Haim Revivo

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Haim Revivo
Personal information
Full name	Haim Michael Revivo
Date of birth	22 February 1972
Place of birth	Ashdod, Israel
Position	Midfield
Club information
Current club	Retired
Number	10
Youth clubs
1984–88 1988-90	Hapoel Ashdod Gadna Yehuda
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1990–1993 1993-1994 1994-1996 1996-2000 2000-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004	Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv FC Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC Maccabi Haifa FC Celta Vigo Fenerbahçe Galatasaray F.C. Ashdod	? (?) ? (12) 57 (43) ? (42) ? (26) ? (34) ? (3)
National team**
1992-2004	Israel	67 (15)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 June 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 25 June 2006.

Haim Revivo (Hebrew: חיים רביבו) (born February 22, 1972 in Ashdod) is a retired Israeli football player. He was especially famous for his free-kick goals and his entertaining celebrations after these goals.

He played for Bnei Yehuda, Hapoel Tel-Aviv and Maccabi Haifa, before going to Spanish club Celta de Vigo. He also played for Turkish city rivals Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray of Istanbul.

He played in Spain a few successful years. His first 2 years with Fenerbahçe were a success, and he led the team to the 2001 Turkish championship, but then he lost the attention of the clubs management after other famous foreign players were brought in. He decided to leave, and caused much controversy with his move to Istanbul rivals Galatasaray. His spell at Galatasaray only lasted a year before he left Turkey.

After the return from Turkey to Israel he signed in FC Ashdod, but after 12 games he retired from football.

He is now a successful businessman and one of the owners of Israeli club FC Ashdod.