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

Individual

References

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