Dor Micha

David Dor Micha (or Miha,^[2] Hebrew: דוד דור מיכה; born 2 March 1992) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Israeli Premier League club Beitar Jerusalem.

Dor Micha

Micha playing for Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2016
Personal information
Full name	David Dor Micha[1]
Date of birth	(1992-03-02) 2 March 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth	Givatayim, Israel
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Beitar Jerusalem
Number	15
Youth career
2000–2011	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2020	Maccabi Tel Aviv	283	(30)
2020–2021	Anorthosis Famagusta	28	(1)
2021–2023	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	70	(2)
2023–	Beitar Jerusalem	20	(2)
International career‡
2008	Israel U-16	7	(1)
2009–2010	Israel U-18	5	(2)
2010–2011	Israel U-19	9	(2)
2011–2014	Israel U-21	13	(3)
2018	Israel	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2021

Early and personal life

Micha was born in Givatayim, Israel, to a family of both Sephardi Jewish and Mizrahi Jewish (Iraqi-Jewish) descent.^[3][4][5] His father Kobi Micha is a former Israeli footballer who also played for Maccabi Tel Aviv, although he retired at the age of 26 due to a knee injury. Micha attended the Kalai High School in his hometown.

He also holds a Portuguese passport, on account of both his Sephardi Jewish and Mizrahi Jewish (Iraqi-Jewish) ancestry, which eases the move to certain European football leagues.^[5]

He was in a relationship with Israeli actress Nuel Berkovich from 2013 to 2020.^[6] He married his Israeli girlfriend Almog (née BarNoy) in 2021,^[7] and they have a daughter who was born in 2022.^[8]

Club career

Micha joined Maccabi Tel Aviv when he was 8 years old. On 2004 he started playing with the youth team and was tagged as a potential talent since he joined. Former international player Eli Ohana, his manager in the Israel U-19 national team, described him in an interview in August 2011 as "the most talented player I have ever managed".^[9]

On 12 February 2011, after the arrival of Moti Ivanir as the new manager of Maccabi and as a rejuvenation period led by the club, Micha made his debut for the club against Hapoel Ramat Gan in a match Maccabi Tel Aviv won at the score 3–0. He scored the third goal and assisted another one in that game. On 29 September 2011, he scored his first goal in a European competition, leading his team to a 1–1 draw after a stunning shot against Dynamo Kyiv in Bloomfield Stadium on the UEFA Europa League group stage.

In the 2012–2013 season Micha was a key player in Maccabi Tel Aviv's success in retaining the championship, playing 28 games and scoring five goals, and mostly excelled during the latter stages of the season after scoring in both derby matches against Hapoel Tel Aviv in the playoffs.

In the 2013–14 season Micha continued his good run from the end of the last season by scoring a crucial away goal against Bordeaux in the Europa League group stage, which obtained Maccabi its first ever win in the competitions group stage.

International career

On 5 September 2011, Micha made his international youth debut with the Israel U-21 team against England. The decision to not include him in the squad for the UEFA European Under-21 Championship in 2013 was controversial. Micha was a central figure in the team during the 2015 European Under-21 Championship qualifications which Israel finished second and was supposed to qualify but did not since only the best four teams who finished second in the groups qualified.

Micha was called-up to the senior Israeli squad for a friendly match against Serbia in May 2016.^[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 June 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			State Cup		League Cup		Europe		Super Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Maccabi Tel Aviv	2010–11	Israeli Premier League	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	1
	2011–12		34	3	1	0	3	2	8	1	0	0	46	6
	2012–13		28	5	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	33	5
	2013–14		31	3	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	39	4
	2014–15		32	5	4	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	44	5
	2015–16		30	3	5	1	4	0	10	0	1	0	55	6
	2016–17		32	2	6	1	3	2	12	2	0	0	55	7
	2017–18		28	1	2	0	5	0	7	0	0	0	42	1
	2018–19		30	4	4	2	2	0	8	1	0	0	44	7
	2019–20		28	3	2	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	37	3
	Total		282	30	28	4	26	4	67	5	2	0	405	36
Anorthosis	2020–21	Cypriot First Division	28	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	35	1
	Total		28	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	35	1
Hapoel Be'er Sheva	2021–22	Israeli Premier League	34	1	5	1	3	0	6	1	0	0	48	3
	2022–23		36	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	41	1
	Total		70	2	6	1	5	0	7	1	1	0	89	4
Beitar Jerusalem	2023–24	Israeli Premier League	25	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	28	2
	2024–25		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		25	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	28	2
Career total			405	35	41	6	32	4	75	6	4	0	557	43

Honours

Maccabi Tel Aviv

• Israeli Premier League: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2018–19
• Israel State Cup: 2014–15
• Israel Toto Cup (Ligat Ha'al): 2014–15, 2017–18, 2018–19
• Israel Super Cup: 2019

Anorthosis Famagusta^[11]

• Cypriot Cup: 2020–21

Hapoel Be'er Sheva

• Israel State Cup: 2021–22
• Israel Super Cup: 2022

Individual

• Israeli Premier League Most Assists: 2016–17, 2018–19
• Israeli Footballer of the Year: 2018–19

See also

• List of Jewish footballers
• List of Jews in sports
• List of Israelis

• Israel portal
• Biography portal
• Association football portal