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Mosze Schweitzer

Moshe Schweitzer is an Israeli former footballer who played midfield and competed for Israel at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

born 1954Midfielder for Maccabi Tel AvivIsrael at the 1976 OlympicsSon of coach Dovid Schweitzer

Born: 24 April 1954, Tel Aviv
Occupation: association football player

Mosze Schweitzer was born in 1954 in Tel Aviv

Moshe Schweitzer, also called Moshik, was born on 24 April 1954 in Tel Aviv. He is the son of former coach Dovid Schweitzer.

He came up through the youth department of Maccabi Tel Aviv and joined the senior team in 1972. After one season he was loaned to Hapoel Petah Tikva for 4 seasons. He then returned to Maccabi Tel Aviv and won the championship with the club in 1978/1979.

In 1983 he left Maccabi Tel Aviv for Hapoel Lod, and in the middle of the season he moved to Hapoel Ramat Gan. He retired from playing in 1984.

He scored 8 goals in 25 games for the Israel national team, which his father coached at the time. He first played on 3 September 1974, in an 8-3 win over Malaysia in Tehran at the Asian Games. He started all 4 of Israel's games at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, and his last game was a 1-1 friendly against Australia on 18 February 1977, in which he scored Israel's goal.