Emmanuel Scheffer

Emmanuel Scheffer
עמנואל שפר
Personal information
Date of birth (1924-02-01)1 February 1924
Place of birth Berlin, Weimar Republic
Date of death 28 December 2012(2012-12-28) (aged 88)
Place of death Ramat Hasharon, Israel
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1950 Pionier Wrocław
1950–1951 Hapoel Haifa
1951–1954 Hapoel Kfar Saba (9)
International career
Israel B 1 (0)
Managerial career
1957–1960 Hapoel Kfar Saba
1960–1961 Hapoel Marmorek Rehovot
1961–1962 Hapoel Ra'anana
1962–1963 Bnei Yehuda
1963–1967 Israel U19
1967 Maccabi Netanya
1968–1970 Israel
1978–1979 Israel
1979–1980 Beitar Jerusalem
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Emmanuel Scheffer (Hebrew: עמנואל שפר; 1 February 1924 – 28 December 2012) was an Israeli football player and coach who was born in Germany.

He was twice the manager of the Israel national team (1968–70, 1978–79), and led the team at the 1968 Summer Olympics, and led the team to their only appearance in the World Cup, in 1970.

Scheffer died on 28 December 2012. He was 88.