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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 24 July 1924 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Margo, Cyprus[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 5 May 2011 | (aged 86)||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Israel | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
Maccabi Tel Aviv | |||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1940–1958 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 74 | (67) | ||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1948–1956 | Israel | 14 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
1958–1960 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||||||||||||||||
1964–1965 | Israel | ||||||||||||||||
1966–1968 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | ||||||||||||||||
1968–1969 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||||||||||||||||
1977–1979 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | ||||||||||||||||
1982–1986 | Israel | ||||||||||||||||
1988–1989 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Yosef "Yosale" Merimovich (Hebrew: יוסף "יוס'לה" מרימוביץ'; 24 July 1924 – 5 May 2011) was a football player and manager. A one-club man, he played as a forward for Maccabi Tel Aviv between 1947 and 1958, winning six championships and six cups. Born in Cyprus, he represented the Israel national team at international level. He went on to coach both Maccabi Tel Aviv and the Israel national team on multiple occasions.