{{Short description|Israeli footballer (1935–2023)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Avraham Menchel | image = MHFC-Avraam-Mentchell.jpg | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1935|12|12|df=y}} | birth_place = Chernivtsi, Kingdom of Romania | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|11|24|1935|12|12|df=y}} | death_place = | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1952–1965 | clubs1 = Maccabi Haifa | caps1 = 225 | goals1 = 64 | nationalyears1 = 1959–1963 | nationalteam1 = Israel | nationalcaps1 = 30 | nationalgoals1 = 7 | manageryears1 = 1965–1969 | managerclubs1 = Maccabi Haifa }}
'''Avraham Menchel''' ({{langx|he|אברהם מנצ'ל}}; 12 December 1935 – 24 November 2023) was an Israeli footballer. He is best known for his years at Maccabi Haifa where he started his football career as well as his managerial career. Menchel is widely regarded as one of the best Haifa players to ever don the green shirt. He died on 24 November 2023, at the age of 87.<ref>[https://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=64&docID=453850 מרכינים ראש: אברהם מנצ'ל הלך לעולמו] {{in lang|he}}</ref>
==Career statistics== :''Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Menchel goal.''
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of international goals scored by Avraham Menchel<ref>[http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=13755 Football PLAYER: Avraham Menchel]</ref> |- !scope="col"|No. !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition |- | style="text-align:center"|1 || 12 December 1959 || Maharaja College Stadium, Kochi, India || {{fb|IRN|1925}} || || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || 1960 AFC Asian Cup qualification |- | style="text-align:center"|2 || 17 December 1959 || Maharaja College Stadium, Kochi, India || {{fb|PAK}} || || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || 1960 AFC Asian Cup qualification |- | style="text-align:center"|3 || 6 March 1960 || Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel || {{fb|GRE|old}} || || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || 1960 Summer Olympics qual. |- | style="text-align:center"|4 || 22 May 1960 || Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel || {{fbu|23|ENG|name=England U23}} || || style="text-align:center"|4–0 || Friendly |- | style="text-align:center"|5 || 19 October 1960 || Hyochang Stadium, Seoul, Korea Republic || {{fb|South Vietnam}} || || style="text-align:center"|5–1 || 1960 AFC Asian Cup |- | style="text-align:center"|6 || 3 October 1962 || Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel || {{fb|ETH|1897}} || || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || Friendly |- | style="text-align:center"|7 || 17 October 1962 || Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel || {{fb|AUT}} || || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || Friendly |}
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==External links== * {{in lang|he}} [http://maccabi-haifafc.walla.co.il/ts.cgi?tsscript=player&id=2159 Profile and biography of Avraham Menchel on Maccabi Haifa's official website]{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Menchel, Avraham}} Category:1935 births Category:2023 deaths Category:Jewish Israeli sportspeople Category:Romanian Jews Category:Israeli men's footballers Category:Footballers from Haifa Category:Maccabi Haifa F.C. players Category:Israel men's international footballers Category:1960 AFC Asian Cup players Category:Romanian emigrants to Israel Category:Israeli football managers Category:Maccabi Haifa F.C. managers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:20th-century Israeli sportsmen
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