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{{Infobox football biography | name = Mordechai Shpigler | image = Shpiglerarbel cropped.png | image_size = 250 | caption = | full_name = Mordechai Shpigler | birth_date = 19 August 1944 | birth_place = Asbest, Russian SFSR, USSR | height = 5 ft 10 in | currentclub = | position = Striker | youthyears1 = 1957–1961 | youthclubs1 = Maccabi Netanya | years1 = 1961–1972 | years2 = 1972–1973 | years3 = 1973–1974 | years4 = 1974–1975 | years5 = 1975 | years6 = 1975–1978 | years7 = 1978–1979 | years8 = 1981–1982 | clubs1 = Maccabi Netanya | clubs2 = [[RC Paris] | clubs3 = Paris Saint-Germain | clubs4 = Maccabi Netanya | clubs5 = New York Cosmos | clubs6 = Maccabi Netanya | clubs7 = Hapoel Haifa | clubs8 = Beitar Tel Aviv (player-manager) | caps1 = 301 | caps2 = 39 | caps3 = 13 | caps4 = 26 | caps5 = 17 | caps6 = 61 | caps7 = 20 | caps8 = 15 | goals1 = 196 | goals2 = 11 | goals3 = 10 | goals4 = 5 | goals5 = 6 | goals6 = 11 | goals7 = 1 | goals8 = 2 | totalcaps = 492 | totalgoals = 252 | nationalyears1 = 1963–1977 | nationalteam1 = Israel | nationalcaps1 = 83 | nationalgoals1 = 32 | manageryears1 = 1979 | manageryears2 = 1979–1980 | manageryears3 = 1980–1982 | manageryears4 = 1982–1984 | manageryears5 = 1984 | manageryears6 = 1985 | manageryears7 = 1990–1992 | manageryears8 = 1994–1996 | manageryears9 = 2013 | managerclubs1 = Maccabi Haifa | managerclubs2 = Hapoel Haifa | managerclubs3 = Beitar Tel Aviv | managerclubs4 = Maccabi Netanya | managerclubs5 = Hapoel Tel Aviv | managerclubs6 = Maccabi Jaffa | managerclubs7 = Maccabi Netanya | managerclubs8 = Tzafririm Holon | managerclubs9 = Maccabi Netanya }}
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References
- ↑ Israel Hajaj at National-Football-Teams.com