Rifaat Turk
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| Rifat Turk | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rifaat Turk | |
| Date of birth | 1957 | |
| Place of birth | Jaffa, Israel | |
| Nickname | Jimmy | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1973-1975 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1975-1984 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | ? (?) |
| National team | ||
| 197?–198? | Israel | 34 (3) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Rifaat Turk (Hebrew: רפעת טורק) is the deputy mayor of Tel Aviv, Israel. As a former football player, he was the first Arab to ever play on the Israel national football team.
[edit] Early life
The son of a Jaffa fisherman, Turk, did not go to school very often and would hang out with friends by the Jaffa port. One day he was spotted by a scout of Hapoel Tel Aviv FC. This would change his life forever[1].
[edit] Today
Turk is very big on the social problems that Jaffa youth are confronted with. He is a member of the Meretz party and has a son in the youth system of Hapoel Tel Aviv[2].
[edit] Notes
- ^ Sarah Coleman. World Press Review. Rifat Turk: Scoring for Arab Israelis. June 2003
- ^ Hanes Turk's Profile in the Hapoel Tel Aviv youth academy
