Raul Geller
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Raul Geller | ||
Date of birth | 23 January 1936 | ||
Place of birth | Quillabamba, Peru | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Deportivo Municipal | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1956–1957 | Deportivo Municipal | ||
1960–1964 | Porvenir Miraflores | ||
1965–1969 | Beitar Jerusalem | ||
National team | |||
1964 | Peru | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Dr. Raul Geller was a Peruvian-Israeli former professional footballer who played as a forward.[1] He is the third all time leading scorer of Beitar Jerusalem.[2]
Playing career[]
After securing promotion for club team, Porvenir Miraflores, and representing Peru at the 1964 Copa América, Geller joined Beitar and helped the club gain promotion to the Israeli top division.
He also worked as an orthopedist.[3][2]
References[]
- ^ Gillon, Philip (December 1981). "Sportsman with a scalpel". The Jerusalem Post Magazine.
- ^ a b Neiman, Rachel (2 June 2013). "Footballers in the open market". Israel21c. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ Asa-El, Amotz (27 October 2005). "Middle Israel: Why we missed the World Cup". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
External links[]
- Raul Geller at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile of Raul Geller on JewsInSports.org
Categories:
- 1936 births
- Living people
- People from La Convención Province
- Peruvian emigrants to Israel
- Peruvian Jews
- Association football forwards
- Jewish footballers
- Peruvian footballers
- Peru international footballers
- Israeli footballers
- Deportivo Municipal footballers
- Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players
- Liga Leumit players
- Peruvian football biography stubs