Ari "Lonia" Dvorin ( he, לוניה דבורין; ; russian: Лёня Дворин; 23 October 1917 – 17 March 2000) was an Israeli

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player and coach. As a player, he played as a full-back for Beitar Tel Aviv and the Mandatory Palestine national team.

Early life

Dvorin was born on 23 October 1917 in

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, Ukraine, to Hannah and Pinchas. When he was two years old, he and his family emigrated to Palestine on a ship, called ''Ruslan''.

Club career

Dvorin began his youth career as a teenager, joining

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...

's youth sector. He left the club in 1934, aged 17, and was one of the founders of Beitar Tel Aviv. He won the 1940 Palestine Cup after beating Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–1 in the final. In

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he won the cup once more, beating

Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa ( he, מכבי חיפה) is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football ...

12–1 in the final; he scored the last goal of the game. Dvorin played his last season in 1947–48, when Beitar Tel Aviv where top of the league; however, the

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interrupted the season, which was never finished.

International career

Dvorin took part in Mandatory Palestine's last international match against

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in 1940, coming on as a substitute in the second half; it was his only international cap.

Managerial career

In 1952 Dvorin began his managerial career at Beitar Tel Aviv. Towards the end of the 1953–54 Liga Bet, the second division, Dvorin joined

Beitar Jerusalem Beitar Jerusalem Football Club ( he, מועדון כדורגל בית"ר ירושלים, Moadon Kaduregel Beitar Yerushalayim), commonly known as Beitar Jerusalem () or simply as Beitar (), is an Israeli football club based in the city of Jeru ...

, helping them gain promotion to the first division for the first time in their history. In his career, Dvorin coached many teams, including

Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Be'er Sheva Football Club ( he, מועדון הכדורגל הפועל באר שבע, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Be'er Sheva'') is an Israeli football club from the city of Be'er Sheva, that competes in the Israeli Premier League. The c ...

, Maccabi Sha'arayim,

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 Maccabi Jaffa.

Personal life

At the age of 26, Dvorin married Shulamit Goldstein and lived with her in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

. Upon the establishment of Israel, he joined

Herut Herut ( he, חֵרוּת, ''Freedom'') was the major conservative nationalist political party in Israel from 1948 until its formal merger into Likud in 1988. It was an adherent of Revisionist Zionism. History Herut was founded by Menachem Begin ...

, a right-wing militant paramilitary group. Dvorin's son, Danny, is a broadcaster and

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in Israel. His brother, Haim, was a judge in the Tel Aviv District Court.

Honours

Player

Beitar Tel Aviv *

Palestine League The Palestine League, also known as The Eretz Israel League, was an association football league during the British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel), which was contested from 1928 to 1948. It was organised by the Eretz Israel Football Associatio ...

: 1944–45 * Tel Aviv Division 2:

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Manager

Beitar Jerusalem *

Liga Bet Liga Bet ( he, ליגה ב', lit. ''League B'') is the fourth tier of the Israeli football league system. It is divided into four regional divisions. History League football started in Israel in 1949–50, a year after the Israeli Declaration of ...

: 1953–54

References

External links

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Israel Football Association The Israel Football Association (IFA; he, ההתאחדות לכדורגל בישראל, ''HaHit'aḥdut leKaduregel beIsrael'', literally "The Association of Football in Israel") is the governing body of football in Israel. It organizes a variet ...

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dvorin, Lonia 1918 births 2000 deaths Odesa Jews Israeli footballers Jewish Ukrainian sportspeople Soviet emigrants to Mandatory Palestine Jewish Israeli sportspeople Association football fullbacks Mandatory Palestine footballers Mandatory Palestine international footballers Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players Beitar Tel Aviv F.C. players Israeli football managers Beitar Tel Aviv F.C. managers Beitar Jerusalem F.C. managers Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. managers Maccabi Sha'arayim F.C. managers Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. managers Maccabi Jaffa F.C. managers