Eli Ben Rimoz

Eli Ben Rimoz was born in 1944 in Israel

Ben Rimoz was born in France on 20 November 1944 and moved to Israel with his family at age 3. He spent his early childhood in Petah Tikva, and at age 8 the family moved to the Katamon neighborhood in Jerusalem. After his mother died, his father and then the rest of the family left for the United States, but he stayed in Israel.

He came up through the youth teams of Hapoel Jerusalem as a striker and was nicknamed "the Ballerina". He made his senior debut on 4 November 1963 against Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv. He also worked for the Jerusalem municipality, overseeing football in schools.

He was first called up to the national team in 1967 and played one official game for Israel. He was in the squad for the 1970 World Cup in Mexico but did not play there. He scored 23 league goals to finish as the league's scorer of the 1970/1971 season.

He won the State Cup with Hapoel Jerusalem in 1973 and played the 1977/1978 season for Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv. He retired in 1979. He is a member of the Israeli Football Hall of Fame.