Haim Michael Revivo ( he, חיים מיכאל רביבו; born 22 February 1972) is a retired Israeli

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player who played as a

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, and a businessman.

Sports career

Revivo is

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and was born to a traditional

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Jewish family in

Ashdod Ashdod ( he, ''ʾašdōḏ''; ar, أسدود or إسدود ''ʾisdūd'' or '' ʾasdūd'' ; Philistine: 𐤀𐤔𐤃𐤃 *''ʾašdūd'') is the sixth-largest city in Israel. Located in the country's Southern District, it lies on the Mediterran ...

, Israel.''Great Jews in Sports'' - Robert Slater
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/ref> He played football at Hapoel Ashdod until the age of 16 when he transferred to the youth club of Gadna Tel Aviv Yehuda. Revivo liked that the club had no senior team and he would be a free agent once he reached 18. When he turned 19,

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brought him to Bnei Yehuda after both

Hapoel Kfar Saba Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. ( he, מועדון כדורגל הפועל כפר סבא, ''Moadon Kaduregel Hapoel Kfar Saba'') is an Israeli football club based in Kfar Saba. The club competes in the Liga Leumit and plays home matches at Levita Stadiu ...

and

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turned him down. Revivo spent three seasons at Bnei Yehuda before transferring to city rivals,

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. When

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requested to leave

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for

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was quick to sign a replacement. He brought in Revivo, who was happy to join Haifa since he believed that from there he could get to a European club. In his first season with Haifa, Revivo led the league (along with

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) with 17 goals. In his second season, he wanted to move from the left side of the midfield to the center of the pitch. Then club manager, Giora Spiegel, was reluctant but in order to avoid a fight with his star, he released

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. Revivo paid off dividends and was once again the league leading goal scorer. Haifa was quick to sell their star to Spanish club,

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. Revivo became a starter at Celta Vigo. In October 1996, shortly after Revivo joined the club, he made headlines because of the club's league clash on

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. Revivo desperately wanted to avoid the match that fell on the Jewish holiday. The club was able to move the match fixture ahead by a couple of hours and Revivo played for as long he could before being brought off in the second half to hurry home for the holiday. He played in Spain a few successful years, and was very popular in Spain. He was named co-winner of the 1998 Israel Sports Figure of the Year Award. His first two years with Fenerbahçe were a success, and he led the team to the 2001 Turkish championship, but then he lost the attention of the club's management after other famous foreign players were brought in. He decided to leave, and caused much controversy with his move to

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rivals

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. His spell at Galatasaray only lasted a year before he left Turkey. After his return to Israel, he signed for Israel's F.C. Ashdod, but after 12 games he retired from football. He is now a successful businessman and one of the former owners of F.C. Ashdod.

Israeli national team

Revivo made his first appearance for a national side on December 18, 1990, playing with the

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against their

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counterparts at the

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. Revivo played in the midfield along with

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and

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who he would end up playing with most of his national team career. A year and a half later, Revivo debuted with the

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on May 13, 1992 in a friendly against their Turkish counterparts at

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in Israel. He scored on his debut and added another four goals in nine appearances, including a brace in a 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualifier against

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. Six months after making his under-21 debut, he represented the full side in a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifier at

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against

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. Revivo became a fixture in the national team lineup under

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and competed for Israel in three FIFA World Cup qualifying campaigns and UEFA European Football Championship qualifying campaigns in addition to 26 friendly matches.

Honours

Club

;

Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. ( he, מועדון כדורגל בני יהודה תל אביב, ''Moadon Kaduregel Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv''), commonly referred to as Bnei Yehuda (), is an Israeli football club from the Hatikva Quarter of the city of Tel ...

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: 1991–92 ;

* State Cup: 1994–95 ; Fenerbahçe *

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: 2000–01 ;

: Runner up 2002–03

Individual

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Leading scorer: 1994–95, 1995–96 * Best Player: 1994–95, 1995–96Israel - Player of the Year
/ref> * Member of the Israeli Football Hall of Fame

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Revivo, Haim 1972 births Living people Israeli Jews Israeli footballers Association football wingers Israel international footballers Israeli expatriate footballers Israeli businesspeople Hapoel Ashdod F.C. players Gadna Tel Aviv Yehuda F.C. players Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. players Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players Maccabi Haifa F.C. players RC Celta de Vigo players La Liga players Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers Galatasaray S.K. footballers Footballers from Ashdod F.C. Ashdod players Israeli football chairmen and investors Süper Lig players Liga Leumit players Israeli Premier League players Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Turkey Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Spain Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Israeli people of Moroccan-Jewish descent Israeli Footballer of the Year recipients