Giora Spiegel

Giora Spiegel (; born July 27, 1947) is an Israeli former footballer and coach. As a footballer, he holds the record for the longest Israeli international career, spanning 14 years and 357 days.

Biography Born in Petah Tikva, Giora Spiegel is the son of Eliezer Spiegel, who played for Maccabi Petah Tikva and the Israel national team. He is Jewish. Spiegel attended Herzliya Hebrew High School. In university he studied accountancy.

Playing career As a youth, he played with Maccabi Tel Aviv, and was marked early on as a future talent. By age 17, he was leading the national U-21 side to Asian championships and by 18, he had been called up to the full side. In the summer of 1970 he played as a forward for the Israel national team at the 1970 World Cup finals in Mexico.

In 1973, he fought with Maccabi manager, Jerry Beit haLevi over transferring to a club in France. He later left for France in 1974 to play for French side Strasbourg, returning in 1979 to rejoin Maccabi. The team won the Israeli Championship that year

Individual Member of the Israeli Football Hall of Fame (2009)

As manager Maccabi Tel Aviv Israeli state cup: 1988 Bnei Yehuda Israeli league championship: 1989–90 Maccabi Haifa Israeli league championship: 1993–94 Israeli state cup: 1993, 1995