David Schweitzer (18 July 1925 – 17 August 1997) was an Israeli
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
player and manager who was active at both professional and international levels.
Career
Playing career
Schweitzer started his athletic career as a
basketball player with
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Hapoel Tel Aviv ( he, הפועל תל אביב) is a sports club in Israel, founded in the 1920s, and part of the Hapoel association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, suc ...
, before switching to football. During his time with
Hapoel Haifa, Schweitzer took coaching courses and served as the youth team coach, and transferred to
Hapoel Kiryat Haim, where he acted as player-coach.
Schweitzer made six appearances for the
Israeli national team between 1949 and 1954.
Coaching career
Schweitzer managed the
Israeli national team between 1973 and 1977.
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1925 births
1997 deaths
Israeli men's footballers
Israel men's international footballers
Israeli football managers
Israel national football team managers
Footballers from Tel Aviv
Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players
Hapoel Haifa F.C. players
Men's association football midfielders
Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. managers
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