Zahi Armeli

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Personal information
Zahi Armali
Date of birth	October 25, 1957 (1957-10-25) (age 50)
Place of birth	Shefa-'Amr, Israel
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Retired
Number	13
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1972-1975 1975 1975-1982 1982-1989	Maccabi Shefa-'Amr Hapoel Sakhnin Maccabi Shefa-'Amr Maccabi Haifa	? (?) ? (?) ? (?) 179 (90)
National team²
1982-1986	Israel	28 (10)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 July 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 30 July 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Zahi Armali (Arabic: زاهي أرملي‎, Hebrew: זאהי ארמלי‎), (born October 25, 1957) is a former Israeli footballer that started his career at Maccabi Shefa-'Amr, and holder of many records at Maccabi Haifa.

Born and raised in Shefa-Amr Zahi 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 from the national league (highest league back then) in 1983.

During his 7 season career at Maccabi Haifa, Zahi won 3 championships with his team while being a central player in the attack part of the team. Zahi is known to have special personal techniques and he has the ability to kick the ball in both his legs. He is until today the player that scored the highest number of goals(In Maccabi Haifa) with 90 league goals in 179 games.

after the 1989 season Zahi left Maccabi Haifa and went to play with Hapoel Jerusalem, Hapoel Haifa and his youth team Maccabi Shefa-'Amr where he finished his professional career as a player. Then Zahi started training the Shefa-Amr team for a while and today he works as a car mechanic.