# Nahum Stelmach > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nahum_Stelmach > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nahum_Stelmach.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahum_Stelmach > Source revision: 1356172681 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Israeli footballer and manager 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[3] 18 (4) 1970 Hapoel Herzliya F.C. 1 (1) Total 368 (159) International career 1956–1968[2] Israel[2] 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 Winner 1964 Israel Runner-up 1956 Hong Kong Runner-up 1960 South Korea * Club domestic league appearances and goals **Nahum Stelmach** ([Hebrew](/source/Hebrew_language): נחום סטלמך‎; (1936-07-19)July 19, 1936 – (1999-03-27)March 27, 1999) was an Israeli [footballer](/source/Association_football) and manager.[4] ## Biography Stelmach was born in [Petah Tikva](/source/Petah_Tikva), [British Mandate of Palestine](/source/Mandate_Palestine) (now [Israel](/source/Israel)), to a [Jewish](/source/Jewish) family. He was chosen third by *[Yediot Aharonot](/source/Yediot_Aharonot)'*s greatest Israeli footballers. He made a name for himself as the leader of [Hapoel Petah Tikva](/source/Hapoel_Petah_Tikva_F.C.). At the height of his career in Hapoel Petah Tikva, Stelmach received offers to sign for [Arsenal](/source/Arsenal_F.C.) and [Fenerbahçe](/source/Fenerbah%C3%A7e) 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](/source/Israel_national_football_team) in an Olympic qualifier against [The USSR](/source/USSR_national_football_team), with [Lev Yashin](/source/Lev_Yashin) as goalkeeper at the [Ramat Gan Stadium](/source/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](/source/Hapoel_Haifa) in the 1970s, while training the international stars [Yochanan Vollach](/source/Yochanan_Vollach) and [Itzhak Englander](/source/Itzhak_Englander). ## Honors **Hapoel Petah Tikva** - [National league](/source/Israeli_Premier_League): [1954–55](/source/1954%E2%80%9355_Liga_Leumit), [1958–59](/source/1958%E2%80%9359_Liga_Leumit), [1959–60](/source/1959%E2%80%9360_Liga_Leumit), [1960–61](/source/1960%E2%80%9361_Liga_Leumit), [1961–62](/source/1961%E2%80%9362_Liga_Leumit), [1962–63](/source/1962%E2%80%9363_Liga_Leumit) - [Israel State Cup](/source/Israel_State_Cup): 1956–57 **Israel** - [AFC Asian Cup](/source/AFC_Asian_Cup): [1964](/source/1964_AFC_Asian_Cup) [5]; Runner-up, [1956](/source/1956_AFC_Asian_Cup) [6] [7], [1960](/source/1960_AFC_Asian_Cup) [8] [9] ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-נחום_סטלמך_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-נחום_סטלמך_1-1) [נחום סטלמך](http://www.hpt.co.il/?ShowPlayer=11) (in Hebrew) 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Stelmach_Nahum_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Stelmach_Nahum_2-1) [Stelmach Nahum](http://eng.football.org.il/NationalTeam/Pages/NationalTeamPlayerDetails.aspx?PLAYER_ID=80469&NATIONAL_TEAM_ID=3) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090417235712/http://eng.football.org.il/NationalTeam/Pages/NationalTeamPlayerDetails.aspx?PLAYER_ID=80469&NATIONAL_TEAM_ID=3) 2009-04-17 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-סטלמך_3-0)** [נחום סטלמך](http://www.fc-bnei-yehuda.co.il/cgi-bin/SheepWool/sheepwool.pl?act=view&wiki=5280257) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20071119121250/http://www.fc-bnei-yehuda.co.il/cgi-bin/SheepWool/sheepwool.pl?act=view&wiki=5280257) 2007-11-19 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) (in Hebrew) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Sporting Heroes: No. 49 Nahum Stelmach"](https://www.jpost.com/Sports/Article.aspx?id=94823). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Asian Nations Cup 1964"](https://www.rsssf.org/tables/64asch.html). Retrieved May 24, 2026. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Asian Cup 1956 Squads"](https://www.rsssf.org/tables/1956_asia_squads.pdf) (PDF). Retrieved May 24, 2026. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Asian Nations Cup 1956"](https://www.rsssf.org/tables/56asch.html). Retrieved May 24, 2026. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Asian Cup 1960 Squads"](https://www.rsssf.org/tables/60asch-squads.pdf) (PDF). Retrieved May 24, 2026. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Asian Nations Cup 1960 - Final Tournament - Match Details"](https://www.rsssf.org/tables/60asch-det.html). Retrieved May 24, 2026. v t e AFC Asian Cup top scorers 1956: Stelmach 1960: Cho Yoon-ok 1964: Singh & Spiegler 1968: Behzadi, Romano & Spiegel 1972: Kalani 1976: Mazloumi, Nouraei & Kameel 1980: Fariba & Choi Soon-ho 1984: Jia Xiuquan, Bayani & Mohammadkhani 1988: Lee Tae-ho 1992: Al-Bishi 1996: Daei 2000: Lee Dong-gook 2004: Hubail & Karimi 2007: Mahmoud, Takahara & Al-Qahtani 2011: Koo Ja-cheol 2015: Mabkhout 2019: Ali 2023: Afif Israel squads v t e Israel squad – 1956 AFC Asian Cup runners-up MF Balut FW Glazer MF Haldi GK Hodorov FW Israeli FW Kofman DF Kremer DF Matania FW Merimovich MF Rabinovich FW Rozenboim MF Schneor MF Silberstein FW Spiegel FW Stelmach GK Vissoker Coach: Gibbons v t e Israel squad – 1960 AFC Asian Cup runners-up FW Amar FW Aronskind DF Atzmon DF Benbinisti MF Goldstein FW Glazer GK Hodorov MF Klemi FW R. Levi FW S. Levi DF Levkovich DF Moisescu MF Menchel MF Nahari FW Stelmach MF Tish GK Vissoker Coach: Mándi v t e Israel squad – 1964 AFC Asian Cup winners (1st title) GK Levin GK Vissoker DF Bachar DF Kalmi DF Leon DF Matania DF Primo MF Katzav MF Levkovich MF Mahalal MF Spiegler MF Stelmach (c) MF Tish FW Aharoni FW Kalish FW Levi FW Talbi FW Young Coach: Merimovich This biographical article related to association football in Israel, about a forward, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Israel-footy-forward-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3AIsrael-footy-forward-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Israel-footy-forward-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Nahum Stelmach](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahum_Stelmach) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahum_Stelmach?action=history)). 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