Yitzhak "Vicky" Peretz ( he, יצחק "ויקי" פרץ, 11 February 1953 – 29 June 2021) was an Israeli Olympic

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player who played for the Israel national team, and manager. He played for Maccabi Ramat Amidar, Maccabi Tel Aviv,

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, Maccabi Tel Aviv,

Shimshon Tel Aviv Shimshon Tel Aviv F.C. (, ''Moadon Kaduregel Shimshon Tel Aviv'') is an Israeli football club based in Tel Aviv. In 2000 it merged with Beitar Tel Aviv to create Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv.

Beitar Netanya Beitar Nes Tubruk Netanya ( he, בית"ר נס טוברוק נתניה), formerly Beitar Netanya, is a football club in Netanya, Israel. History Beitar Netanya The original Beitar Netanya team spent several years in the lower divisions, mainly i ...

, Hapoel Lod, and Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Hen. He earned a gold medal playing for Team Israel at the

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, and in 1976 he played for the

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in the

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Personal life

Peretz was born in

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, Israel. He later lived in Ramat Gan, Israel. His son,

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, has followed in his father's footsteps. His brother in law was

Avi Cohen Avraham "Avi" Cohen ( he, אבי כהן; 14 November 1956 – 29 December 2010) was an Israeli footballer who played as a defender, and a manager. He was best known for his spells playing for two British clubs: Liverpool in England and Rangers ...

, former international footballer, and his nephew is

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. Peretz died at 68 years of age on 29 June 2021, apparently by suicide.

Playing career

Peretz was the leading scorer of the Israel national under-19 football team that competed at the 1972 Asian Football Conference Youth Championship. His 12 goals gave him the golden boot title of the tournament. He began his career in the Maccabi Ramat Amidar youth department. Peretz then played for its first team, turning professional in 1971. Peretz signed at 20 years of age with Maccabi Tel Aviv in 1973 -- playing with them for the next seven years, and that season he was the team's top scorer with 19 goals. He was Liga Leumit's top scorer with 17 goals in the 1976-77 season in which Maccabi won the title. With Maccabi in 1978-79 campaign, he had 17 goals across all competitions. He earned a gold medal playing for Team Israel at the

. In 1976 Peretz played for the

in the

. In 1980, Peretz left Israel to join French side

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. Over the next two years he scored 27 goals in 71 appearances in France’s premier league. Peretz then moved to France's

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two years later. He scored 17 goals in 33 appearances with the team in 1982-83. In 1983, he returned to Maccabi Tel Aviv for two more seasons. With the club, Peretz had a total of 101 goals in 250 appearances in all competitions, ranking him 8th among all-time scorers for the club. In 1985 Peretz switched to

, playing for them in 1985-86. Over the following years he played for Beitar Netanya (1986), Hapoel Lod (1986-87), and Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Hen. He retired in 1991. During his playing career with the Israeli national team from 1973 to 1983 Peretz won 40 caps, scoring 14 goals.

Coaching career

Peretz was Assistant Manager for

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from 1997 to 1999. He coached the Israeli under-16 national youth football team from 2003-05. In 2006, he was appointed Assistant Manager at Maccabi Tel Aviv. Peretz left the club in 2007. He coached Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Hen in 2008, and

Hakoah Ramat Gan Hakoah Maccabi Amidar Ramat Gan Football Club ( he, מועדון כדורגל הכח מכבי עמידר רמת גן) is an Israeli football club based in Ramat Gan. The club is currently in Liga Alef South division and plays at the Winter Stadiu ...

in 2009.

Honours

* Israeli Premier League: 1976–77, 1978–79 *

Israel State Cup The Israel State Cup ( he, גביע המדינה, ''Gvia HaMedina''), is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israel Football Association (IFA). The State Cup was first held in 1928 as the People's Cup. Because it involve ...

: 1977 *

Israel Super Cup The Israel Super Cup, also known as the Champion of Champions ( he, אלוף האלופים, Aluf HaAlufim), is an Israeli association football club competition played as a single match between the winner of the latest Israeli top league champion ...

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

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