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Raphaelov retired from the team: "In my good years I did not represent the country" - Walla! sport

2022-03-15T16:37:03.800Z


The Anderlecht contact thanked for "the willingness to invite me to the upcoming games", but decided at the age of 36 to focus on his career in Belgium: "The team will always be within me"


Raphaelov retired from the national team: "In my good years I did not represent the country"

The Anderlecht contact thanked for "the willingness to invite me to the upcoming games", but decided at the age of 36 to focus on his career in Belgium: "The team will always be within me"

Shlomo Weiss

15/03/2022

Tuesday, 15 March 2022, 18:19

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Summary: Anderlecht - Antwerp 1: 2, Lior Rapalov scored (Sport 1)

Lior Rapalov retires from the Israeli national team.

A month before he celebrates his 36th birthday and after a campaign led by Willy Rotensteiner in which he found himself out of the squad even when he was selected as the Golden Shoe winner in Belgium, Anderlecht announced his end to the team and all a day before interim coach Alon Hazan announces the squad for games against Germany and Romania .

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He's sad about ending his career on the team.

Rapalov (Photo: Kobi Eliyahu)

"Always wearing the Israeli national team shirt and singing the anthem in front of all the football fans in Israel was something that filled me with great pride and I will forever be grateful that I was able to fulfill this dream as a child," Raphaelov began.



"In a month I will celebrate 36 in a very intense season," the contact continued, "and after talks with my wife Gal, Vincent Kompany (his coach in Anderlecht, S.W.), Dudu Dahan the family, I made the decision that was best for me and my career here in Belgium - to retire from Israel .



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