Nicolás Tauber (; born August 20, 1980) is a retired Argentine-Israeli footballer.
He was born in
La Plata, Argentina
La Plata () is the capital city of Buenos Aires province, Argentina. According to the 2022 Argentina census, census, the La Plata Partido, Partido has a population of 772,618 and its metropolitan area, the Greater La Plata, has 938,287 inhabit ...
.
Playing career
During 2003 the former
Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Netanya F.C. () is an Israeli professional football club based in Netanya. Established in 1934, the club was a founding member of the Israeli League in 1949. After winning their first championship in 1971, the club's golden period last ...
manager,
Gili Landau, spotted Nicolás during a scouting tour of Argentina. After discovering that Tauber was in fact Jewish and eligible for
Israeli citizenship
Israel has two primary pieces of legislation governing the requirements for citizenship, the 1950 Law of Return and 1952 Citizenship Law.
Every Jew has the unrestricted right to immigrate to Israel and become an Israeli citizen. Individuals ...
under the
Law of Return
The Law of Return (, ''ḥok ha-shvūt'') is an Israeli law, passed on 5 July 1950, which gives Jews, people with one or more Jewish grandparent, and their spouses the right to Aliyah, relocate to Israel and acquire Israeli nationality law, Isra ...
, he convinced him to
move to Israel and join
Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Netanya F.C. () is an Israeli professional football club based in Netanya. Established in 1934, the club was a founding member of the Israeli League in 1949. After winning their first championship in 1971, the club's golden period last ...
.
On September 13, 2003, Tauber made his league debut in an away fixture against
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv. He gave up two goals and Netanya lost their first match of the season. Tauber eventually returned to Argentina.
See also
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List of select Jewish association football (soccer) players
References
External links
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Nicolás Tauber at One.co.il
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1980 births
Living people
Footballers from La Plata
Jewish Argentine sportspeople
Jewish Israeli sportspeople
Argentine men's footballers
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Argentine Primera División players
Primera Nacional players
Primera B Metropolitana players
Estudiantes de La Plata footballers
Unión de Santa Fe footballers
Club Almagro players
Chacarita Juniors footballers
Club Atlético Nueva Chicago footballers
CSyD Tristán Suárez footballers
Deportivo Laferrere footballers
Argentine emigrants to Israel
Israeli men's footballers
Maccabi Netanya F.C. players
Men's association football goalkeepers
Israeli people of Argentine-Jewish descent
Sportspeople of Argentine descent
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Israel
Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
21st-century Argentine sportsmen
21st-century Israeli sportsmen