Alon Mizrahi (; born 22 November 1971) is an Israeli former professional footballer who played for clubs including Nice, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Maccabi Haifa and Beitar Jerusalem.
His nickname is "The Airplane" (), referring to how he used to T-pose after scoring a goal.
Personal life
His father, Amos Mizrahi was also a footballer who played in Bnei Yehuda in the 1990s and was part of the team that won the State Cup in 1968. He was married to Vered Mizrahi from 1994 until their divorce in 2020 and the couple had 2 daughters and a son. His middle daughter Sun Mizrahi is a supermodel.
International career
International goals
Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mizrahi goal.
Personal achievements
- Mizrahi was the top scorer of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in seasons 1993-94 and 1998-99.
- Mizrahi scored 206 goals in the Israeli Premier League. Mizrahi broke the scoring record of the Israeli legendary striker Oded Machnes and became the greatest goal-scorer in Israeli history.
- Mizrahi has maintained an impressive strike rate, of a goal in every two games, throughout his career.
- Mizrahi won four times the "Goal King" title, awarded to the player who scores the most in the premier league season. He won the title twice with Bnei Yehuda and twice with Maccabi Haifa.
- Mizrahi won 2 championships (with Bnei Yehuda and with Maccabi Haifa), 1 cup (with Maccabi Haifa) and participated twice in the Cup Winners' Cup (with Maccabi Haifa) and Peace Cup (with Beitar Jerusalem).
- Mizrahi scored 28 goals in 1993âÂÂ94 for Maccabi Haifa. This is a (shared) Israeli record of goals per season in the Israeli Premier League.
- Mizrahi scored 15 goals in European club competitions.
Honours
Bnei Yehuda
Maccabi Haifa
Individual
References
https://alonmizrahi.substack.com/==External links==