Alon Mizrahi

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Alon Mizrahi
Personal information
Date of birth	November 22, 1971
Place of birth	Tel Aviv, Israel
Height	1.78m
Nickname	The Airplane ("Haaviron")
Playing position	Striker
Youth clubs
198?-1989	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1988-1990 1990-1991 1991-1993 1993-1994 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005	Bnei Yehuda Hapoel Tel Aviv Bnei Yehuda Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Haifa Bnei Yehuda Maccabi Haifa OGC Nice (France) Beitar Jerusalem Hapoel Kfar Saba Maccabi Ah"i Nazareth Hapoel Beer Sheva Bnei Yehuda	? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
National team2
1992-2001	Israel	38 (17)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 1, 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of July 1, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Alon Mizrahi (born November 22, 1971) is a former Israeli football player in a striker position. He is the most prolific scorer in Israeli football history.

[edit] Records

• As of August, 2004, Alon Mizrahi scored 207 goals in the Israeli premier division. Mizrahi broke the scoring record of the Israeli legendary striker Oded Machnas 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 time the "Goal King" title, awarded to the player who scores the most in the premier league season. He won the title twice with Bnei-Yeuda and twice with Maccabi Haifa.
• Mizrahi won 2 championships (1 with Bney-Yehuda, 1 with Maccabi Haifa), 2 cups (with Maccabi Haifa) and participated twice in the Cup Winners' Cup (with Maccabi Haifa).
• Mizrahi scored 28 goals in 1993-1994 for Maccabi Haifa. This is an Israeli record of goals per season.
• Mizrahi has played 38 matches for the Israeli national soccer team and scored 17 goals.
• Mizrahi scored 15 goals in European club competitions.

[edit] Quotations

Mizrahi's quoted statements in the press and his overexertion of cliches have helped him to become a symbol of mockery;

• "I've nothing to prove and I proved it today on the field".
• "I wanna play in Europe or in Spain"
• "Every two games I've an average of one goal per one game"
• "A.S. Roma has an excellent chance to win the Champions League, if they will keep up the current shape of last season"

Taking all these quotes and more, Mizrahi published a book titled "HuTsa Me'HeKshero" or "הוצא מהקשרו", meaning taken out of context.

Mizrahi is aware that he is joked about because of the things he says, but doesn't take it too seriously, remarking:

• "In the aftermath, people will remember how much I scored, and not what I have said."

The mockery concerning Mizrahi's quotes is similar to the mockery and book concerning Francesco Totti in Italy.