{{Short description|Israeli footballer (1923–2012)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Emmanuel Scheffer<br>עמנואל שפר | image = Flickr - Government Press Office (GPO) - Coach Emanuel Shefer.jpg | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1923|2|11|df=y}} | birth_place = Berlin, Weimar Republic | death_date = {{death date and age|2012|12|28|1923|2|11|df=y}} | death_place = Ramat Hasharon, Israel | position = Defender{{citation needed|date=March 2025}} | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1947–1950 | clubs1 = Pionier Wrocław | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1950–1951 | clubs2 = Hapoel Haifa | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 1951–1954 | clubs3 = Hapoel Kfar Saba<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dribblist.com/israel/teams/hapoel_kfar_saba/1953-1954 |title=הפועל כפר סבא | עונת 1953-1954 | דריבליסט |access-date=24 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305022015/http://dribblist.com/israel/teams/hapoel_kfar_saba/1953-1954 |archive-date=5 March 2014 }}</ref> | caps3 = | goals3 = 9 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = Israel B<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://football.org.il/Archive/Articles/Pages/article_28december2012.aspx |title=The Israel Football Association |access-date=24 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930222716/http://football.org.il/Archive/Articles/Pages/article_28december2012.aspx |archive-date=30 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 = 1957–1960 | managerclubs1 = Hapoel Kfar Saba | manageryears2 = 1960–1961 | managerclubs2 = Hapoel Marmorek Rehovot | manageryears3 = 1961–1962 | managerclubs3 = Hapoel Ra'anana | manageryears4 = 1962–1963 | managerclubs4 = Bnei Yehuda | manageryears5 = 1963–1967 | managerclubs5 = Israel U19 | manageryears6 = 1967 | managerclubs6 = Maccabi Netanya | manageryears7 = 1968–1970 | managerclubs7 = Israel | manageryears8 = 1978–1979 | managerclubs8 = Israel | manageryears9 = 1979–1980 | managerclubs9 = Beitar Jerusalem }}
'''Emmanuel Scheffer''' ({{langx|he|עמנואל שפר}}‎; 11 February 1923 – 28 December 2012) was an Israeli football player and coach who was born in Germany.<ref name=lastword>{{cite news |url=https://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/sports/the-last-word-long-live-the-foreign-coach-1.257063 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103030005/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/sports/the-last-word-long-live-the-foreign-coach-1.257063 |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 November 2012 |title=The Last Word / Long live the foreign coach |first=Eitan |last=Bekerman |newspaper=Haaretz |date=12 November 2008 |access-date=23 December 2010}}</ref>
He was twice the manager of the Israel national team (1968–70, 1978–79), and led the team at the 1968 Summer Olympics,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197099/teams/team=1889315.html |title=Tournaments: Men's Olympic Football Tournament: Mexico City 1968: Israel |publisher=FIFA |access-date=23 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623081633/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D512/edition%3D197099/teams/team%3D1889315.html |archive-date=23 June 2011 }}</ref> and led the team to their only appearance in the World Cup, in 1970.<ref name=lastword/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=32/teams/team=43984.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015133147/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=32/teams/team=43984.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 October 2007 |title=1970 FIFA World Cup Mexico: Israel |publisher=FIFA |access-date=23 December 2010}}</ref>
Scheffer died on 28 December 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Former Israel national team manager Emmanuel Scheffer has died|url=http://www.one.co.il/Article/210586.html|publisher=ONE|access-date=28 December 2012|date=28 December 2012|language=he}}</ref> He was 88.
==Honours== ===As a player=== * Israeli Second Division: 1951–52
===As a manager=== * AFC U-19 Championship: 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Scheffer, Emmanuel}} Category:1924 births Category:2012 deaths Category:Footballers from Berlin Category:Israeli men's footballers Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Śląsk Wrocław players Category:Hapoel Haifa F.C. players Category:Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. players Category:Israeli football managers Category:Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. managers Category:Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. managers Category:Maccabi Netanya F.C. managers Category:Beitar Jerusalem F.C. managers Category:Israel national football team managers Category:1970 FIFA World Cup managers Category:Jewish Israeli sportspeople Category:German emigrants to Israel Category:20th-century Israeli sportsmen Category:People from Ramat HaSharon
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