Haim Levin
{{Short description|Israeli footballer (1937–2024)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
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| name = Haim Levin
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|3|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = Petah Tikva, Mandatory Palestine
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|4|21|1937|3|3|df=y}}
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| position = Goalkeeper
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| years1 = 1954–1957
| clubs1 = Hapoel Petah Tikva
| caps1 = 5
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1955–1956
| clubs2 = → Hapoel Kfar Saba (loan)
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| years3 = 1957
| clubs3 = Hapoel Hadera
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| years4 = 1957–1960
| clubs4 = Maccabi Haifa
| caps4 = 53
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1960–1969
| clubs5 = Maccabi Tel Aviv
| years6 = 1969–1971
| clubs6 = Beitar Jerusalem
| years7 = 1971–1972
| clubs7 = Maccabi Netanya
| years8 = 1973–1976
| clubs8 = Hapoel Jerusalem
| nationalyears1 = 1963–1969
| nationalteam1 = Israel{{Cite web |url=http://football.org.il/NationalTeam/Pages/NationalTeamPlayerDetails.aspx?PLAYER_ID=80556&NATIONAL_TEAM_ID=3 |title=Archived copy |access-date=1 March 2013 |archive-date=19 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110319031759/http://football.org.il/NationalTeam/Pages/NationalTeamPlayerDetails.aspx?PLAYER_ID=80556&NATIONAL_TEAM_ID=3 |url-status=dead }}
| nationalcaps1 = 22
| nationalgoals1 = 0
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{{MedalSport | Men's football }}
{{MedalCountry | {{ISR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | AFC Asian Cup }}
{{MedalGold | 1964 Israel | Team }}
{{MedalBronze | 1968 Iran | Team }}
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Haim Levin ({{langx|he|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.{{NFT player|29414}}
Career
Levin played for Maccabi Haifa in the late 1950s, playing 56 matches. He was elected Israeli Footballer of the Year in 1965. He left Maccabi Tel Aviv in 1969 and went on to play for Beitar Jerusalem, Maccabi Netanya, and Hapoel Jerusalem.
Levin made 22 appearances in the Israel national team and participated in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico.
In the 1980s Levin returned to former club Maccabi Haifa, working as a goalkeeper coach in the senior team and the youth department.
Death
Levin died on 21 April 2024, at the age of 87.{{cite news |title=שוער העבר, חיים לוין, הלך לעולמו בגיל 87 |trans-title=Former goalkeeper Haim Levin passed away at 87 |url=https://www.one.co.il/Article/460896.html |access-date=21 April 2024 |work=One |date=21 April 2024 |language=Hebrew}} He had four daughters.
Honours
Maccabi Tel Aviv
- Israeli championships: 1966–68
- State Cup: 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67
- Asian Club Championship: 1968–69
- Israeli Supercup: 1964–65 (shared cup with Hakoah Ramat Gan), 1967–68
Individual
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{NFT|29414}}
- {{Worldfootball.net|haim-levin}}
{{Israeli Footballer of the Year}}
{{Israel squad 1964 AFC Asian Cup}}
{{Israel squad 1968 AFC Asian Cup}}
{{Israel Squad 1968 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:Jewish Israeli sportspeople
Category:Israeli men's footballers
Category:Olympic footballers for Israel
Category:Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Category:1964 AFC Asian Cup players
Category:1968 AFC Asian Cup players
Category:Maccabi Haifa F.C. players
Category:Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players
Category:Hapoel Hadera F.C. players
Category:Hapoel Jerusalem F.C. players
Category:Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players
Category:Maccabi Netanya F.C. players
Category:Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. players
Category:Footballers from Petah Tikva
Category:Israel men's international footballers
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Israeli Football Hall of Fame inductees
Category:Israeli Footballer of the Year recipients
Category:20th-century Israeli sportsmen
Category:AFC Asian Cup–winning players
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