Michael Zandberg
Personal information
Date of birth	April 16, 1980 (1980-04-16) (age 29)
Place of birth	Petah Tikva, Israel
Playing position	Left Wing
Club information
Current club	Hapoel Tel Aviv
Number	15
Youth career
199?-1998	Hapoel Ramat Gan
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-2002 2002-2006 2006-2009 2009-present	Hapoel Petah Tikva Maccabi Haifa Beitar Jerusalem Hapoel Tel Aviv	109 (14) 117 (33) 86 (10) 3 (1)
National team
2002-2007	Israel	20 (4)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Michael Zandberg (Hebrew: מיכאל זנדברג‎; born April 16, 1980 in Petah Tikva) is an Israeli football player.

He played for Hapoel Petah Tikva until he was 22 years of age. Then he moved to Maccabi Haifa where he played 4 years in 2002-2006 season, and won 3 championships and also in UEFA Champions League. Zandberg is one of the best wingers in Israeli football^[1] and is a member of the Israeli national team. Recently Zandberg has received interest from teams in the Dutch Eredivisie, the English Premiership, and from the German Bundesliga.

In the summer of 2006, Zandberg transferred to Beitar Jerusalem.

In May 2007, it was revealed that Zandberg had agreed on a $600,000 one-year contract with English side Sheffield United, but when Sheffield United was relegated to the English 2nd division on the final day of the season, Zandberg decided against the move.

At the end of Ligat ha'Al 2006-07, Zandberg was chosen as the Player of the Season.^[2]

[edit] Honours

• Israeli Premier League (5):
  • 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08

• Toto Cup (1):
  • 2005-06

• State Cup (1):
  • 2008

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.one.co.il/MSites/Biz/InsideArticle.aspx?id=114179
2. ^ http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/israpoy.html

[edit] External links

• IFA profile
• ONE profile

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