Aharon Amar (), is a former

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for

Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa () is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football, Basketball, Weightl ...

Sports career

Amar was discovered by Haifa, when word of mouth got around that a local

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had a new immigrant that was an amazing footballer. After scouts saw him play, he was immediately signed and enjoyed immediate success with the ''Greens''. This led to Amar being called up to the

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, where he played in the win over Yugoslavia. He played 14 times for Israel between 1958 and 1961. He scored a league record seventeen goals in the

1958–59 Liga Leumit The 1958–59 Liga Leumit season took place between November 1958 and May 1959. Hapoel Petah Tikva won the title, while Hapoel Kfar Saba, who had finished bottom the previous season (in which there was no relegation), were relegated to Liga Ale ...

season. He was the last Maccabi Haifa player to top the league goalscoring until

Zahi Armeli Zahi Armali (, ; born 25 October 1957) is an Israeli former professional footballer who played as a forward. He started his career at Maccabi Shefa-'Amr, and a holder of many records at Maccabi Haifa. Early life and career Armali was born and ...

scored 25 goals in 1987–88.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Amar, Aharon 1937 births Living people Moroccan Jews Israeli men's footballers Footballers from Casablanca Maccabi Haifa F.C. players Israel men's international footballers 1960 AFC Asian Cup players Moroccan emigrants to Israel Men's association football forwards 20th-century Israeli sportsmen