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Haim Levin

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Haim Levin
Personal information
Date of birth (1937-03-03)3 March 1937
Place of birth Petah Tikva, Mandatory Palestine
Date of death 21 April 2024(2024-04-21) (aged 87)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954–1957 Hapoel Petah Tikva 5 (0)
1955–1956Hapoel Kfar Saba (loan)
1957 Hapoel Hadera
1957–1960 Maccabi Haifa 53 (0)
1960–1969 Maccabi Tel Aviv
1969–1971 Beitar Jerusalem
1971–1972 Maccabi Netanya
1973–1976 Hapoel Jerusalem
International career
1963–1969 Israel[1] 22 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Israel
AFC Asian Cup
Gold medal – first place 1964 Israel Team
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Iran Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Haim Levin (Hebrew: חיים לוין; 3 March 1937 – 21 April 2024) was an Israeli football goalkeeper who played for Maccabi Tel Aviv and the Israel national team in the 1960s.[2]

Career

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Levin played for Maccabi Haifa in the late 1950s, playing 56 matches.[3] He was elected Israeli Footballer of the Year in 1965.[3] He left Maccabi Tel Aviv in 1969 and went on to play for Beitar Jerusalem, Maccabi Netanya, and Hapoel Jerusalem.[3]

Levin made 22 appearances in the Israel national team and participated in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico.[3]

In the 1980s Levin returned to former club Maccabi Haifa, working as a goalkeeper coach in the senior team and the youth department.[3]

Death

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Levin died on 21 April 2024, at the age of 87.[3] He had four daughters.[3]

Honours

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Maccabi Tel Aviv

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 March 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Haim Levin at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "שוער העבר, חיים לוין, הלך לעולמו בגיל 87" [Former goalkeeper Haim Levin passed away at 87]. One (in Hebrew). 21 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
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