Yohai Aharoni
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 June 1943 | ||
| Position(s) | Right winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hapoel Petach Tikva | |||
| Hapoel Mahane Yehuda | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 196?–1968 | Hapoel Mahane Yehuda | ||
| 1969–1970 | Hapoel Petach Tikva | 18 | |
| 1970–1971 | Beitar Tel Aviv | ||
| International career | |||
| 1964–1965 | Israel national team | 5 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| Hapoel Mahane Yehuda | |||
| Hapoel Jaljulia | |||
| Hapoel Aliyah Kfar Saba | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Yohai Aharoni (יוחאי אהרוני; born 8 June 1943) is an Israeli former football player and coach who played as a right winger. He is best known for playing in Hapoel Mahane Yehuda[1][2] and Hapoel Petach Tikva in Israel's prime league. On the Israel national team, Aharoni contributed to Israel's only Asia Cup victory.
Club career
[edit]On 30 September 1967, Aharoni scored the first goal in Hapoel Mahane Yehuda's 5–2 defeat of Hapoel Ramat Gan in Israel's first tier of that era, the Liga Leumit.[3] In January 1968, Hapoel Petach Tikva pressured Mahane Yehuda, through the Petah Tikva Worker's Council of Israel's largest trade union, to trade Aharoni against three specific players of their own.[1] Mahane Yehuda refused the offer and Aharoni went on quarantine so he could be released from his club.[4]
After the quarantine, in 1969–70, Aharoni had 18 caps for Hapoel Petach Tikva, 17 of which were in the opening squad.[4] His Hapoel Petach Tikva debut was on 18 October 1969, in a 0–0 draw against Hapoel Haifa.[4] In the summer of 1971, after a season at Beitar Tel Aviv, he quit his playing career due to an injury.[4]
International career
[edit]Aharoni earned five caps for the Israel national team, scoring one goal against India in the 1964 AFC Asian Cup.[5] His first cap was on 26 May 1964 against the Hong Kong national team, a game that Israel won 1–0.[6] His last cap was a friendly game against the Netherlands on 26 January 1965, ending in a 1–0 loss for Israel.[6]
Managerial career
[edit]After his active playing career, Yohai Aharoni was a manager for Hapoel Mahane Yehuda, Hapoel Jaljulia, and Hapoel Aliyah Kfar Saba.[4] He also coached in Rosh HaAyin.
Legacy
[edit]In 2021 Aharoni was included in the Star Boulevard of Hapoel Mahane Yehuda, highlighting 12 footballers who starred for the club while it played in Israel's prime league.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "הפועל פ״ת מציע למחנה יהודה: 3 שחקנים תמורת יוחאי אהרוני" [Hapoel PT offers Mahane Yehuda: 3 players for Yohai Aharoni]. Hadshot Hasport. January 1968 – via Hapoel Petach Tikva.
- ^ a b Goldberg, Asher (15 December 2021). "הפועל מחנה יהודה הנציחה את כוכביה המיתולוגיים" [Hapoel Mahane Yehuda has immortalized its mythological stars]. Walla!.
הערב (רביעי) הקבוצה המשחקת בליגה ב' קיימה אירוע הנצחה ל-12 כוכביה הגדולים ביותר וחנכה את "שדרת כוכבי הפועל מחנה יהודה" בנוכחות ראש העיר פתח תקוה רמי גרינברג, נציג מרכז הפועל וההתאחדות לכדורגל, מיכאל וייסמן ויו"ר העמותה ד"ר אמנון מעבי. [...] 12 כוכבי העבר אשר נבחרו לשדרת הכוכבים הם: משה גמליאל, שלמה בן דוד, שלמה צ'ובי שרעבי, מאיר מיס כהן, ציון אהרוני, עוזיאל ביטרמן, צבי אופנהיים, אלקנה שמן, יוחאי אהרוני, בני רצון, יגאל רצאבי, זכריה רצאבי.
- ^ "כל משחקי הפועל רמת גן בליגה הראשונה" [All of Hapoel Ramat Gan's games in the first tier] (PDF). Hapoel Ramat Gan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
19 : יוחאי אהרוני עט על כדור ריבאונד של זנדר. 1:0. [19: Yohai pounced on Zander's rebound ball. 1:0]
- ^ a b c d e "יוחאי אהרוני" [Yohai Aharoni]. Hapoel Petach Tikva Museum. Hapoel Petach Tikva.
- ^ "Yohai Aharoni". EU Football.
- ^ a b "אהרוני יוחאי" [Aharoni, Yohai]. Israel Football Association.
