David Amsalem

David Amsalem
דוד אמסלם
Personal information
Date of birth	4 September 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Lod, Israel
Position(s)	Left-Back
Youth career
1979–1983	Ayelat Lod
1984–1986	Hapoel Tel Aviv
1986–1990	Bnei Yehuda
Senior career*
Years	Team
1990–1993	Bnei Yehuda
1994–1995	Hapoel Tel Aviv
1995–1998	Beitar Jerusalem
1998–1999	Crystal Palace
1999–2000	Hapoel Haifa
2000–2009	Beitar Jerusalem
International career‡
1991–1993	Israel U21
1992–1999	Israel
Managerial career
2009–2010	Beitar Jerusalem (assistant manager)
2010	Beitar Jerusalem
2010–2011	Beitar Jerusalem (assistant manager)
2011	Beitar Jerusalem
2013	Beitar Jerusalem (caretaker)
2013–2014	Beitar Jerusalem (assistant manager)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2007; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 May 2007

David Amsalem (Hebrew: דוד אמסלם; born on 4 September 1971 in Israel) is an Israeli retired footballer.

Career

He started his career with Bnei Yehuda and then joined Hapoel Tel Aviv whom he played for during the 1994–1995 season. He became the second Israeli to join Crystal Palace following Itzik Zohar who left just as Amsalem was signing.

Terry Venables signed Amsalem from Beitar Jerusalem for £800,000 in 1998 via a third party at a time when Amsalem was captain of the Israel national side. Controversy surrounded his signing as there were claims the money never reached Beitar. Beitar chairman Ehud Federman said that his contract had run out and had left the club on a free transfer.

He played for Beitar Jerusalem for three seasons 1995–1998. He started six games for Palace and played in a total of ten games for them. He was released from the club in 1999 and joined Hapoel Haifa who he played for until the end of the 1999–2000 season.

He made his return to Beitar Jerusalem in 2000 and played there for eight and a half seasons, until he retired in July 2009, to become assistant coach at the club.

Honours

Israeli Premier League (4):
- 1996–97, 1997–98, 2006–07, 2007–08
Toto Cup (1):
- 1997–98
Israel State Cup (2):
- 2008, 2009

External links

(in Hebrew) Profile and statistics of David Amsalem on One.co.il
David Amsalem at Soccerbase
David Amsalem at National-Football-Teams.com