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Yohai Aharoni

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Yohai Aharoni
Personal information
Date of birth (1943-06-08) 8 June 1943 (age 81)
Position(s) Right winger
Youth career
Hapoel Petach Tikva
Hapoel Mahane Yehuda
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
196?–1968 Hapoel Mahane Yehuda
1969–1970 Hapoel Petach Tikva 18
1970–1971 Beitar Tel Aviv
International career
1964–1965 Israel national team 5 (1)
Managerial career
Hapoel Mahane Yehuda
Hapoel Jaljulia
Hapoel Aliyah Kfar Saba
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yohai Aharoni (יוחאי אהרוני; born 8 June 1943) is an Israeli former football player and coach who played as a right winger. He is best known for playing in Hapoel Mahane Yehuda[1][2] and Hapoel Petach Tikva in Israel's prime league. On the Israel national team, Aharoni contributed to Israel's only Asia Cup victory.

Club career

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On 30 September 1967, Aharoni scored the first goal in Hapoel Mahane Yehuda's 5–2 defeat of Hapoel Ramat Gan in Israel's first tier of that era, the Liga Leumit.[3] In January 1968, Hapoel Petach Tikva pressured Mahane Yehuda, through the Petah Tikva Worker's Council of Israel's largest trade union, to trade Aharoni against three specific players of their own.[1] Mahane Yehuda refused the offer and Aharoni went on quarantine so he could be released from his club.[4]

After the quarantine, in 1969–70, Aharoni had 18 caps for Hapoel Petach Tikva, 17 of which were in the opening squad.[4] His Hapoel Petach Tikva debut was on 18 October 1969, in a 0–0 draw against Hapoel Haifa.[4] In the summer of 1971, after a season at Beitar Tel Aviv, he quit his playing career due to an injury.[4]

International career

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Aharoni earned five caps for the Israel national team, scoring one goal against India in the 1964 AFC Asian Cup.[5] His first cap was on 26 May 1964 against the Hong Kong national team, a game that Israel won 1–0.[6] His last cap was a friendly game against the Netherlands on 26 January 1965, ending in a 1–0 loss for Israel.[6]

Managerial career

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After his active playing career, Yohai Aharoni was a manager for Hapoel Mahane Yehuda, Hapoel Jaljulia, and Hapoel Aliyah Kfar Saba.[4] He also coached in Rosh Haayin.

Legacy

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In 2021 Aharoni was included in the Star Boulevard of Hapoel Mahane Yehuda, highlighting 12 footballers who starred for the club while it played in Israel's prime league.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "הפועל פ״ת מציע למחנה יהודה: 3 שחקנים תמורת יוחאי אהרוני" [Hapoel PT offers Mahane Yehuda: 3 players for Yohai Aharoni]. Hadshot Hasport. January 1968 – via Hapoel Petach Tikva.
  2. ^ a b Goldberg, Asher (15 December 2021). "הפועל מחנה יהודה הנציחה את כוכביה המיתולוגיים" [Hapoel Mahane Yehuda has immortalized its mythological stars]. Walla!. הערב (רביעי) הקבוצה המשחקת בליגה ב' קיימה אירוע הנצחה ל-12 כוכביה הגדולים ביותר וחנכה את "שדרת כוכבי הפועל מחנה יהודה" בנוכחות ראש העיר פתח תקוה רמי גרינברג, נציג מרכז הפועל וההתאחדות לכדורגל, מיכאל וייסמן ויו"ר העמותה ד"ר אמנון מעבי. [...] 12 כוכבי העבר אשר נבחרו לשדרת הכוכבים הם: משה גמליאל, שלמה בן דוד, שלמה צ'ובי שרעבי, מאיר מיס כהן, ציון אהרוני, עוזיאל ביטרמן, צבי אופנהיים, אלקנה שמן, יוחאי אהרוני, בני רצון, יגאל רצאבי, זכריה רצאבי.
  3. ^ "כל משחקי הפועל רמת גן בליגה הראשונה" [All of Hapoel Ramat Gan's games in the first tier] (PDF). Hapoel Ramat Gan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2022. 19 : יוחאי אהרוני עט על כדור ריבאונד של זנדר. 1:0. [19: Yohai pounced on Zander's rebound ball. 1:0]
  4. ^ a b c d e "יוחאי אהרוני" [Yohai Aharoni]. Hapoel Petach Tikva Museum. Hapoel Petach Tikva.
  5. ^ "Yohai Aharoni". EU Football.
  6. ^ a b "אהרוני יוחאי" [Aharoni, Yohai]. Israel Football Association.
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