Avraham Bendori (; June 21, 1928 – January 15, 2019) was an Israeli footballer who played for Maccabi Tel Aviv and the Israel national team.Bendori Avraham IFA He later worked as a manager.
Career Bendori was born in Tel Aviv in 1928 and joined Maccabi Tel Aviv at the age of 13. He was part of the Maccabi Michael youth team, which won back to back youth championship in the mid-1940s.The Football Team Took Off to Belgrade Lifa Leviathan, Herut, 19 August 1949, Historical Jewish Press In 1946 he was promoted to the senior team and played with the team until the end of the 1959–60 season, winning 6 league titles and 6 cups with the club.
Bendori was also a member of the Israel national football team, but only made a handful of appearances, as the main goalkeeper of the national team during this time was Ya'akov Hodorov. Bendori played in Israel's first match ever, against the U.S.,The First Independence Team on Tour to the U.S.A. Asher Goldberg, 9 May 2011, IFA but didn't make another appearance in an official match until 1958, when he started in two group phase matches of the 1958 Asian Games, as Hodorov was injured. His final match for Israel was played against Poland in Wrocław, in which Bendori conceded 5 goals and was substituted in the 64th minute. Israel lost 2–7 in the match, which became known as the "Wrocław Shame".Poland Had Beaten Israel 7:2 (3:1) Herut, 22 June 1959, Historical Jewish Press So I Have Removed the Wrocław Shame David Assaf, 11 July 2013, Oneg Shabat
After retiring, Bendori coached several teams without much successHapoel Ramat Gan vs. Maccabi Jaffa 1971 Yaron Bar Lev, Shlomo Mann and Elisha Shohat, HaMakhtesh and served as the national team's director.
Personal life Bendori, who was 20 during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, fought in the Samson's Foxes unit, and was injured on the Egyptian front, near Iraq Suwaydan, when the jeep he was driving was bombarded. Bendori was hospitalized for several weeks and was released to take part in the national teams' tour of the U.S.Goalkeeper and Warrior: When Avraham Bendori Came Up for Defence Tomer Ganor, 25 April 2012, Ynet Four, Four on the Thundering Jeep Doron Bar, 14 April 2013, Ma'ariv "Get Up Mongol, We're Going to the U.S.A. Asher Goldberg, 25 September 2012, IFA During his time with Maccabi Tel Aviv, Bendori worked for Dan Bus Company.Once Players Drove Differently Asher Goldberg, 1 December 2004, Walla!
Honours Maccabi Tel Aviv Palestine League: 1946–47 Palestine Cup (2): 1946, 1947 Israeli League (5): 1949–50, 1951–52, 1953–54, 1955–56, 1957–58 Israel State Cup (4): 1953–54, 1954–55, 1957–58, 1958–59
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