Moshe Leon
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| File:Moshe Mutzi Leon 1964a.jpg | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | January 9, 1944 | ||
| Place of birth | Ruse, Kingdom of Bulgaria | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Maccabi Jaffa | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1961–1984 | Maccabi Jaffa | 401 | (15) |
| 1966–1970 | → Westview Apollon (loan) | ||
| International career | |||
| 1962–1977 | Israel | 26 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Moshe "Mutzi" Leon (Hebrew: משה "מוצי" ליאון; born January 9, 1944) is a former Israeli international footballer of Bulgarian descent. Leon is regarded as the greatest player in the history of Maccabi Jaffa, there he played for over 20 seasons.
On June 3, 1964, He scored the first goal in the final game of the 1964 AFC Asian Cup, whom Israel won 2–1 against South Korea.
In 1998, he was introduced into the "Israeli Football Hall of Fame".
In 2008, in Israel's 60th anniversary, he was chosen by the Israeli Football Association as "The Best Left-back in Israel's History".
Honours
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- Winner (1): 1964
- Israeli Premier League
- Runner-up (3): 1961–62, 1963–64, 1976–77
- Liga Artzit
- Winner (1): 1970–71
References
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Footnotes
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Categories:
- 1944 births
- Living people
- Bulgarian Jews in Israel
- Bulgarian emigrants to Israel
- Israeli men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Maccabi Jaffa F.C. players
- Israel men's international footballers
- 1964 AFC Asian Cup players
- AFC Asian Cup–winning players
- Israeli expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's soccer players in South Africa
- Israeli expatriate sportspeople in South Africa
- Footballers from Jaffa
- Israeli Football Hall of Fame inductees
- 20th-century Israeli sportsmen
- Israeli football defender stubs