Emmanuel Scheffer

Emmanuel Scheffer (Hebrew: עמנואל שפר‎; 1 February 1924 – 28 December 2012) was an Israeli football player and coach who was born in Germany.^[3]

Emmanuel Scheffer
עמנואל שפר

Personal information
Date of birth	(1924-02-01)1 February 1924
Place of birth	Berlin, Weimar Republic
Date of death	28 December 2012(2012-12-28) (aged 88)
Place of death	Ramat Hasharon, Israel
Position(s)	Defender[citation needed]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1947–1950	Pionier Wrocław
1950–1951	Hapoel Haifa
1951–1954	Hapoel Kfar Saba[1]		(9)
International career
	Israel B[2]	1	(0)
Managerial career
1957–1960	Hapoel Kfar Saba
1960–1961	Hapoel Marmorek Rehovot
1961–1962	Hapoel Ra'anana
1962–1963	Bnei Yehuda
1963–1967	Israel U19
1967	Maccabi Netanya
1968–1970	Israel
1978–1979	Israel
1979–1980	Beitar Jerusalem
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He was twice the manager of the Israel national team (1968–70, 1978–79), and led the team at the 1968 Summer Olympics,^[4] and led the team to their only appearance in the World Cup, in 1970.^[3][5]

Scheffer died on 28 December 2012.^[6] He was 88.

Honours

As a player

• Israeli Second Division: 1951–52

As a manager

• AFC U-19 Championship: 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967