Avi Nimni

Avi Nimni
Nimni with Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2007
Personal information
Full name Aviyahu Nimni
Date of birth (1972-04-26) 26 April 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Holon, Israel
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, second striker
Youth career
1980–1990 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1997 Maccabi Tel Aviv 207 (75)
1997–1998 Atlético Madrid 7 (0)
1998–2003 Maccabi Tel Aviv 116 (77)
1999–2000Derby County (loan) 4 (1)
2003–2005 Beitar Jerusalem 50 (20)
2005–2008 Maccabi Tel Aviv 32 (22)
Total 416 (195)
International career
1990–1993 Israel U21 4 (2)
1992–2006 Israel 80 (17)
Managerial career
2008–2011 Maccabi Tel Aviv (general manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Avi Nimni (Hebrew: אבי נמני; born 26 April 1972) is an Israeli former professional footballer and Maccabi Tel Aviv's highest ever scorer. He is regarded as one of Maccabi Tel Aviv's greatest players ever. Until 2006, he served as the captain of the Israel national team. His number 8 shirt has become so symbolic (despite him wearing the number sixteen as a youth, because Uri Malmilian wore the number 8) that Maccabi Tel Aviv has retired the number at the end of his active football career.[1]

  1. ^ לא יהיה עוד 8 צהוב במכבי אחרי נמני (in Hebrew). ONE. 1 December 2006. Retrieved 1 December 2006.