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Yehezkel Chazom

Yehezkel Chazom was an Israeli footballer who played as a forward for Hapoel Tel Aviv and was in Israel's squad at the 1970 World Cup.

1946 to 2023Forward for Hapoel Tel Aviv1970 World Cup squad97 league goals for Hapoel

Born: 30 November 1946, Iraq
Died: 21 March 2023
Occupation: association football player

Yehezkel Chazom was born in 1946 in Iraq

Chazom was born in Iraq and moved to Israel with his family as a young child. He grew up in Jaffa and started playing football at age 9 in the Hapoel Tel Aviv youth department.

At 17 he joined the senior team and first played in a derby against Maccabi Tel Aviv. He won league titles with the club in 1965/1966 and 1968/1969, the Asian club championship in 1967 and the State Cup in 1972. In the 1970 Asian final he scored, but Hapoel lost 2-1 to Taj Club of Iran.

He played for Hapoel Tel Aviv until 1977, scoring 97 goals in 324 league games. He then worked as a player-coach in lower leagues and later spent one season as assistant to coach David Schweitzer at Hapoel Tel Aviv.

For the national team he first played on 10 November 1965 against Belgium and last played on 26 May 1973 against Japan. He died on 21 March 2023 and was buried in Holon Cemetery.