Shlomo Poliakov

Shlomo Poliakov (Hebrew: שלמה פוליאקוב‎) was a Russian-born Jewish footballer, who played for Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Petah Tikva[1] and later as manager for several Hapoel clubs and for Hapoel Tel Aviv's youth team.

Shlomo Poliakov
Personal information
Full name Shlomo Poliakov
Date of birth 1912
Place of birth Russia
Date of death 19 September 1965(1965-09-19) (aged 52–53)
Place of death Israel
Playing position(s) Right Wing
Youth career
1925 HaGibor Tel Aviv
1925–1927 Allenby Tel Aviv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1927–1941 Hapoel Tel Aviv
1944–1945 Hapoel Petah Tikva 3 (2)
Teams managed
Hapoel Petah Tikva
1947–1950 Hapoel Ramat Gan
Hapoel Haifa
Hapoel Holon
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Poliakov was born in Russia in 1912, and immigrated to Palestine in 1922 with his Family. At the age of 13, Poliakov started playing football with local youth club Allenby Tel Aviv, which was initially affiliated with Maccabi Tel Aviv, but its members decided to withdrew from Maccabi, due to the professional attitude towards sports and merged in 1927 with Hapoel Tel Aviv.[2] With Hapoel, Poliakov stayed until 1941, and won 4 championships and 5 cups, scoring goals in the 1928, 1937 and 1938 cup finals. In 1944–45 Poliakov played with Hapoel Petah Tikva, leading the club to the cup final, which the team lost to Hapoel Tel Aviv.[3] Poliakov was a squad member of the Mandatory Palestine national football team, but wasn't selected to play in any of the national team's five matches before the establishment of Israel, playing in preparation and exhibitions matches only.[4]

Managerial career

After retirement, Poliakov managed the senior teams of Hapoel Petah Tikva, Hapoel Ramat Gan, Hapoel Haifa and Hapoel Holon as well as Hapoel Tel Aviv youth team.[5][6]

Personal life

Poliakov married Miriam Nudelman, sister of his team mate Avraham Nudelman,[7] in 1939.[8] His son, Yisrael Poliakov (1941–2007) was an actor and comedian, and part of the HaGashash HaHiver comedy group.

Honours
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gollark: Technically, you can still talk via the APIONET bridge, unless someone bothers to do bans from that.
gollark: Engaging capitalistic tetrahedral machines.
gollark: Interesting fact: ħ is the reduced Planck constant.
gollark: I prefer worlds in which I exist to ones in which I don't, for purposes.

References
  1. Shlomo Poliakov Hapoel Petah Tikva Museum (in Hebrew)
  2. 85 Years to Hapoel Allenby Tel Aviv Asher Goldberg, 6 June 2012, IFA (in Hebrew)
  3. The War Cup Asher Goldberg, 23 January 2014, IFA (in Hebrew)
  4. Yesterday's Competitions (part 2) Davar, 17 November 1937, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  5. Tomorrow's Footballers (part 1) Davar, 31 December 1954, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  6. Tomorrow's Footballers (part 2) Davar, 31 December, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  7. Along Came Poli Dalya Karpel, 12 January 2005, Haaretz (in Hebrew)
  8. Ads and Announcements Davar, 8 December 1939, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
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