| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1957-10-25) 25 October 1957 (age 67) | ||
| Place of birth | Shefa-'Amr, Israel | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Maccabi Shefa-'Amr | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973–1977 | Maccabi Shefa-'Amr | ||
| 1977–1978 | Hapoel Sakhnin | ||
| 1978–1982 | Maccabi Shefa-'Amr | ||
| 1982–1989 | Maccabi Haifa | 179 | (90) |
| 1989–1990 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 32 | (6) |
| 1990–1992 | Hapoel Tzafririm Holon | 46 | (11) |
| 1992–1993 | Hapoel Haifa | 43 | (15) |
| 1993–1996 | Maccabi Shefa-'Amr | 78 | (23) |
| 1996–1997 | Maccabi Ahi Nazareth | 24 | (5) |
| 1997–1998 | Maccabi Tamra | 28 | (8) |
| 1998–1999 | Maccabi Shefa-'Amr | 16 | (2) |
| International career | |||
| 1982–1986 | Israel | 28 | (10) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Zahi Armali (Arabic: زاهي أرملي, Hebrew: זאהי ארמלי; 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 raised in Shefa-'Amr, Israel, to an Arab-Christian family. He started his professional career at Maccabi Shefa-'Amr. After a few years he spent playing in the lower leagues he signed a contract with Maccabi Haifa in 1983.
During his seven-season career at Maccabi Haifa, Zahi won three championships. He remains the club's record goalscorer with 90 league goals in 179 games.
After the 1989 season Zahi left Maccabi Haifa and subsequently played for Hapoel Jerusalem, Hapoel Haifa and his hometown club Maccabi Shefa-'Amr, where he finished his professional career as a player.
References
- Borden, Sam (10 March 2016). "In Israel, an Arab Chooses Baskets Over Goals" – via NYTimes.com.
- "Meet the Chilestinians, the Largest Palestinian Community Outside the Middle East" – via Haaretz.
- "Qashoa plays for Israeli national team". EgyptToday. 3 October 2017.
- "Hakimi et les sifflets, révélateurs des coups de chaud au Proche-Orient ?". www.20minutes.fr. 14 September 2022.
- Masters, James (18 June 2013). "A sporting push for peace in Israeli-Palestinian relations". CNN.
- Younis, Rami (27 April 2016). "Israel's most racist soccer club isn't shouting 'death to Arabs'". +972 Magazine.
External links
- Zahi Armali Maccabi Haifa (in Hebrew)
- 1957 births
- Living people
- Israeli men's footballers
- Footballers from Shefa-'Amr
- Arab citizens of Israel
- Arab-Israeli footballers
- Israeli Arab Christians
- Men's association football forwards
- Israel men's international footballers
- Liga Leumit players
- Maccabi Haifa F.C. players
- Hapoel Jerusalem F.C. players
- Hapoel Tzafririm Holon F.C. players
- Hapoel Haifa F.C. players
- Maccabi Akhi Nazareth F.C. players
- Maccabi Ironi Tamra F.C. players
- Israeli Football Hall of Fame inductees
- 20th-century Israeli sportsmen