David Pizanti
David Pizanti (Hebrew דוד פיזנטי; born May 27, 1962) is an Israeli former football player and was last chief scout of the first division side Maccabi Netanya.
Career
Association
Pizantis football career began in the youth of Hapoel Hadera. At 15, he came to Maccabi Netanya, where he already won his first championship at age 18. The defender was able to earn a regular place in the first team quickly. Yet in 2010 he was described on the website of the Association as " one of the greatest left -back in the history of Israeli football and especially in the history of Maccabi Netanya ."
1985 brought the first FC Cologne in the Bundesliga the Israeli. In the two years at FC he experienced three different coaches. Brought under Johannes Löhr, he was involved under his successor George Kessler at the biggest international success of the club. 1986 reached the final of the Cologne UEFA Cup against Real Madrid. When 1:5 in the first leg at the Bernabeu Pizanti was not used. In the return match, which took place on May 6, 1986 due to a square block in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, FCK won 2-0; Pizanti came on in the 60th minute for Olaf Janssen. In September 1986, Christoph Daum took over his first coaching job in the professional sector. Even when it is Pizanti could not prevail and left the Cologne during the season 1986 / 87th He came for the 1st FC Cologne only 19 games in which he scored a goal. After that, he first played a short time at Hapoel Tel Aviv.
For the 1987/88 season he signed a contract with the English Erstdivisionär Queens Park Rangers, where he made his debut in the First Division in October 1987. However, in the two seasons, he also came to only 22 league appearances for QPR in July 1989 and went back to Maccabi Netanya. Here he played another seven years and ended because of injuries with 34 years of his professional career.
Stations
- Maccabi Netanya (1977-1985, first Israeli league)
- 1 FC Cologne (1985-1987, Bundesliga 19 Inserts / no goal; UEFA Cup 4/ 0)
- Hapoel Tel Aviv (1987, first Israeli league)
- Queens Park Rangers (1987-1989, First Division 22/ 0)
- Maccabi Netanya (1989-1996)
National
Pizanti debuted in the national team in winning a 3-2 friendly match on February 15, 1983 against Belgium. In the same year came Piza - his nickname - in the qualifying round for the 1984 Olympic Games to use; among other things, he ran in Wuppertal on against the West German Olympic team. In the following years he was also in the qualifiers for the World Championships in 1986 and 1990, a fixture in the national team. His last match was on 30 October 1989, the second leg in the play-offs against Colombia; with a 0-0 (after a 0-1 defeat in Colombia) missed Israel almost to the World Cup. In his 30 internationals David Pizanti not score.
After the active time
After he finished his playing career, Pizani made a coaching education. For further he was also in Germany with Borussia Dortmund, Bayer 04 Leverkusen and Eintracht Frankfurt as well as in Ukraine at Dynamo Kyiv and the Ukrainian national team. As a coach, he was primarily active in the youth department of Maccabi Netanya. In the seasons 2006 /07 and 2007/ 08 he was Cotrainer of Netanya's U-23 team; in the summer of 2008 he was appointed as assistant chief scout of the new coach Lothar Matthäus.
Achievements
- Israeli champion: 1980, 1983 ( with Maccabi Netanya )
- UEFA Cup finalist: 1986 ( with 1 FC Köln )