Zvi Fuchs

{{Short description|Israeli footballer (1917–1999)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date = August 2020}}

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| name = Zvi Fuchs
צבי פוקס

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1917|4|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Poland

| death_date = {{death date and age |1999|3|10 |1917|4|12 |df=yes}}

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| position = Midfielder

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| years1 = 1936–1942

| clubs1 = Maccabi Tel Aviv

| caps1 = 17

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 1943–1950

| clubs2 = Beitar Tel Aviv

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| nationalyears1 = 1940

| nationalteam1 = Mandatory Palestine

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

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Zvi Fuchs ({{langx|he|צבי פוקס}}; 12 April 1917 – 10 March 1999) was an Israeli footballer who played as a midfielder.

Early life

Fuchs was born in Poland on 12 April 1917, and immigrated with his family to Mandatory Palestine in 1920.{{Cite book|last1=Goldberg|first1=Asher|title=מכבי תל אביב 102 שנים ראשונות|last2=Dvorin|first2=Danny|publisher=הוצאת מדיה 41 בע"מ|year=2008|location=Israel|language=he|trans-title=Maccabi Tel Aviv First 102 Years}}

Club career

In the 1935–36 season, Fuchs made his senior debut for Maccabi Tel Aviv aged 19. On 5 March 1938, Fuchs scored his first goal in the Palestine Cup, in the quarterfinals against Maccabi Nes Tziona, helping his side win 3–1.{{Cite book|last=Shohat|first=Elisha|year=2006|location=Hod Hasharon|pages=84–85|language=he|script-title=he:100 שנות כדורגל: 1906–2006|trans-title=100 Years of Football: 1906–2006}}

International career

Fuchs represented Mandatory Palestine at international level in their last international match against Lebanon in 1940;{{Cite news|url=http://jpress.org.il/Olive/APA/NLI_heb/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=PLS%2F1940%2F04%2F30&id=Ar00900&sk=E28D5529|title=Lebanon outclassed by Palestine selected|date=30 April 1940|work=The Palestine Post|access-date=25 March 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/isra-intres30.html|title=British Mandate of Palestine Official Games 1934–1948|last1=Cazal|first1=Jean-Michel|last2=Bleicher|first2=Yaniv|website=RSSSF|access-date=22 March 2020}} it was his only international cap.{{Cite web|last1=Cazal|first1=Jean-Michel|last2=Bleicher|first2=Yaniv|title=Israel National Team - Appearances and Goalscoring|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/isra-recintlp.html|access-date=27 August 2020|website=RSSSF}}

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