Zvi Fuchs

Zvi Fuchs
	Fuchs with Maccabi Tel Aviv in 1939
Personal information
Date of birth	12 April 1917
Place of birth	Poland
Date of death	10 March 1999 (aged 81)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1936–1942	Maccabi Tel Aviv
1943–1950	Beitar Tel Aviv
International career
1940	Mandatory Palestine
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zvi Fuchs (Hebrew: צבי פוקס; 12 April 1917 – 10 March 1999) was an Israeli footballer who played as a midfielder.

Early life

Fuchs was born in Poland on 12 April 1917, and immigrated with his family to Mandatory Palestine in 1920.^[1]

In the 1935–36 season, Fuchs made his senior debut for Maccabi Tel Aviv aged 19. On 5 March 1938, Fuchs scored his first goal in the Palestine Cup, in the quarterfinals against Maccabi Nes Tziona, helping his side win 3–1.^[2]

Fuchs represented Mandatory Palestine at international level in their last international match against Lebanon in 1940;^[3]^[4] it was his only international cap.^[5]

^ Goldberg, Asher; Dvorin, Danny (2008). מכבי תל אביב 102 שנים ראשונות [Maccabi Tel Aviv First 102 Years] (in Hebrew). Israel: הוצאת מדיה 41 בע"מ.
^ Shohat, Elisha (2006). 100 שנות כדורגל: 1906–2006 [100 Years of Football: 1906–2006] (in Hebrew). Hod Hasharon. pp. 84–85.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ "Lebanon outclassed by Palestine selected". The Palestine Post. 30 April 1940. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
^ Cazal, Jean-Michel; Bleicher, Yaniv. "British Mandate of Palestine Official Games 1934–1948". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
^ Cazal, Jean-Michel; Bleicher, Yaniv. "Israel National Team - Appearances and Goalscoring". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 August 2020.

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