Motti Aroesti (born 11 July 1954), is a retired

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Biography

Motti Aroesti was born in Givatayim.

Basketball career

Aroesti played club basketball with Maccabi Tel Aviv, from 1973 to 1988. Aroesti wore the Maccabi jersey for 15 consecutive seasons, and won an Israeli League title for each of those years, as well as 11 Israeli State Cups. Aroesti helped Maccabi win its first FIBA Europe Champions Cup ( EuroLeague) title in the 1976–77 season, and he was still the team's starting

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, when his team lifted its second top continental trophy in the 1980–81 season.

National team

As a member of the senior Israeli national basketball team, Aroesti played at the following major tournaments: the 1976 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament,

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, the 1980 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the

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, the 1984 European Olympic Qualifying Tournament, and the

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. He won the silver medal at the 1979 EuroBasket, while playing with the senior Israeli national team.

Coaching

After he retired from playing professional basketball, Aroesti became a

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. He also worked as a sports director.

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