Giora Spiegel

Giora Spiegel was born in 1947 in Petah Tikva

Spiegel was born in Petah Tikva in 1947. His father, Eliezer Spiegel, played for Maccabi Petah Tikva and the Israel national team. He attended Herzliya Hebrew High School and later studied accountancy.

He came up through the youth team of Maccabi Tel Aviv and joined the senior side as a teenager. With the club he won 4 league titles and 2 Asian club titles. In 1978/1979 he returned from France and won another title with Maccabi.

With Israel he won the Asian youth championship and later played for the senior team. He was part of the squad at the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. In France he played for Strasbourg and Lyon.

As a coach he won the State Cup with Maccabi Tel Aviv but was fired after a 10-0 loss to Maccabi Haifa. He led Bnei Yehuda to the league title in 1989/1990 and Maccabi Haifa to an unbeaten league title in 1993/1994. He later coached Hapoel Petah Tikva, Bnei Yehuda and Ironi Rishon LeZion.

In 2007 he became general manager of Beitar Jerusalem, which won the Double that season. He left the role in August 2008. He entered the Israeli Football Hall of Fame in 2009.