Shmuel Malika-Aharon

Shmuel Malika-Aharon was born in 1947 in Tel Aviv

Shmuel Malika-Aharon was born on 1 January 1947 in Tel Aviv. His father, Meir Malika, was a goalkeeper for Hapoel Tel Aviv and the Israel national team. His sons Yaron and Meir also played in the Premier League.

He started in the Maccabi Tel Aviv youth team at 11 and joined its senior team at 16. In the 1965/1966 season he moved to Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv as first goalkeeper and won the Asian Youth Cup with Israel's youth team. With Bnei Yehuda he won the State Cup in 1967/1968.

He made 2 appearances for Israel, a friendly against Northern Ireland and a match against Ghana at the 1968 Olympics. He later played for Maccabi Tel Aviv again, Hapoel Holon and Hapoel Rishon LeZion, where he retired.

After retiring he coached goalkeepers at Hapoel Rishon LeZion and then spent 10 years coaching youth teams at Maccabi Tel Aviv, winning 7 championships and 1 cup. He later coached youth at Beitar Tel Aviv and from 1995/1996 at Hapoel Ramat Gan. He was killed in a motorcycle accident on 16 August 2011.