Ofer Eshed (alternate spellings: Offer, Ashad; ; November 24, 1942 – June 23, 2007) was an Israeli

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player and

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. He played and coached in the

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, and he is the third in the league in career scoring. He also played for and was the

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of the Israeli national team.

Club career

Eshed played 20 seasons of club basketball with

Hapoel Holon Hapoel Holon Basketball Club (), is a professional basketball club based in Holon, Israel. The team plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League (the top tier of Israeli basketball), and internationally in the Basketball Champions League. The ...

Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv () is a sports club in Israel, founded in the 1920s, and part of the Hapoel association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as football, basketball, w ...

, and Beitar Tel Aviv, from 1958 to 1978. In his highest-scoring season, in 1970, he averaged 29.9

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. He scored a total of 7,758 career points, which is the third-most in the history of the

National team career

Eshed represented the senior men's Israeli national team, he also served as Israel's

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. With Israel, he played at the 1961 FIBA EuroBasket, the 1963 FIBA EuroBasket, the 1965 FIBA EuroBasket, the 1967 FIBA EuroBasket, and the

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. Eshed also played at the 1964

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European Olympic Qualifying Tournament, and the 1968 FIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Coaching career

After he retired from playing club basketball, Eshed became a

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. He was an Assistant Coach for

, from 1995 to 1997.

References

External links

FIBA Archive Profile 1כדורסלן העבר עופר אשד הלך לעולמו
Walla. {{DEFAULTSORT:Esher, Ofer 1942 births 2007 deaths Asian Games gold medalists for Israel Basketball players at the 1966 Asian Games Hapoel Holon B.C. players Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. players Israeli basketball coaches Israeli Basketball Premier League players Israeli men's basketball players Medalists at the 1966 Asian Games Shooting guards Small forwards 20th-century Israeli sportsmen Asian Games gold medalists in basketball

Club career

National team career

Coaching career

See also

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