# Alon Mizrahi

Alon Mizrahi (Hebrew: אלון מזרחי; born 22 November 1971) is an Israeli former professional footballer who played for clubs including Nice, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Maccabi Haifa and Beitar Jerusalem.
His nickname is "The Airplane" (Hebrew: האווירון, romanized: Ha-Avirón), referring to the hand movement he used to do after scoring a goal.

## Personal life

His father, Amos Mizrahi was also a footballer who played in Bnei Yehuda in the 1990s and was part of the team that won the State Cup in 1968. He was married to Vered Mizrahi from 1994 until their divorce in 2020 and the couple had 2 daughters and a son. His middle daughter Sun Mizrahi is a supermodel.

## International career
### International goals

    Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mizrahi goal.
List of international goals scored by Alon Mizrahi :
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 24 March 1993 | Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa, Israel | Russia | 1–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 2 | 24 March 1993 | Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa, Israel | Russia | 2–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 3 | 5 August 1997 | Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus | Belarus | 3–1 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 4 | 19 February 1998 | Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel | Turkey | 3–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 5 | 19 February 1998 | Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel | Turkey | 4–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 6 | 18 March 1998 | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania | Romania | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 7 | 17 May 1998 | Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia | Latvia | 5–0 | 5–1 | Friendly |
| 8 | 10 October 1998 | Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino | San Marino | 3–0 | 5–0 | Euro 2000 qualifying |
| 9 | 18 January 1999 | Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel | Estonia | 5–0 | 7–0 | Friendly |
| 10 | 23 March 1999 | Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel | Cyprus | 2–0 | 3–0 | Euro 2000 qualifying |
| 11 | 23 March 1999 | Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel | Cyprus | 3–0 | 3–0 | Euro 2000 qualifying |
| 12 | 6 June 1999 | Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel | Austria | 4–0 | 5–0 | Euro 2000 qualifying |
| 13 | 8 September 1999 | Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel | San Marino | 2–0 | 8–0 | Euro 2000 qualifying |
| 14 | 3 September 2000 | Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel | Liechtenstein | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2002 World Cup qualifying |
| 15 | 17 January 2001 | Municipal Stadium, Beit She'an, Israel | Uzbekistan | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 16 | 24 April 2001 | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia | Georgia | 1–1 | 2–3 | Friendly |
| 17 | 24 April 2001 | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia | Georgia | 2–2 | 2–3 | Friendly |

## Personal achievements

* Mizrahi was the top scorer of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in seasons 1993-94 and 1998-99.
* Mizrahi scored 206 goals in the Israeli Premier League. Mizrahi broke the scoring record of the Israeli legendary striker Oded Machnes and became the greatest goal-scorer in Israeli history.
* Mizrahi has maintained an impressive strike rate, of a goal in every two games, throughout his career.
* Mizrahi won four times the "Goal King" title, awarded to the player who scores the most in the premier league season. He won the title twice with Bnei Yehuda and twice with Maccabi Haifa.
* Mizrahi won 2 championships (with Bnei Yehuda and with Maccabi Haifa), 1 cup (with Maccabi Haifa) and participated twice in the Cup Winners' Cup (with Maccabi Haifa) and Peace Cup (with Beitar Jerusalem).
* Mizrahi scored 28 goals in 1993–94 for Maccabi Haifa. This is a (shared) Israeli record of goals per season in the Israeli Premier League.
* Mizrahi scored 15 goals in European club competitions.

## Honours

Bnei Yehuda
* Israeli Premier League: 1988–89
* Toto Cup: 1991–92, 1996–97
Maccabi Haifa
* Israeli Premier League: 1993–94
* State Cup: 1997–98
* Toto Cup: 1993–94
Individual
* Israeli Premier League top goalscorer: 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–97
* UEFA Cup Winners' Cup top goalscorer: 1993–94, 1998–99
Sporting positions :
| Preceded byMarco Balbul | Maccabi Haifa captain 1998–1999 | Succeeded byArik Benado |