel Aviv (player-manager) | 15 | (2) |
| Total | 446 | (214) | |
| National team | |||
| 1963–1977 | Israel | 83 | (33) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1979 | Maccabi Haifa | ||
| 1979–1980 | Hapoel Haifa | ||
| 1980–1982 | Beitar Tel Aviv | ||
| 1982–1984 | Maccabi Netanya | ||
| 1984 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | ||
| 1985 | Maccabi Jaffa | ||
| 1990–1992 | Maccabi Netanya | ||
| 1994–1996 | Tzafririm Holon | ||
| 2013 | Maccabi Netanya (general manager) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Mordechai "Motaleh" Spiegler (Hebrew: מרדכי שפיגלר, born in Sochi, Soviet Union, 19 August 1944) is a former Israeli footballer and manager. He remains Israel's record goalscorer, with 33 goals in 83 caps.
As a striker, he played for Maccabi Netanya along with Paris Saint Germain in France and alongside Pelé for New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League in the 1970s.
He was chosen as the Israeli Player of the Year a record four times, in 1967/68, 1968/69, 1969/70, and in 1970/71.
Spiegler made his international debut for Israel on 2 January 1964 against Hong Kong. He took part in the Israeli win in the 1964 AFC Asian Cup, and scored 2 goals at the tournament, which made him a joint top scorer of the tournament.
His major achievement was helping Israel qualify for the Football World Cup 1970 in Mexico. He scored Israel's lone goal in World Cup history in a 1–1 draw against Sweden.
His 32 goals for the national team (according to IFA count, FIFA counts only 25 of them) is the Israeli record. Spiegler scored 25 goals in 62 'official' internationals for the Israeli national side, he also played in 21 other 'unofficial' matches (mostly Olympic Games qualifiers) scoring seven more goals.
Spiegler captained the Israeli Olympic team at Mexico City 1968 which reached the quarter-finals, losing to Bulgaria by a draw after the match ended 1–1.
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