Yosef Merimovich
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| Date of birth | 24 July 1924 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Margo, Cyprus[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 5 May 2011 (aged 86) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Israel | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1940–1958 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 74 | (67) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1948–1956 | Israel | 14 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1958–1960 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||||||||||||||||
| 1964–1965 | Israel | ||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1968 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | ||||||||||||||||
| 1968–1969 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1979 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | ||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1986 | Israel | ||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Yosef "Yosale" Merimovich (
Career
Born in Margo, Cyprus, Merimovich immigrated to Israel at the age of 16.[2] He spent his entire playing career with Maccabi Tel Aviv, winning six championships and six cups between 1947 and 1958.[2] At international level, he made 14 appearances for the Israel national team scoring 4 goals.
After his retirement from playing, Merimovich became a coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv.[2] He was appointed coach of Israel in 1964 and helped it win the 1964 AFC Asian Cup.[2] He returned to Maccabi Tel Aviv winning the 1966–68 Liga Leumit.[2] In 1982, he became Israel national team coach for a second time, leaving after the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.[2] He went on to coach Maccabi Tel Aviv for a third time.[2]
Legacy
It was upon Merimovich's suggestion in 1942 that yellow was added to Maccabi Tel Aviv's existing club colours of blue and white, "as a sign of identification with the Jews of Europe".[2]
Death
Merimovich died on 5 May 2011, at the age of 86.[2]
Honours
Player
Maccabi Tel Aviv
- Israeli football championship (6): 1946–47, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1955–56, 1957–58
- Israel State Cup (6): 1940–41, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1957–68
Manager
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Israel
References
External links
- Yosef Merimovich at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile at Maccabi Tel Aviv
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