Eliyahu "Eli" Zizov (; born 30 January 1991) is an Israeli footballer.

Early life

Zizov was born in

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, to a

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family. He is of paternal Georgian-Jewish descent.

Career

When he was six years old, he joined the

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv () is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such as football, basketball, j ...

academy. Zizov had briefly trained with

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and was a target of

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, but eventually he joined Levski Sofia, with whom he has already played an official match in the

A PFG The First Professional Football League (), commonly known as Parva Liga or Bulgarian First League (currently known as the efbet League for sponsorship reasons), is a professional association football league in Bulgaria and the highest level of t ...

: against

PFC Rodopa Smolyan FC Rodopa (ФК Родопа) is a Bulgarian football club (association football), football club based in Smolyan, which currently plays in the Third Amateur Football League (Bulgaria), South-East Third League, the third tier of Bulgarian footbal ...

in April 2007 when he was 16 years, 2 month and 15 days old and thus he became the youngest foreign player making an appearance in the Bulgarian Championship. Zizov decided to return to

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, because he refused to sign a contract with PFC Levski Sofia, due to disagreements regarding his salary and playing opportunities. In January 2010, he made his debut for the Portuguese side

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senior team in a

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game against

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. On 3 July 2011, he signed with the

i side

. On 16 November 2013, Zizov signed with Hapoel Acre on a 3 year contract. Acre paid Maccabi 50,000 Shekels for the Israeli."זיזוב ועכו ישלמו 50 אלף שקלים למכבי תל אביב"
One.co.il, 16 October 2013

Playing style

Zizov can play as a winger, striker or second striker.

Honours

(1): ** 2008–09

References

External links

*
Profile at LevskiSofia.info
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zizov, Eli 1991 births Jewish Israeli sportspeople Living people Israeli men's footballers PFC Levski Sofia players Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players Hapoel Acre F.C. players Maccabi Kiryat Gat F.C. players Agudat Sport Nordia Jerusalem players Hapoel Bik'at HaYarden F.C. players Israeli expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Israeli Premier League players Liga Leumit players Footballers from Beersheba Israeli people of Georgian-Jewish descent Men's association football forwards 21st-century Israeli sportsmen