Alon Mizrahi

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{{Short description|Israeli footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Alon Mizrahi
| image = Alon Mizrahi.jpg
| caption = Mizrahi in 2007, doing his famous "Airplane" move.
| fullname = Alon Mizrahi
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|11|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Tel Aviv]], Israel
| height = 1.78 m
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Striker]]
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = 1984–1989
| youthclubs1 = [[Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.|Bnei Yehuda]]
| years1 = 1989–1993 |clubs1 = [[Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.|Bnei Yehuda]] |caps1 = 66 |goals1 = 46
| years2 = 1990–1991 |clubs2 = → [[Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]] (loan)|caps2 = 18 |goals2 = 4
| years3 = 1993–1994 |clubs3 = [[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]] |caps3 = 38 |goals3 = 28
| years4 = 1994 |clubs4 = [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]] |caps4 = 10 |goals4 = 1
| years5 = 1994–1999 |clubs5 = Maccabi Haifa |caps5 = 53 |goals5 = 35
| years6 = 1995 |clubs6 = → [[Maccabi Ironi Ashdod F.C.|Maccabi Ironi Ashdod]] (loan)|caps6 = 14 |goals6 = 9
| years7 = 1995–1997 |clubs7 = → Bnei Yehuda (loan)|caps7 = 44 |goals7 = 31
| years8 = 1999 |clubs8 = [[OGC Nice|Nice]] |caps8 = 18|goals8 = 4
| years9 = 1999–2001 |clubs9 = [[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]] |caps9 = 50 |goals9 = 21
| years10 = 2001–2003 |clubs10 = [[Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C.|Hapoel Kfar Saba]] |caps10 = 50 |goals10 = 22
| years11 = 2003 |clubs11 = [[Maccabi Ahi Nazareth F.C.|Maccabi Ahi Nazareth]] |caps11 = 7 |goals11 = 1
| years12 = 2003–2005 |clubs12 = [[Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C.|Hapoel Be'er Sheva]] |caps12 = 45 |goals12 = 16
| years13 = 2004 |clubs13 = → Bnei Yehuda (loan)|caps13 = 9 |goals13 = 0
| years14 = 2005–2006 |clubs14 = [[Maccabi Ironi Amishav Petah Tikva F.C.|Maccabi Amishav]] |caps14 = |goals14 =
| nationalyears1 = 1990 |nationalteam1 = [[Israel national under-18 football team|Israel U18]] |nationalcaps1 = 1 |nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 1990–1993 |nationalteam2 = [[Israel national under-21 football team|Israel U21]] |nationalcaps2 = 13|nationalgoals2 = 15
| nationalyears3 = 1992–2001 |nationalteam3 = [[Israel national football team|Israel]] |nationalcaps3 = 37|nationalgoals3 = 17
| nationalyears4 = 2007–2010 |nationalteam4 = [[Israel national beach soccer team|Israel (beach soccer)]] |nationalcaps4 = |nationalgoals4 =
| manageryears1 = 2008–2009 | managerclubs1 = [[Hapoel Yehud F.C.|Hapoel Yehud]]
| manageryears2 = 2012–2013 | managerclubs2 = [[Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C.|Hapoel Kfar Saba]] ([[general manager]])
| manageryears3 = 2013 | managerclubs3 = [[Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C.|Hapoel Petah Tikva]]
}}

'''Alon Mizrahi''' ({{langx|he|אלון מזרחי}}; born 22 November 1971) is an Israeli former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played for clubs including [[OGC Nice|Nice]], [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]], [[Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]], [[Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C.|Hapoel Be'er Sheva]], [[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]] and [[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Alon Mizrahi - Player Profile|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/10651/Alon_Mizrahi.html|website=NationalFootballTeams|access-date=28 July 2015}}</ref>

His nickname is "The [[Airplane]]" ({{Langx|he|האווירון|translit=Ha-Avirón}}), referring to how he used to [[T-pose]] after scoring a goal.

==Personal life==
His father, Amos Mizrahi was also a footballer who played in [[Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.|Bnei Yehuda]] in the 1990s and was part of the team that won the [[Israel State Cup|State Cup]] in 1968. He was married to Vered Mizrahi from 1994 until their divorce in 2020 and the couple had 2 daughters and a son.<ref>{{cite news |last1=מרלין-רוזנצוייג |first1=אורית |title=ורד, גרושתו של הכדורגלן אלון מזרחי: "בגיל 44 התעוררתי בגדול" |url=https://xnet.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5746492,00.html |access-date=30 July 2024 |work=xnet |date=14 June 2020 |language=he}}</ref> His middle daughter [[Sun Mizrahi]] is a supermodel.

==International career==
===International goals===
:''Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mizrahi goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Alon Mizrahi
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
|align="center"|1||rowspan="2"|24 March 1993||rowspan="2"|[[Kiryat Eliezer Stadium]], [[Haifa]], Israel||rowspan="2"|{{fb|RUS|1991}}||align="center"|1–2||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–2||rowspan="2"|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
|align="center"|2||align="center"|2–2
|-
|align="center"|3||5 August 1997||[[Dinamo Stadium (Minsk)|Dinamo Stadium]], [[Minsk]], Belarus||{{fb|BLR}}||align="center"|3–1||align="center"|3–2||Friendly
|-
|align="center"|4||rowspan="2"|19 February 1998||rowspan="2"|[[Ramat Gan Stadium]], [[Ramat Gan]], Israel||rowspan="2"|{{fb|TUR}}||align="center"|3–0||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|4–0||rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
|align="center"|5||align="center"|4–0
|-
|align="center"|6||18 March 1998||[[Stadionul Steaua (1974)|Stadionul Steaua]], [[Bucharest]], Romania||{{fb|ROM}}||align="center"|1–0||align="center"|1–0||Friendly
|-
|align="center"|7||17 May 1998||[[Skonto Stadium]], [[Riga]], Latvia||{{fb|LVA}}||align="center"|5–0||align="center"|5–1||Friendly
|-
|align="center"|8||10 October 1998||[[Stadio Olimpico (San Marino)|Stadio Olimpico]], [[Serravalle (San Marino)|Serravalle]], San Marino||{{fb|SMR}}||align="center"|3–0||align="center"|5–0||[[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying|Euro 2000 qualifying]]
|-
|align="center"|9||18 January 1999||Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel||{{fb|EST}}||align="center"|5–0||align="center"|7–0||Friendly
|-
|align="center"|10||rowspan="2"|23 March 1999||rowspan="2"|Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel||rowspan="2"|{{fb|CYP}}||align="center"|2–0||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|3–0||rowspan="2"|Euro 2000 qualifying
|-
|align="center"|11||align="center"|3–0
|-
|align="center"|12||6 June 1999||Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel||{{fb|AUT}}||align="center"|4–0 ||align="center"|5–0||Euro 2000 qualifying
|-
|align="center"|13||8 September 1999||Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel||{{fb|SMR}}||align="center"|2–0||align="center"|8–0||Euro 2000 qualifying
|-
|align="center"|14||3 September 2000||Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel||{{fb|LIE}}||align="center"|1–0||align="center"|2–0||[[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|2002 World Cup qualifying]]
|-
|align="center"|15||17 January 2001||Municipal Stadium, [[Beit She'an]], Israel||{{fb|UZB}}||align="center"|2–0||align="center"|2–0||Friendly
|-
|align="center"|16||rowspan="2"|24 April 2001||rowspan="2"|[[Mikheil Meskhi Stadium]], [[Tbilisi]], Georgia||rowspan="2"|{{fb|GEO|1990}}||align="center"|1–1||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|2–3||rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
|align="center"|17||align="center"|2–2
|}

==Personal achievements==
* Mizrahi was the top scorer of the [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]] in seasons [[1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup|1993-94]] and [[1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|1998-99]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Alon Mizrahi - Scorer of the Cup Winners' Cup|url=https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec2tops.html|website=Rsssf|access-date=27 July 2015}}</ref>
* Mizrahi scored 206 [[Goal (sport)|goals]] in the [[Israeli Premier League]]. Mizrahi broke the scoring record of the Israeli legendary striker [[Oded Machnes]] and became the greatest goal-scorer in Israeli history.
* Mizrahi has maintained an impressive strike rate, of a goal in every two games, throughout his career.
* Mizrahi won four times the "Goal King" title, awarded to the player who scores the most in the premier league season. He won the title twice with [[Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C.|Bnei Yehuda]] and twice with [[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]].
* Mizrahi won 2 championships (with Bnei Yehuda and with Maccabi Haifa), 1 cup (with Maccabi Haifa) and participated twice in the [[Cup Winners' Cup]] (with Maccabi Haifa) and [[Peace Cup]] (with [[Beitar Jerusalem F.C.|Beitar Jerusalem]]).
* Mizrahi scored 28 goals in [[1993–94 Liga Leumit|1993–94]] for Maccabi Haifa. This is a (shared) Israeli record of goals per season in the [[Israeli Premier League]].
* Mizrahi scored 15 goals in European club competitions.

==Honours==
'''Bnei Yehuda'''
*[[List of Israeli football champions|Israeli Premier League]]: [[1989–90 Liga Leumit|1989–90]]
*[[Toto Cup]]: 1991–92, 1996–97

'''Maccabi Haifa'''
*[[List of Israeli football champions|Israeli Premier League]]: [[1993–94 Liga Leumit|1993–94]]
*[[Israel State Cup|State Cup]]: [[1997–98 Israel State Cup|1997–98]]
*[[Toto Cup]]: 1993–94

'''Individual'''
*[[List of Israeli football champions|Israeli Premier League]] top goalscorer: [[1991–92 Liga Leumit|1991–92]], [[1992–93 Liga Leumit|1992–93]], [[1993–94 Liga Leumit|1993–94]], [[1997–98 Liga Leumit|1997–98]]
*[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]] top goalscorer: [[1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup|1993–94]], [[1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup|1998–99]]

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