Moshe Leon
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1944 (age 70–71) | ||
Place of birth | Bulgaria | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Maccabi Jaffa | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
Maccabi Jaffa | 401 | (15) | |
– | Westview Apollon | ||
National team | |||
1962–1977 | Israel | 26 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
Moshe "Motsi" Leon (Hebrew: משה "מוצי" ליאון; born 1944) is a former Israeli international footballer.
On the 3rd of June 1964 , He scored the first goal in the final of the AFC asian cup , whom Israel won 2-1 against South-Korea.
In 1998 he was introduced into the "Israeli football hall of fame"
In 2008, in Israel's 60th anniversary , he was chosen by the Israeli Football Association as "The best left-back in Israel's History" .