1. Haim Michael Revivo is an Israeli former professional footballer, who played as an attacking midfielder or winger, and a businessman.
18 Facts About Haim Revivo
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Haim Revivo played football at Hapoel Ashdod until the age of 16 when he transferred to the youth club of Gadna Tel Aviv Yehuda.
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Haim Revivo liked that the club had no senior team and he would be a free agent once he reached 18.
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Haim Revivo spent three seasons at Bnei Yehuda before transferring to city rivals, Hapoel.
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Haim Revivo brought in Revivo, who was happy to join Haifa since he believed that from there he could get to a European club.
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Haim Revivo paid off dividends and was the league leading goal scorer.
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In October 1996, shortly after Haim Revivo joined the club, he made headlines because of the club's league clash on Yom Kippur.
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Haim Revivo desperately wanted to avoid the match that fell on the Jewish holiday.
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The club was able to move the match fixture ahead by a couple of hours and Haim Revivo played for as long he could before being brought off in the second half to hurry home for the holiday.
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Haim Revivo played in Spain a few successful years, and was very popular in Spain.
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Haim Revivo was named co-winner of the 1998 Israel Sports Figure of the Year Award.
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Haim Revivo decided to leave, and caused much controversy with his move to Istanbul rivals Galatasaray.
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Haim Revivo's spell at Galatasaray only lasted a year before he left Turkey.
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Haim Revivo is a successful businessman and one of the former owners of FC Ashdod.
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Haim Revivo made his first appearance for a national side on 18 December 1990, playing with the Israel national under-18 football team against their Portuguese counterparts at the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon.
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Haim Revivo played in the midfield along with Avi Nimni and Eyal Berkovic who he would end up playing with most of his national team career.
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Haim Revivo scored on his debut and added another four goals in nine appearances, including a brace in a 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualifier against Austria.
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Haim Revivo became a fixture in the national team lineup under Shlomo Scharf and competed for Israel in three FIFA World Cup qualifying campaigns and UEFA European Football Championship qualifying campaigns in addition to 26 friendly matches.