Yohanan Sukenik

Yohanan Sukenik was a Jewish footballer, who played for Hapoel Tel Aviv and Mandatory Palestine national football team.

Biography Sukenik was born in Łódź, then part of the Russian Empire and immigrated to Mandatory Palestine with his family in 1923. A keen footballer, he joined Maccabi Tel Aviv's youth team, Nordia. In 1927 he moved to Hapoel Tel Aviv, with whom he played until retiring in 1940. and two against Greece in 1938, including appearing as a substitute the first match between the teams.

Sukenik retired in 1940, as he felt that playing football was damaging his feet and settled in Ramat Gan, where he worked as a builder. He tried his hand in coaching Hapoel Ramat Gan, but quit the position as he considered his players weren't making the effort to train properly and quit football altogether.

Honours League Championships (4): 1933–34, 1934–35, 1937–38, 1940 Cup (5): 1928, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1939