Abba Gindin
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Personal information | |||
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Full name |
Abraham Gindin אברהם גינדין | ||
Date of birth | 1945 | ||
Place of birth | Helsinki, Finland | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
Maccabi Helsinki | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1964–1976 | Hapoel Haifa | ||
National team | |||
1973 | Israel | 6 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Abraham "Abba" Gindin (Hebrew: אברהם "אבא" גינדין; born 24 December 1945 in Helsinki, Finland) is a former Israeli professional football player.
Early life[]
Gindin was born and raised in Finland and grew up playing ice hockey and football for Makkabi Helsinki. At the age of 18, he left Finland for his sister's wedding, who was then living on kibbutz Ein HaShofet.
Professional career[]
Gindin spent eleven seasons with Hapoel Haifa. He made six appearances for the Israel national football team.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Israel National Team - Appearances and Goalscoring". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
Categories:
- 1946 births
- Living people
- Finnish Jews
- Israeli Jews
- Israeli footballers
- Association football forwards
- Hapoel Haifa F.C. players
- Liga Leumit players
- Israel international footballers
- Sportspeople from Helsinki
- Finnish emigrants to Israel
- Israeli football biography stubs