page_title: Boni Ginzburg
section_title: Sports career
hierarchical_section_title: Boni Ginzburg / Sports career
caption_attribution_description: עברית: ראובן ריבלין נשיא המדינה מציג לראשונה במשכן הנשיא את "מגן הכבוד"- "נותנים כבוד לכדורגל".
context_page_description: Ben-Zion Shabbtai "Boni" Ginzburg is an Israeli footballer who played as a goalkeeper and retired in 2001. He played for 11 different clubs during his extensive career from 1983 to 2001, and collected 68 caps for Israel.
context_section_description: Ben-Zion (Boni) Ginzburg was born in Tel Aviv. In 1983, at the age of 16, he joined Maccabi Tel Aviv FC as a goalkeeper. He also played for Maccabi Petah Tikva FC, Maccabi Haifa F.C. and Beitar Jerusalem FC, before signing for Rangers in 1989.
  After two seasons in Glasgow playing second-fiddle to England's Chris Woods, Ginzburg returned home, representing successively Maccabi Yavne FC, Beitar Tel Aviv FC, Maccabi Ironi Ashdod FC, Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv FC, Maccabi Haifa FC, Hapoel Ashkelon F.C. and Hapoel Kfar Saba FC, and retiring at nearly 37.
caption: Ginzburg with Reuven Rivlin
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