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Emmanuel Scheffer

Emmanuel Scheffer
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Personal information
Full name Emmanuel Scheffer
Date of birth 1 February 1924
Place of birth Berlin, Germany
Date of death 28 December 2012 (aged 88)
Place of death Ramat Hasharon, Israel
Position(s) Defender[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1950 Pionier Wrocław
1950–1951 Hapoel Haifa
1951–1954 Hapoel Kfar Saba[2] (9)
National team
Israel B[3] 1 (0)
Teams managed
1957–1960 Hapoel Kfar Saba
1960–1961 Hapoel Marmorek Rehovot
1961–1962 Hapoel Ra'anana
1962–1963 Bnei Yehuda
1963–1967 Israel U-19
1967 Maccabi Netanya
1968–1970 Israel
1978–1979 Israel
1979–1980 Beitar Jerusalem
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Emmanuel Scheffer (Hebrew: עמנואל שפר‎‎; 1 February 1924 – 28 December 2012) was an Israeli football player and coach who was born in Germany.[4]

He was twice the manager of the Israel national football team (1968–70, 1978–79), led the team at the 1968 Summer Olympics,[5] and led the team to their only appearance in the World Cup, in 1970.[4][6]

Scheffer died on 28 December 2012.[7] He was 88.

Honours

As a Player

As a Manager

  • AFC U-19 Championship
    • Winner (4): 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967

References

  1. ^ "Emmanuel Scheffer". footballdatabase.eu (in French). Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-05. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-30. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
  4. ^ a b Bekerman, Eitan (November 12, 2008). "The Last Word / Long live the foreign coach". Haaretz. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  5. ^ "Tournaments: Men's Olympic Football Tournament: Mexico City 1968: Israel". FIFA. Archived from the original on June 23, 2011. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  6. ^ "1970 FIFA World Cup Mexico: Israel". FIFA. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  7. ^ "Former Israel national team manager Emmanuel Scheffer has died" (in Hebrew). ONE. 28 December 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2012.


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