Mordechai Haim

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Mordechai Haim
Personal information
Full name Mordechai "Moti" Haim
Place of birth Israel
Youth career
Maccabi Jaffa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Maccabi Jaffa
Maccabi Los Angeles[1]
– Maccabi Jaffa
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Mordechai "Moti" Haim is a former Israeli footballer, musician and actor who played for Maccabi Jaffa and Maccabee Los Angeles.[2]

Early life[]

Haim was born in 1954. He grew up on Jerusalem Boulevard in Jaffa. He started playing for Maccabi Jaffa's youth team at the age of 10.[3]

Career[]

Haim started playing for Maccabi Jaffa's senior team and became a regular player. Highlights of his career include playing in the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1977.[3]

He completed military service with the Israel Defense Forces, where he was a Drummer in an IDF band. He later joined the famous 'Tzadikov Choir' as a drummer, performing alongside Oshik Levi.[3] After this, Haim moved to Maccabee Los Angeles, which was at that time a semi-professional team. After two years in LA, he returned to Israel and again played for Maccabi Jaffa.[3]

Haim relocated to the United States permanently in 1980.[4]

Haim was a member of a band, Rockinhaim, with his wife Donna. The couple later went into real estate together in Los Angeles.[5]

In 2021, he made his acting debut in Paul Thomas Anderson's Licorice Pizza, where he played the father of Alana, played by his own daughter Alana Haim.[6]

Honours[]

Israeli Premier League - Runner-up: 1976-1977

Filmography[]

Title Year Role
Licorice Pizza 2021 Moti

Personal life[]

He is the father of Este Haim (b. 1986), Danielle Haim (b. 1989), and Alana Haim (b. 1991), who went on to form the Los Angeles-based pop rock band Haim.[7] His maternal family is of Bulgarian-Jewish descent.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.nrg.co.il/online/47/ART2/438/762.html
  2. ^ LAMONT, TOM (22 September 2013). "Haim: 'Dad would be like, Let's go and jam in the living room'". The Guardian.
  3. ^ a b c d "חיים שכאלה". NRG מעריב. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
  4. ^ "HAIM - The Under the Radar Cover Story". www.undertheradarmag.com.
  5. ^ Chelin, Pamela (9 December 2013). "Meet Donna Haim, the Mother of Haim!".
  6. ^ Licorice Pizza (2021) - IMDb, retrieved 2022-01-07
  7. ^ PAUL, LESTER (14 February 2013). "Haim - the three sisters who are this year's pop sensation" – via The Jewish Chronicle.
  8. ^ "The Haim Sisters on Their Crazy Year, Sexism in Music, and Why Women Should Dress Women".
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