Ya'akov Ekhoiz
{{Short description|Israeli footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ya'akov Ekhoiz
| image =
| fullname = Ya'akov Ekhoiz
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|05|29}}
| birth_place = Ramat HaSharon, Israel
| height =
| position = Defender
| youthyears1 = 1970–1974
| youthclubs1 = Hapoel Tel Aviv
| years1 = 1974–1992
| clubs1 = Hapoel Tel Aviv
| caps1 = 484
| goals1 = 12
| nationalyears1 = 1980–1986
| nationalteam1 = Israel
| nationalcaps1 = 29
| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
Ya'akov Ekhoiz ({{langx|he|יעקב אקהויז}}; born 29 May 1957) is an Israeli former footballer.
Biography
Ekhoiz joined Hapoel Tel Aviv youth team, after impressing in the national schoolboys championship,{{cite book|last1=Glass|first1=Yossi|title=Red in the Soul|date=2004|publisher=Deshe|location=Tel Aviv|page=101|url=https://yossiglass.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/yossi-glass-admon-banshama.pdf|access-date=17 April 2016}} and graduated to the senior squad during the 1974–75 season. Ekhoiz stayed with the club until retiring in 1992, playing 484 matches and scoring 12 goals for the club. Ekhoiz scored one of the club's goals in the 1983 cup final.[http://www.mako.co.il/Sports-football-il/national-cup/Article-b14e0b3cd3f7f11006.htm Landau and Avi Cohen Present: the 83 Derby, the Re-enactment] Assaf Abulafia, 16 February 2009, Mako {{in lang|he}}
On 18 June 1980 Ekhoiz played his debut match for the national team in a 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA Group 6) match against Sweden, coming as a substitute to Rifaat Turk in the first half, setting up the header which led to the Israeli goal in the match and missing a match winning opportunity in the 88th minute.[http://archive.football.org.il/multimedia/PDF/Newspapers/hadashot/1980/06-19-1980.pdf Hadshot HaSport] 19 June 1980 {{in lang|he}} Ekhoiz played 28 more matches for the national team, making his final appearance in a 2–7 defeat to Argentina on 4 May 1986.[http://football.org.il/NationalTeam/Pages/NationalTeamPlayerDetails.aspx?PLAYER_ID=80684&NATIONAL_TEAM_ID=3 Ya'akov Ekhoiz – national player details] IFA {{in lang|he}}
After retiring, Ekhoiz coached youth teams with Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Rishon LeZion[http://sport1.maariv.co.il/%D7%9B%D7%AA%D7%91%D7%94/146816 Ya'akov Ekhoiz: There Isn't Enough Investment in Youth] Eyal Lustig, 12 October 2015, Sport1 {{in lang|he}}
Honours
References
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Category:Jewish Israeli sportspeople
Category:Israeli men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Ramat HaSharon
Category:Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players
Category:Israel men's international footballers
Category:Israeli people of Russian-Jewish descent
Category:Israeli people of Polish-Jewish descent