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Israeli football player and manager

Gaul Machlis
Machlis with Maccabi Tel Aviv in 1939
Personal information
Date of birth (1918-05-21)21 May 1918
Place of birth Petah Tikva, Palestine, OETA South
Date of death 19 February 1995(1995-02-19) (aged 76)
Position(s) Forward, attacking midfielder
Youth career
Maccabi Petah Tikva
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1934–1936 Maccabi Petah Tikva
1936–1947 Maccabi Tel Aviv 35 (29)
International career
1940 Mandatory Palestine 3 (1)
Managerial career
1952 Maccabi Petah Tikva
1952–1953 Maccabi Tel Aviv
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gaul Machlis (Hebrew: גאול מכליס; 21 May 1918 – 19 February 1995) was an Israeli football player and manager. As a player, he played as a forward or attacking midfielder for Maccabi Petah Tikva and Maccabi Tel Aviv at club level, and for Mandatory Palestine internationally.

Club career

Born in Petah Tikva, Palestine, on 21 May 1918, Machlis began his senior club career at hometown club Maccabi Petah Tikva in 1934, where he won multiple titles, before moving Maccabi Tel Aviv in 1936. In 1945, Machlis was forced to retire early from his playing career due to injury.

Managerial career

Following his retirement as a player, Machlis was appointed manager of Maccabi Petah Tikva at the end of the 1951–52 season. Before the end of the season, he became manager of Maccabi Tel Aviv, replacing Jerry Beit haLevi. He was dismissed in the middle of the following season.

International career

Machlis represented Mandatory Palestine internationally three times between 1938 and 1940. He scored one goal in his last cap, in Mandatory Palestine's last international match against Lebanon in 1940.

Personal life

Machlis died on 19 February 1995 before the age of 77, after suffering from a serious illness.

References

  1. ^ קטגוריה: הקבוצה הבוגרת [Category: The senior team]. maccabi-tlv.co.il. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  2. Cazal, Jean-Michel; Bleicher, Yaniv. "Israel National Team - Appearances and Goalscoring". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  3. "Lebanon outclassed by Palestine selected". The Palestine Post. 30 April 1940. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  4. Cazal, Jean-Michel; Bleicher, Yaniv. "British Mandate of Palestine Official Games 1934–1948". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 March 2020.

External links

Managerial positions
Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.managers


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