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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| caption = Fuchs with Maccabi Tel Aviv in 1939
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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}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- [https://www.maccabipedia.co.il/%D7%A6%D7%91%D7%99_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%A1 Zvi Fuchs] at maccabipedia.co.il
- {{eu-football.info|23831}}
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Category:Israeli men's footballers
Category:Polish emigrants to Mandatory Palestine
Category:Jewish Polish sportspeople
Category:Jewish Israeli sportspeople
Category:Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players
Category:Beitar Tel Aviv F.C. players
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Mandatory Palestine men's footballers
Category:Mandatory Palestine men's international footballers
Category:20th-century Israeli sportsmen
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