Shavit Elimelech
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Shavit Elimelech | ||
| Date of birth | 7 September 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Tel Aviv, Israel | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Hapoel Haifa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1992 |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1 | (0) |
| 1992–1996 |
Ironi Rishon leZion | 135 | (1) |
| 1996–2007 |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 395 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 25 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. | 26 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1999–2004 | Israel | 14 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2009 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | ||
| 2009–2010 | Hapoel Petah Tikva (assistant) | ||
| 2010–2011 | Hapoel Haifa (assistant) | ||
| 2012 | Hapoel Tel Aviv (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Shavit Elimelech (Hebrew: שביט אלימלך, born 7 September 1971) is a retired Israeli football goalkeeper.[1]
He started playing in the
At the end of the 1996 season, Elimelech moved to Hapoel Tel Aviv. With Hapoel Tel Aviv, he won three National Cups in (1999, 2000, 2006), one Championship in (2000) and one Toto Cup in (2002). During these seasons, Elimelech was acknowledged for his impressive one-on-one goalkeeping abilities and his success in stopping penalty kicks (both the 1999 and 2000 cups were obtained after penalty-shoot-outs, in which Elimelech stopped several opponent shots).
Hapoel also reached the quarter-final of the
In April 2007, Elimelech spoke out against the management at Hapoel Tel Aviv, where fans considered him a symbol of the club. In retaliation, Hapoel's management opted to suspend the keeper until the end of his contract. Elimelech was eventually released from his contract and he signed with Hapoel Kiryat Shmona.
His first game for the Israel national football team was on 18 January 1999 in a friendly match between Israel and Estonia which Israel won 7–0.