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Yehoshua Feigenbaum

Yehoshua "Shiye" Feigenbaum is an Israeli former football striker and coach who holds the all-time scoring record of Hapoel Tel Aviv.

born 1947Hapoel Tel Aviv all-time scoring recordIsrael at the 1970 World CupSaving teams from relegationCoaching on "Goalstar"

Born: 5 December 1947, Austria
Occupation: association football player, association football coach

Yehoshua Feigenbaum was born in 1947 in Austria

Feigenbaum was born in Austria on 5 December 1947. He came to Israel as a baby with his parents and grew up in Jaffa, across from Bloomfield Stadium.

He joined the Hapoel Tel Aviv senior team in 1964 and played there for 15 seasons. He won 2 league titles, the 1967 Asian Club Championship and the 1972 State Cup, scoring the winning goal in the final. He scored 132 league goals for the club and 175 in all competitions.

He played 50 games for the Israel national team and scored 24 goals. He took part in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City and the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. He left Hapoel in 1979 and retired in 1984.

He began coaching Beitar Netanya in 1984/85 and led it up to the National League. He later coached many clubs, including Maccabi Petah Tikva, which won the Toto Cup in 1994/95, and Hapoel Tel Aviv again from late 2004. He became known as "HaMoshiye" for saving struggling teams from relegation.

From 2012 he coached a celebrity team on the TV show "Goalstar" and left it in 2025 after 12 seasons. He entered the Israeli Football Hall of Fame in 2009. He is married to Malka, has 4 children and lives in Hod HaSharon.