Avraham "Avi" Tikva ( he, אברהם "אבי" תקוה; born 28 June 1976) is a retired Israeli professional

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er. He is the younger brother of former professional footballer

Shalom Tikva Shalom Tikva (born May 8, 1965) is an Israeli former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He made 23 appearances scoring 6 goals for the Israel national team. Honours Maccabi Netanya * Israeli Championship: runner-up 1 ...

Biography

Playing career

During the

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season with

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, Tikva was allowed to miss the match against Belgian side

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in order to observe the Jewish holiday of

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Honours

* Swiss National League A: **Winner (1): 1997–98 **Runner-up (1): 1998–99 *

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: **Runner-up (1): 1999 *

Toto Cup The Israel Toto Cup ( he, גביע הטוטו, ''Gvia Ha'Toto'') is an association football tournament that features clubs in the two highest divisions in Israel: the Israeli Premier League ( Ligat Ha'Al), and the second division Liga Leumit. Fro ...

: **Winner (1): 2003–04

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* 1976 births Living people Israeli Jews Israeli footballers Israel under-21 international footballers Israel international footballers Association football midfielders Israeli expatriate footballers Maccabi Netanya F.C. players Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. players Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. players Grasshopper Club Zürich players Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players BSC Young Boys players Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. players Enosis Neon Paralimni FC players Hakoah Maccabi Amidar Ramat Gan F.C. players Liga Leumit players Israeli Premier League players Swiss Super League players Cypriot First Division players Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Footballers from Netanya {{Israel-footy-bio-stub