The following is a list of Jewish footballers (soccer), organized by nationality.
Name | Nationality | Date of birth | Date of death | Position | Years active | International caps | International goals | Ref. |
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Alan Damián Bender | Argentina | 1986 | Living | FW | 2005–2014 | [1] | ||
Daniel Brailovsky | Argentina | 1958 | Living | MF | 1976–1988 | 3 | 0 | [2] |
Lucas Licht | Argentina | 1981 | Living | DF | 1999–present | 0 | 0 | [3] |
Federico Mociulsky | Argentina | 1989 | Living | MF | 2007–present | 0 | 0 | [4] |
Diego Nicolaievsky | Argentina | 1993 | Living | MF | 2014–present | 0 | 0 | [5] |
José Pékerman | Argentina | 1949 | Living | MF | 1970–1977 | 0 | 0 | [6] |
Jaime José Rotman | Argentina | GK | c. 1932–1944 | 0 | 0 | [7] | ||
Isaac Scliar | Argentina | 1920 | 1991 | FW | c. 1939–1951 | 0 | 0 | [7] |
Juan Pablo Sorín | Argentina | 1976 | Living | MF | 1994–2009 | 76 | 12 | [8] |
León Strembel | Argentina | 1918 | MF | c. 1939–1956 | 5 | 0 | [7] | |
Ezra Sued | Argentina | 1923 | 2011 | FW | c. 1943–1954 | 6 | 2 | [7] [9] |
Aarón Wergifker | Argentina | 1914 | 1994 | DF | c. 1932–1946 | 4 | 0 | [7] |
Marco Wolff | Argentina | 1996 | Living | DF | 2020–present | 0 | 0 | [10] |
Ashley Brown | Australia | 1994 | Living | FW | 2010–2014 | 6 | 1 | [11] |
Jordan Brown | Australia | 1996 | Living | MF | 2012–2018 | 0 | 0 | [12] |
Tal Karp | Australia | 1981 | Living | MF | 1996–2009 | 27 | 2 | [13] |
Melissa Maizels | Australia | 1993 | Living | GK | 2012–present | 0 | 0 | [14] |
Jacob Muir | Australia | 2002 | Living | DF | 2019–present | 0 | 0 | [15] |
Jordan Swibel | Australia | 1999 | Living | FW | 2016–present | 0 | 0 | [16] |
Nick Blackman | Barbados | 1989 | Living | FW | 2006–2021 | 6 | 3 | [17] |
Daniel Tenenbaum | Brazil | 1995 | Living | GK | 2014–present | 0 | 0 | [18] |
Tomer Chencinski | Canada | 1984 | Living | GK | 2007–2018 | 1 | 0 | [19] |
Sebastián Rozental | Chile | 1976 | Living | FW | 1992–2008 | 27 | 2 | [20] |
Tvrtko Kale | Croatia | 1974 | Living | GK | 1994–2016 | 0 | 0 | [21] |
Joe Johnson | England | 2006 | Living | DF | 2023 | 0 | 0 | [22] |
Dave Metchick | England | 1943 | Living | MF | 1961–1975 | 0 | 0 | [23] |
David Pleat | England | 1945 | Living | MF | 1961–1971 | 0 | 0 | [24] [25] |
Barry Silkman | England | 1952 | Living | MF | 1974–1986 | 0 | 0 | [26] [27] |
Roni Porokara | Finland | 1983 | Living | MF | 2003–2015 | 24 | 5 | [28] |
Boris Rotenberg | Finland | 1986 | Living | DF | 2001–2022 | 0 | 0 | [29] ` |
Gary Assous | France | 1988 | Living | MF | 2008–2012 | 0 | 0 | [30] |
Jonathan Assous | France | 1983 | Living | MF | 2001–present | 0 | 0 | [31] |
Steven Cohen | France | 1986 | Living | MF | 2003–2015 | 0 | 0 | [32] |
Rudy Haddad | France | 1985 | Living | MF | 2004–2018 | 0 | 0 | [33] |
Mickaël Madar | France | 1968 | Living | FW | 1987–2002 | 3 | 1 | [34] |
Gottfried Fuchs | Germany | 1889 | 1972 | FW | 1911–1913 | 6 | 14 | [35] |
Julius Hirsch | Germany | 1892 | 1945 | MF | 1911–1913 | 7 | 4 | [36] |
Ignác Amsel | Hungary | 1889 | 1974 | GK | c. 1920–1937 | 9 | 0 | [37] |
Gyula Bíró | Hungary | 1890 | 1961 | MF | c. 1905–1916 | 36 | 3 | [38] |
József Eisenhoffer | Hungary | 1900 | 1945 | FW | c. 1917–1941 | 8 | 7 | [39] |
Lajos Fischer | Hungary | 1902 | 1978 | GK | c. 1920–1931 | 9 | 0 | [40] |
József Fogl | Hungary | 1897 | 1971 | DF | c. 1910–1931 | [41] | ||
Károly Fogl | Hungary | 1895 | 1969 | DF | c. 1910–1930 | [42] | ||
Sándor Gellér | Hungary | 1925 | 1996 | DF | 1945–1956 | 8 | 0 | [38] |
Dezső Grósz | Hungary | 1898 | 1975 | DF | c. 1920–1931 | 2 | 0 | [43] |
Adolf Kertész | Hungary | 1892 | 1920 | DF | c. 1910–1920 | 11 | 0 | [44] |
Gyula Kertész | Hungary | 1888 | 1982 | MF | c. 1908–1928 | 1 | 0 | [45] |
Vilmos Kertész | Hungary | 1890 | 1962 | MF | c. 1908–1924 | 47 | 11 | [46] |
Sándor Nemes | Hungary | 1899 | 1977 | FW | 1916–1933 | 3 | 0 | [47] |
Rudolph Nickolsburger | Hungary | 1899 | 1969 | MF | c. 1920–1932 | 2 | 0 | [48] |
Ferenc Sas | Hungary | 1915 | 1988 | MF | 1936–1938 | 17 | 2 | [49] [47] |
Alfréd Schaffer | Hungary | 1893 | 1945 | FW | c. 1910–1925 | 15 | 17 | [50] |
Béla Sebestyén | Hungary | 1885 | 1959 | MF | c. 1905–1915 | 24 | 2 | [51] |
Oszkár Szendrő | Hungary | 1889 | 1947 | DF | c. 1900–1920 | 13 | 0 | [52] |
Imre Taussig | Hungary | 1894 | 1945 | MF | c. 1910–1920 | 5 | 1 | [53] |
Antal Vágó | Hungary | 1891 | 1944 | MF | c. 1910–1930 | 17 | 0 | [54] |
Árpád Weisz | Hungary | 1896 | 1944 | c. 1922–1926 | 7 | 0 | [55] | |
Ferenc Weisz | Hungary | 1885 | 1944 | FW | c. 1900–1920 | 17 | 3 | [56] |
Louis Bookman | Ireland | 1890 | 1943 | FW | 1914–1921 | 4 | 0 | [57] |
Giovanni Di Veroli | Italy | 1932 | 2018 | DF | 1952–1957 | 0 | 0 | [58] |
Dudu Aouate | Israel | 1977 | Living | GK | 1995–2014 | 45 | 0 | [59] |
Reuven Atar | Israel | 1969 | Living | MF | 1986–2003 | 32 | 3 | [60] |
Pini Balili | Israel | 1979 | Living | FW | 1996–2014 | 29 | 7 | [61] |
Tal Banin | Israel | 1971 | Living | MF | 1987–2006 | 80 | 12 | [62] |
Elyaniv Barda | Israel | 1981 | Living | MF | 1998–2018 | 19 | 9 | [63] |
Jerry Beit haLevi | Israel | 1912 | 1997 | FW | 1927–1945 | 1 | 0 | [64] |
Tal Ben Haim I | Israel | 1982 | Living | DF | 2001–2021 | 96 | 1 | [65] |
Tal Ben Haim II | Israel | 1989 | Living | FW | 2007–present | 27 | 5 | [66] |
Arik Benado | Israel | 1973 | Living | DF | 1991–2012 | 95 | 0 | [67] |
Yossi Benayoun | Israel | 1980 | Living | MF | 1997–2019 | 75 | 19 | [68] |
Nir Davidovich | Israel | 1976 | Living | GK | 1994–2013 | 50 | 0 | [69] |
Baruch Dego | Israel | 1981 | Living | MF | 1997–2019 | 2 | 0 | [70] |
Eli Driks | Israel | 1964 | Living | FW | 1981–2000 | 27 | 4 | [71] |
Eli Fuchs | Israel | 1924 | 1992 | MF | c. 1944–1955 | 9 | 0 | [72] |
Shimon Gershon | Israel | 1977 | Living | DF | 1996–2010 | 50 | 4 | [73] |
Yehoshua Glazer | Israel | 1927 | 2018 | FW | 1944–1966 | 35 | 18 | [74] |
Alon Harazi | Israel | 1971 | Living | DF | 1989–2009 | 89 | 2 | [75] |
Tomer Hemed | Israel | 1987 | Living | FW | 2005–present | 37 | 17 | [76] |
Ya'akov Hodorov | Israel | 1927 | 2006 | GK | 1942–1966 | 31 | 0 | [77] |
Yaniv Katan | Israel | 1981 | Living | FW | 1998–2014 | 31 | 5 | [78] |
Adoram Keisi | Israel | 1972 | Living | DF | 1990–2007 | 55 | 4 | [79] |
Nir Klinger | Israel | 1966 | Living | DF | 1984–1998 | 83 | 2 | [80] |
Tal Ma'abi | Israel | 1985 | Living | DL | 2003-2016 | 0 | 0 | [81] |
Uri Malmilian | Israel | 1957 | Living | MF | 1973–1993 | 62 | 16 | [82] |
Alon Mizrahi | Israel | 1971 | Living | FW | 1988–2005 | 38 | 17 | [83] |
Avi Nimni | Israel | 1972 | Living | MF | 1990–2008 | 80 | 17 | [84] |
Eli Ohana | Israel | 1964 | Living | MF | 1980–1999 | 50 | 17 | [85] |
Avi Ran | Israel | 1963 | 1987 | GK | 1981–1987 | 9 | 0 | [86] |
Haim Revivo | Israel | 1972 | Living | MF | 1990–2004 | 67 | 15 | [87] |
Moshe Romano | Israel | 1946 | Living | FW | c. 1965–1982 | 12 | 5 | [88] |
Nahum Stelmach | Israel | 1936 | 1999 | FW | 1951–1970 | 53 | 22 | [89] |
Benny Tabak | Israel | 1957 | Living | FW | 1972–1994 | 12 | 5 | [90] |
Idan Tal | Israel | 1975 | Living | MF | 1994–2013 | 69 | 5 | [91] |
Yochanan Vollach | Israel | 1945 | Living | DF | 1962–1990 | 12 | 1 | [92] |
Eran Zahavi | Israel | 1987 | Living | MF | 2006–present | 67 | 31 | [93] |
Michael Zandberg | Israel | 1980 | Living | MF | 1998–present | 20 | 4 | [94] |
Itzik Zohar | Israel | 1970 | Living | MF | 1987–2005 | 31 | 9 | [95] |
Jonathan Levin | Mexico | 1993 | Living | MF | 2013–present | 0 | 0 | [96] |
Edgar Davids | Netherlands | 1973 | Living | MF | 1991–2014 | 74 | 6 | [97] |
Bennie Muller | Netherlands | 1938 | 2024 | MF | 1958–1970 | 43 | 2 | [98] |
Johnny Roeg | Netherlands | 1910 | 2003 | FW | 1934–1936 | 0 | 0 | [98] |
Sjaak Swart | Netherlands | 1938 | Living | FW | 1956–1973 | 31 | 10 | [98] |
Raul Geller | Peru | 1936 | Living | MF | c. 1956–1971 | 0 | 0 | [99] |
Ludwik Gintel | Poland | 1899 | 1973 | FW | 1911–1930 | 12 | 0 | [38] |
Leon Sperling | Poland | 1900 | 1941 | MF | 1914–1934 | 16 | 2 | [100] |
Zygmunt Steuermann | Poland | 1899 | 1941 | FW | 1920–1941 | 2 | 4 | [101] [102] |
Finn Azaz | Republic of Ireland | 2000 | living | MF | 2020-present | 1 | 0 | [103] |
Yakov Erlikh | Russia | 1988 | Living | FW | 2006–present | 0 | 0 | [29] |
Dean Furman | South Africa | 1988 | Living | MF | 2006–present | 5 | 0 | [104] |
Rudolf Wetzer | Romania | 1901 | 1993 | FW | 1920–1937 | 17 | 13 | [38] |
Sam Latter | Scotland | 1904 | 2010 | DF | 1928–1931 | 0 | 0 | [105] |
Semen Altman | Soviet Union | 1946 | Living | GK | 1965–1965 | 0 | 0 | [106] |
Leonid Buryak | Soviet Union | 1953 | Living | MF | 1963–1971 | 49 | 8 | [107] |
Eduard Dubinski | Soviet Union | 1935 | 1969 | DF | 1954–1968 | 12 | 0 | [106] |
Mikhail Gershkovich | Soviet Union | 1948 | Living | FW | 1966–1979 | 10 | 3 | [106] |
Adamas Golodets | Soviet Union | 1933 | 2006 | FW | 1954–1964 | 0 | 0 | [106] |
Viktor Kanevskyi | Soviet Union | 1936 | 2018 | FW | 1946–1959 | 2 | 0 | [106] |
Viktor Kaplun | Soviet Union | 1958 | Living | DF | 1976–1984 | 1 | 0 | [106] |
Konstantin Krizhevsky | Soviet Union | 1926 | 2000 | DF | 1946–1961 | 14 | 0 | [108] |
Eduard Mudrik | Soviet Union | 1939 | 2017 | DF | 1957–1969 | 8 | 1 | [108] |
Boris Razinsky | Soviet Union | 1933 | 2012 | GK | 1947–1973 | 3 | 0 | [109] |
Valeri Urin | Soviet Union | 1934 | 2023 | FW | 1953–1966 | 5 | 0 | [106] |
Mikhail Yakushin | Soviet Union | 1910 | 1998 | DF | 1928–1944 | 0 | 0 | [108] |
Hennadiy Altman | Ukraine | 1979 | Living | GK | 1998–2008 | 0 | 0 | [110] |
Andriy Oberemko | Ukraine | 1984 | Living | MF | 2004–2015 | 0 | 0 | [111] |
Ryan Adeleye | United States | 1987 | Living | DF | 2005–present | 0 | 0 | [112] |
Jeff Agoos | United States | 1968 | Living | DF | 1991–2005 | 134 | 4 | [113] |
Yari Allnutt | United States | 1970 | Living | MF | 1993–2004 | 5 | 2 | [114] |
Yael Averbuch West | United States | 1986 | Living | DF | 2002–2018 | 26 | 1 | [115] |
Kyle Beckerman | United States | 1982 | Living | MF | 2007–2020 | 37 | 1 | [116] [117] |
Jonathan Bornstein | United States | 1984 | Living | DF | 2007–2020 | 24 | 2 | [118] |
Dan Calichman | United States | 1968 | Living | DF | 1991–2001 | 3 | 0 | [119] |
Benny Feilhaber | United States | 1985 | Living | MF | 2005–2020 | 28 | 2 | [120] |
Eddy Hamel | United States | 1902 | 1943 | MF | 1922–1930 | [121] | ||
Zac MacMath | United States | 1991 | Living | GK | 2011–present | 0 | 0 | [122] |
Shep Messing | United States | 1949 | Living | GK | 1973–1987 | 0 | 0 | [123] |
Daniel Steres | United States | 1990 | Living | DF | 2011–present | 0 | 0 | [124] |
Matt Turner | United States | 1994 | Living | GK | 2021–present | 33 | 0 | [125] |
Sara Whalen | United States | 1976 | Living | MF | 1997–2002 | [126] | ||
DeAndre Yedlin | United States | 1993 | Living | DF | 2014–present | 81 | 0 | [127] |
Joe Jacobson | Wales | 1986 | Living | DF | 2006–present | 0 | 0 | [26] [27] |
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