Zvi Fuchs

Zvi Fuchs (Hebrew: צבי פוקס‎; 12 April 1917 – 10 March 1999) was an Israeli footballer who played as a midfielder.

Zvi Fuchs
Fuchs with Maccabi Tel Aviv in 1939
Personal information
Date of birth (1917-04-12)12 April 1917
Place of birth Poland
Date of death 10 March 1999(1999-03-10) (aged 81)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1936–1942 Maccabi Tel Aviv 17 (1)
1943–1950 Beitar Tel Aviv
National team
1940 Mandatory Palestine 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Early life

Fuchs was born in Poland on 12 April 1917, and immigrated with his family to Mandatory Palestine in 1920.[1]

Club career

In the 1935–36 season, Fuchs made his senior debut for Maccabi Tel Aviv aged 19. On 5 March 1938, Fuchs scored his first goal in the Palestine Cup, in the quarterfinals against Maccabi Nes Tziona, helping his side win 3–1.[2]

International career

Fuchs represented Mandatory Palestine at international level in their last international match against Lebanon in 1940;[3][4] it was his only international cap.[5]

References
  1. Goldberg, Asher; Dvorin, Danny (2008). מכבי תל-אביב 102 שנים ראשונות [Maccabi Tel Aviv First 102 Years] (in Hebrew). Israel: הוצאת מדיה 41 בע"מ.
  2. Shohat, Elisha (2006). 100 שנות כדורגל: 1906–2006 [100 Years of Football: 1906–2006] (in Hebrew). Hod Hasharon. pp. 84–85.
  3. "Lebanon outclassed by Palestine selected". The Palestine Post. 30 April 1940. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  4. Cazal, Jean-Michel; Bleicher, Yaniv. "British Mandate of Palestine Official Games 1934–1948". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  5. Cazal, Jean-Michel; Bleicher, Yaniv. "Israel National Team - Appearances and Goalscoring". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 August 2020.


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