Haim Levin (; 3 March 1937 – 21 April 2024) was an Israeli football

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

who played for

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 ...

and the Israel national team in the 1960s.

Career

Levin played 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 ...

in the late 1950s, playing 56 matches. He was elected Israeli Footballer of the Year in 1965. He left

in 1969 and went on to play for

Beitar Jerusalem Beitar Jerusalem Football Club (), commonly known as Beitar Jerusalem () or simply Beitar (), is an Israeli professional football club based in the city of Jerusalem, that plays in the Israeli Premier League, the top tier in Israeli football ...

Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Netanya F.C. () is an Israeli professional football club based in Netanya. Established in 1934, the club was a founding member of the Israeli League in 1949. After winning their first championship in 1971, the club's golden period last ...

, and

Hapoel Jerusalem Hapoel Jerusalem is a sport organization in Jerusalem as a local branch of the Hapoel movement. The branch was established in the 1920s and represents the city in more sports than any other sport organization in Jerusalem. Today, the club's lead ...

. Levin made 22 appearances in the Israel national team and participated in the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol ...

in Mexico. In the 1980s Levin returned to former club Maccabi Haifa, working as a goalkeeper coach in the senior team and the youth department.

Death

Levin died on 21 April 2024, at the age of 87. He had four daughters.

Honours

Maccabi Tel Aviv * Israeli championships: 1966–68 * State Cup: 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67 *

Asian Club Championship The AFC Champions League Elite (abbreviated as the ACL Elite) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious cl ...

: 1968–69 * Israeli Supercup: 1964–65 (shared cup with Hakoah Ramat Gan), 1967–68 Individual * Israeli Footballer of the Year: 1965

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* * 1937 births 2024 deaths Jewish Israeli sportspeople Israeli men's footballers Olympic footballers for Israel Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics 1964 AFC Asian Cup players 1968 AFC Asian Cup players Maccabi Haifa F.C. players Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players Hapoel Hadera F.C. players Hapoel Jerusalem F.C. players Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players Maccabi Netanya F.C. players Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. players Liga Leumit players Footballers from Petah Tikva Israel men's international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Israeli Football Hall of Fame inductees Israeli Footballer of the Year recipients 20th-century Israeli sportsmen AFC Asian Cup–winning players {{Israel-footy-goalkeeper-stub