Michael Zandberg
Michael Zandberg ( born April 16, 1980 in Petah Tikva ) is an Israeli football player. He plays since 2010 in Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv in the Ligat ha Al, the highest Israeli league.
Career
Zandberg began his career in the youth team of Hapoel Ramat Gan. In 1998 he joined the squad for the first team of Hapoel Petah Tikva. In the first season he was with the club in sixth place. In the following season, you could qualify with the third place for the Intertoto Cup. After two sixth places in 2000/ 01 and 2001/ 02 he moved to Maccabi Haifa in 2002. In his first season one was runner-up. In addition Zandberg was allowed to play in the UEFA Champions League. They qualified for the group stage where you opponents such as Manchester United, Olympiakos and Bayer 04 Leverkusen faced. The midfielder came in all games to use and received a yellow card against Olympiakos. 2003/ 04 was followed by the first major coup. With Maccabi Haifa Zandberg won the first title of his career. 2005 and 2006 could be repeated this success. After these three titles in 2006, he moved to Beitar Jerusalem. In his first season he was able to continue the run of success and Zandberg celebrated his fourth championship title, he was named to further Israel's Footballer of the Year 2007. The fifth championship followed in 2008, and with a win in the penalty shootout against Hapoel Tel Aviv could for the first time in the career Zandbergs winning the cup be won. After third place in 2008/ 09 and another Cup victory he returned to Jerusalem back and moved to Hapoel Tel Aviv. There he played a total of 14 games and scored two goals before moving after only half a year to Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv.
For the Israeli national Zandberg has played 20 times, scoring four goals.
Achievements
- Israeli Champion 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- Israeli Cup winner in 2008, 2009
- Israeli Footballer of the Year 2007