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Michael Zandberg

Michael Zandberg is an Israeli former football player who won five Israeli championships and played 20 games for the Israel national team.

born 1980Five Israeli league championships2007 Israeli Footballer of the YearPlaying for Maccabi Haifa20 games for Israel

Born: 16 April 1980, Ramat Gan
Occupation: association football player, association football coach

Michael Zandberg was born in 1980 in Ramat Gan

Michael Zandberg was born on April 16, 1980, in Ramat Gan, where he grew up. As a child he first played basketball, then friends persuaded him to switch to football. He attended Blich High School and played for its football team. His sister is the politician Tamar Zandberg.

In 1997 he joined the youth team of Hapoel Petah Tikva and later moved up to the senior squad. He played there until 2002. Financial problems led the club to transfer him to Maccabi Haifa that summer.

With Maccabi Haifa he played in the UEFA Champions League group stage, won a Toto Cup and won three league titles in a row. In 2006 he moved to Beitar Jerusalem and won the league in his first season there. He was named Israeli Footballer of the Year in 2007.

He later played for Hapoel Tel Aviv, Bnei Yehuda, Maccabi Petah Tikva and Hapoel Haifa. In 2012 he joined Hapoel Ramat Gan, his boyhood club. He retired in 2018, then returned in 2020 to play for Hamakthesh Givatayim.