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The legendary striker of Hapoel Tel Aviv, Yehezkel Hazum, passed away at the age of 76 - voila! sport

2023-03-21T07:15:27.841Z


The Reds' second all-time top scorer played for the team throughout his career. Won two championships with her, the State Cup and the Asia Cup


Summary of Hapoel Tel Aviv's victory 1:3 over Beitar Jerusalem (Sport1)

The legendary former player of Hapoel Tel Aviv, Yehezkel Hazum, passed away at the age of 76. The former striker played for Hapoel Tel Aviv throughout his career and won two championships, one cup and the Asian team championship with it.

He scored 97 goals in 324 appearances in the league and wore the Israel national team uniform 9 times.



Hazum was born in Iraq and immigrated to Israel with his family at a young age.

He made his Hapoel Tel Aviv debut in a derby against Maccabi Tel Aviv in 1964 and played for the team for 13 years.

In total, he wore the team's uniform in 383 games in all formats and scored 133 goals.

To this day, he remains in second place in Hapoel Tel Aviv's top scorer table in the league (97), the deputy of Shia Feigenbaum, a peer he has collaborated with for many years.



Hazum was part of the Israeli team's squad for the 1970 World Cup, the only one that the Blue-Whites advanced to, but did not participate in the tournament.

He wore the national team uniform 9 times in friendly matches.

The late Yehezkel Hazum (Photo: Creative Commons, Wikipedia, Dan Hadani Archive)

The club's official announcement this morning reads: "The Hapoel Tel Aviv Football Club bows its head for the untimely passing of one of the club's greatest strikers of all time, Yehezkel Hazum. He is remembered with a blessing. Yehezkel Hazum (1947-2023) played for Hapoel 13 seasons and is considered one of the club's greatest strikers in history. He won two championships with the team in the 1960s and the State Cup (1972). In addition, he won the Asian Championship with the team (1967). Hazum played 383 games in Hapoel in all formats in which he scored 133 goals and assisted 22."

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Source: walla

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