Shraga Topolansky
Israeli footballer (born 1950)
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Shraga Topolansky (Hebrew: שרגא טופולנסקי; born 1950) is an Israeli former professional footballer who played as a centre-back for Maccabi Netanya, Beitar Tel Aviv and in the National Soccer League and the Victorian Premier League in Australia. Today he works as a manager, with Beitar Hadera being the last team he managed.[14]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1950[1] | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Maccabi Netanya[2] | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1967–1975[3] | Maccabi Netanya | 195 | (12) |
| 1975–1979 | Beitar Tel Aviv[4] | (12) | |
| 1979–1980 | St Kilda Hakoah[5][6] | 10 | (0) |
| 1980–1981 | West Adelaide[7][8] | 45 | (0) |
| 1981–1984 | Beitar Tel Aviv[9][10] | (9) | |
| International career | |||
| 1968–1969 | Israel U19[11] | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Beitar Haifa | |||
| 2005–2006 | Ironi Or Akiva[12] | ||
| 2006–2009 | Maccabi Emek Hefer | ||
| 2009–2011 | Beitar Tubruk | ||
| 2013 | Beitar Hadera[13] | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Topolansky also won five caps for his Israel national team between 1969 and 1978; however, all of them were friendly games that are not recognised by Israel Football Association as official games.[15][16][17][18]
Honours
- Israeli Premier League: 1970–71, 1973–74;[19] runner-up 1974–75
- State Cup runner-up: 1970, 1977
- Israeli Supercup: 1971, 1974
- NSL Cup runner-up: 1981
- Israeli Second Division: 1982–83
Individual
