Or Goren
{{short description|Israeli basketball player (born 1956)}}
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אור גורן
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| position = Shooting guard
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| league = Israeli Basketball Premier League
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|10|20}}
| birth_place = Israel
| nationality = Israeli
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| college = University of Houston
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| career_start = 1973
| career_end = 1993
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Or Goren ({{Langx|he|אור גורן}}; born October 20, 1956) is an Israeli former basketball player. He played the shooting guard position.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/or-goren-1.html|title=Or Goren College Stats|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://basket.co.il/player.asp?PlayerId=6302&lang=en|title=ISRAEL BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE | 1986-87 Season | Ramat Gan | Or Goren|website=basket.co.il}} He scored the fifth-most career points in Israeli Basketball Premier League history, and also played for the Israeli national basketball team.
Biography
Goren was born in Israel, and lived in Kibbutz Mishmar HaEmek, Israel.{{Cite web|url=https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=JPOST19801212-01.1.6&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|title=DIVISION I|date= December 12, 1980 |website=Jewish Post}}{{Cite web|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/64539/sid/2957/tid/306/_/1976_Pre_Olympic_Basketball_Tournament/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023011020/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/64539/sid/2957/tid/306/_/1976_Pre_Olympic_Basketball_Tournament/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 23, 2020|title=Or Goren profile, Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament 1976|website=FIBA.COM}} His father Adam was a basketball player.{{Cite web|url=https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=JPOST19790316-01.1.7&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|title=Rembrandt And The Jews|date= March 16, 1979|website=Jewish Post}} He is {{convert|6|ft|3|in|cm}} tall.
He attended the University of Houston, and played basketball for the Houston Cougars in 1978–80.
Goren played for Hapoel Megido, Hapoel Gvat/Yagur, Hapoel Ramat Gan, Elitzur Netanya, Hapoel Galil Elyon, Beitar Tel Aviv, and Maccabi Hadera from 1973 to 1993. He scored 6,606 career points in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, 5th-most in league history.{{Cite web|url=http://english.worldhoopstats.com/bsl-il/points.html|title=Ligat Ha'Al (Israel) - Points|website=World Hoopstats}}
He played for the Israeli national basketball team. Goren played in the 1973 FIBA European Championship for Cadets, 1974 FIBA European Championship for Junior Men, 1975 FIBA European Championship for Men, 1976 FIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, 1976 FIBA Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament, 1977 FIBA European Championship for Men, and 1980 FIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men.
See also
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Category:Israeli men's basketball players
Category:Hapoel Holon B.C. players
Category:Hapoel Galil Elyon players
Category:Hapoel Gvat/Yagur B.C. players
Category:Israeli Basketball Premier League players
Category:People from Mishmar HaEmek
Category:Sportspeople from Northern District (Israel)