Rehavia Rosenbaum

Rehavia Rosenbaum was born in 1934 in Israel

Rehavia Rosenbaum was born on 29 April 1934. He grew up in the Shapira neighborhood and started playing football at 13 with the Gadna Yehuda youth team. He later moved to the Hapoel Tel Aviv youth team.

He joined the Hapoel Tel Aviv senior team in 1951 and scored his first goal in January 1952. He won the league title with the club in 1957 and the State Cup in 1961. He scored 78 league goals for the club before he stopped playing.

In 1962 he captained Hapoel Tel Aviv in the first match at Bloomfield Stadium. He made his debut for the Israel national team in 1953 against Yugoslavia. He played at the 1956 Asian Cup and earned 18 caps.

As a coach, he first led the Hapoel Tel Aviv youth team to the youth title. He then became head coach of the senior team and won the 1968/1969 championship. He later coached Hapoel Kfar Saba and Hapoel Petah Tikva, which fired him in 1973.

He returned to coach Hapoel Tel Aviv for one more season, then managed its youth team for many years. He also worked for many years at the Mekorot company. He was married to Rachel and has 2 children.