Dor Micha
Dor Micha (or Miha, Hebrew: דור מיכה; born 2 March 1992), is an Israeli footballer who plays as a midfielder. Micha can play either at the right or left side of the midfield.
 Dor Micha with Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dor Micha | ||
| Date of birth | 2 March 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Givatayim, Israel | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | None | ||
| Number | -- | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2011 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2020 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 258 | (29) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009–2010 | Israel U-18 | 5 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | Israel U-19 | 9 | (2) |
| 2011–2014 | Israel U-21 | 16 | (3) |
| 2018– | Israel | 4 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 September 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 September 2014 | |||
Early life
Micha was born in Givatayim, Israel, to a Jewish family.[1][2]
Kobi, Dor's father, was also an Israeli footballer that played for Maccabi Tel Aviv. His father retired at the age of 26 due to a knee injury.
Dor attended the Kalay High School in Giv'atayim.
Club career
Micha joined Maccabi Tel Aviv when he was 8 years old. On 2004 he started playing with the youth team and was tagged as a potential talent since he joined. Former international player Eli Ohana, his manager in the Israel U-19 National Team, even described him in an interview in August 2011 as "the most talented player I have ever managed".[3]
On 12 February 2011, after the arrival of Moti Ivanir as the new manager of Maccabi and as a rejuvenation period led by the club, Micha made his debut for the club against Hapoel Ramat Gan in a match Maccabi Tel Aviv won at the score 3–0. Micha scored the third goal and assisted another one in that game. On 29 September 2011, Micha scored his first goal in a European competition, leading his team to a 1–1 draw after a stunning shot against Dynamo Kyiv in Bloomfield Stadium on the Europa League group stage.
In the 2012–2013 season Micha was a key player in Maccabi Tel Aviv's success in retaining the championship, playing 28 games and scoring 5 goals, and mostly excelled during the latter stages of the season after scoring in both derby matches against Hapoel Tel Aviv in the playoffs.
In the 2013–14 season Micha continued his good run from the end of the last season by scoring a crucial away goal against Bordeaux in the UEFA Europa League group stage, which obtained Maccabi its first ever win in the competitions group stage.
International career
Under-21 team
On 5 September 2011, Micha made his debut in Israel U-21 team against England. The decision to not include him in the squad for the UEFA European Under-21 Championship in 2013 was .controversial. Micha was a central figure in the team during the 2015 European Under-21 Championship qualifications which Israel finished second and was supposed to qualify but did not since only the best four teams who finished second in the groups qualified.
Career statistics
Club
As of 25 April 2018.
| Season | Club | League | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | |||
| 2010–11 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | IPL | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011–12 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 2012–13 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 2013–14 | 31 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 4 | 11 | ||
| 2014–15 | 32 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 5 | 14 | ||
| 2015–16 | 30 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 6 | 14 | ||
| 2016–17 | 32 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 55 | 7 | 14 | ||
| 2017–18 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Career total | 224 | 23 | 56 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 55 | 4 | 8 | 333 | 36 | 71 | ||
Honours
Maccabi Tel Aviv
- Israeli Premier League: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2018–19
- Israel State Cup: 2014–15
- Toto Cup: 2014–15, 2017–18, 2018–19[5]
- Israel Super Cup: 2019
Individual
External links
- Dor profile on Maccabi Tel Aviv official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2013-05-14)
- Dor Micha at Soccerway
- Dor Micha – Israel Football Association league player details
- Dor Micha – Israel Football Association national team player details
References
- http://www.maccabi-tlv.co.il/en/2017/12/davidzada-believe-despite-disappointing-results/
- https://www.maccabi-tlv.co.il/en/2020/04/maccabis-stars-line-passover/
- Eli Ohana: Dor Micha is probably the most talented player I have ever managed on Walla.co.il (in Hebrew)
- "Serbia vs Israel". espn.co.uk. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
- http://www.one.co.il/Article/17-18/1,667,0,0/303547.html?ref=hp