Nahum Stelmach

Nahum Stelmach
נחום סטלמך
Stelmach (left) with Yochanan Vollach in 1959
Personal information
Full name Nahum Stelmach
Date of birth (1936-07-19)July 19, 1936
Place of birth Petah Tikva, British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel)
Date of death March 27, 1999(1999-03-27) (aged 62)
Position Right forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1969 Hapoel Petah Tikva[1] 349 (154)
1969–1970[1] Bnei Yehuda[2] 18 (4)
1970 Hapoel Herzliya F.C. 1 (1)
Total 368 (159)
International career
1956–1968[3] Israel[3] 61 (22)
Managerial career
1967–1969 Hapoel Petah Tikva (Player-manager)
1987–1988 Hapoel Petah Tikva (General Manager)
1999 Israel
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Israel
AFC Asian Cup
Winner1964 Israel
Runner-up1956 Hong Kong
Runner-up1960 South Korea
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nahum Stelmach (Hebrew: נחום סטלמך‎; July 19, 1936 – March 27, 1999) was an Israeli footballer and manager.[4]

Biography

Stelmach was born in Petah Tikva, British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel), to a Jewish family. He was chosen third by Yediot Aharonot's greatest Israeli footballers. He made a name for himself as the leader of Hapoel Petah Tikva. At the height of his career in Hapoel Petah Tikva, Stelmach received offers to sign for Arsenal and Fenerbahçe but declined due to his loyalty to the team. He led his team to five national championships, four of them consecutive.

His most recognizable attribute was the quality of his headers, with which he scored most of his international goals. As a result, he was commonly nicknamed "the golden head" in Israel.

He scored what was arguably his most famous goal for the Israel national team in an Olympic qualifier against The USSR, with Lev Yashin as goalkeeper at the Ramat Gan Stadium on 1956. Despite the fact that Israel lost the game 2:1 (his goal was a temporary equalizer), and that the game was not televised, that goal is widely considered a defining moment in the history of Israel's national team's early years.

Coach

He was the trainer of Hapoel Haifa in the 1970s, while training the international stars Yochanan Vollach and Itzhak Englander.

Honors

Hapoel Petah Tikva

Israel

References

  1. 1 2 נחום סטלמך (in Hebrew)
  2. ↑ נחום סטלמך Archived 2007-11-19 at the Wayback Machine (in Hebrew)
  3. 1 2 Stelmach Nahum Archived 2009-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Sporting Heroes: No. 49 Nahum Stelmach".
  5. ↑ "Asian Nations Cup 1964". Retrieved May 24, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Asian Cup 1956 Squads" (PDF). Retrieved May 24, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Asian Nations Cup 1956". Retrieved May 24, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Asian Cup 1960 Squads" (PDF). Retrieved May 24, 2026.
  9. ↑ "Asian Nations Cup 1960 - Final Tournament - Match Details". Retrieved May 24, 2026.
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