Gedalyahu Fuchs

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Gedalyahu Fuchs
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Full name Gedalyahu Fuchs
Date of birth(1911-03-11)March 11, 1911
Place of birth Mateești, Vâlcea County, Romania
Date of death January 1, 1966(1966-01-01) (aged 54)
Place of death Israel
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1926–1929 Shimshon
1929–1931 Hakoah Czernowitz
1931–1947 Hapoel Haifa
International career
1934–1938 Mandatory Palestine 4 (0)
Managerial career
1954–1955 Hapoel Haifa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gedalyahu Fuchs was a Romanian-Jewish footballer and manager. He was the first captain of the Mandatory Palestine national football team, the forerunner of the Israel national football team. [1]

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Biography

Fuchs was born in Transylvania and joined a local Jewish football club Shimshon at the age of 15. At the age of 18, after his family disowned him for his fascination with football, Fuchs moved to Chernivtsi, where he played for the local Hakoah club. In 1931 Fuchs immigrated to Palestine and joined Hapoel Haifa, where he played until his retirement in 1947, with his final match played against visiting MTK Budapest. Fuchs was part of the team that reached the 1932 Palestine Cup final, which was abandoned as Hapoel Haifa left the pitch in protest over the referee's decision to award their opponents, British Police a penalty kick.

Fuchs was part of the national team squad for the 1934 World Cup and 1938 World Cup qualification tournaments, playing four matches [2] and captaining the team. [1]

After retiring, Fuchs joined the board of Hapoel Haifa and coached the team's youth team and senior team. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Gedalyahu Fuchs, the First National Team Captain Archived 2016-09-05 at the Wayback Machine Asher Goldberg, 8 June 2014, IFA (in Hebrew)
  2. ↑ Fuchs Gedalyahu Archived 2016-09-18 at the Wayback Machine IFA (in Hebrew)
  3. ↑ 1954/55 Season Hapoel-Haifa.com (in Hebrew)
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