Moshe Mishaelof is an Israel

Israel

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i professional football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

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 player currently with Hapoel Acre. Formerly a captain of the Maccabi Tel Aviv senior and youth team and the Israel national under-21 football team

Israel national under-21 football team

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, Mishaelof has been a part of the Maccabi system for years, having helped the club achieve some of its most historic moments, including a birth into the group stage of the UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League

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Playing career

After captaining two seasons the Maccabi Tel Aviv youth team, Mishaelof made the jump to the full team. On November 25, 2002 Mishaelof started his first professional match in a Israeli Premier League play, going seventy-seven minutes for "the yellows" in a 1-0 win over Bnei Yehuda. He would go on to make four more appearances for the full team, coming on as a substitute the rest of the season as Maccabi Tel Aviv captured the league title.

Moshiko Mishaelof, was team captain of Maccabi Tel Aviv in you 3 years
He also served as the youngest captain of Israel - U21

Belonged to the adult team of Israel, and opened all six games of League game.

The next season, Mishaelof established himself in the starting eleven, missing few matches. Maccabi contended once again for the title that year, but were six points from league leaders, Maccabi Haifa

Maccabi Haifa F.C.

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. For placing in second, the club received a birth to the UEFA Champions League, second qualifying round.

At the start of the 2004/05 Champions League season

UEFA Champions League 2004-05

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, Mishaelof found himself on the bench only to make a short appearance in the 90th minute against HJK. After inching by HJK, Maccabi had to beat PAOK of Greece

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 in order to qualify for the first time ever for the group stage. Mishaelof started the second leg of the tie and helped Maccabi secure their first ever appearance in the UEFA Champions League.

That year, Mishaelof started every Champions League match as the defensive midfielder, helping Maccabi defeat Ajax and draw with Juventus

Juventus F.C.

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With Maccabi Tel Aviv

• Israeli Youth Championship (2):
  • 2000-01, 2001–02

• Youth State Cup (1):
  • 2001

• Israeli Premier League (1):
  • 2002-03

• State Cup
  Israel State Cup
  The State Cup , is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israeli Football Association.The State Cup was first held in 1927–28 as the Palestine Cup...
  
   (1):
  • 2005

• Toto Cup
  Toto Cup
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   (1):
  • 2008-09

External links

• Moshe Mishaelof on the official Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. website