page_title: List of Jews in sports
section_title: Association football (soccer)
hierarchical_section_title: List of Jews in sports / Athletes / Association football (soccer)
caption_attribution_description: English: Nick Blackman in 2013
context_page_description: This list of Jewish athletes in sports contains athletes who are Jewish and have attained outstanding achievements in sports. The criteria for inclusion in this list are:
  1–3 places winners at major international tournaments;
  for team sports, winning in preliminary competitions of finals at major international tournaments, or playing for several seasons for clubs of major national leagues; or
  holders of past and current world records.
  Boldface denotes a current competitor.
  To be included in the list, one does not necessarily have to practice Judaism. Some members of the list may practice other religions or no religion at all, but are of Jewish ancestry.
  The topic of Jewish participation in sports is discussed extensively in academic and popular literature. Scholars believe that sports have been a historical avenue for Jewish people to overcome obstacles toward their participation in secular society.
context_section_description: Ryan Adeleye, US/Israel, defender (Atlantic City FC)
  Jeff Agoos, US, defender (national team)
  Yari Allnut, US, midfielder (national team),
  Kyle Altman, US, defender
  Dudu Aouate, Israel, goalkeeper (RCD Mallorca & national team)
  Gary Assous. France/Israel, midfielder (Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem F.C.)
  Jonathan Assous, France/Israel, defensive midfielder (Beitar Ramat Gan)
  Gai Assulin, Israel, winger/attacking midfielder (Politehnica Iași & national team)
  Yael Averbuch, US, midfielder
  Pini Balili, Israel, striker (Maccabi Ironi Bat Yam & national team)
  Tal Banin, Israel, midfielder, player & manager
  Orr Barouch, Israel, striker (Cal FC & Israeli national team)
  David Beckham, British, footballer
  Kyle Beckerman, US, midfielder (Real Salt Lake & national team)
  David "Dedi" Ben Dayan, Israel, left defender (Bnei Sakhnin & national team)
  Tal Ben Haim, Israel, center back/right back (Beitar Jerusalem & national team)
  Arik Benado, Israel, defender (national team)
  Yossi Benayoun, Israel, attacking midfielder
  Eyal Berkovic, Israel, midfielder (national team)
  Rhett Bernstein, US, defender (Miami FC)
  Steve Birnbaum, US, defender (D.C. United & national team)
  Gyula Bíró, Hungary, midfielder/forward (national team)
  Nick Blackman, England, striker (Maccabi Tel Aviv)
  Jean Bloch, France, Olympic silver
  Harald Bohr, Denmark, Olympic silver
  Louis Bookman, Lithuanian-born Ireland, forward
  Jonathan Bornstein, US, left back/midfielder (Chicago Fire & US national team)
  David Boysen, Denmark, left winger (Sektzia Nes Tziona)
  Daniel Brailovski, Argentina/Uruguay, midfielder (Argentina, Uruguay, & Israel national teams)
  Adam Braz, Canada, defender (Montreal Impact & national team)
  Ashley Brown, Australia, football (soccer) player Melbourne Victory
  Jordan Brown, Australia, midfielder (Melbourne Victory)
  Tomer Chencinski, Israel/Canada, goalkeeper (Shamrock Rovers)
  Jordan Cila, USA, forward (Under-17 World Cup)
  Avi Cohen, Israel, defender (Liverpool, Rangers, Maccabi Tel Aviv & national team)
  Martin Cohen, South Africa, midfielder (Highlands Park, LA Aztecs, California Surf, Wits University & national team)
  Tamir Cohen, Israel, midfielder (national team)
  Steven Cohen, France-Israel, midfielder (free agent)
  Edgar Davids, Netherlands, midfielder (Ajax Amsterdam, Juventus and Dutch national team)
  Rolf Decker, Germany-born US, midfielder (US national team)
  Micky Dulin, England (Tottenham)
  Yakov Ehrlich, Russia, striker (FC Ocean Kerch)
  Benny Feilhaber, Brazil/US, center/attacking midfielder (Sporting Kansas City & US national team)
  Lajos Fischer, Hungary, goalkeeper, national team player
  Otto Fischer, Austria, national team player and coach
  Gottfried Fuchs, Germany/Canada (German national team)
  Dean Furman, South Africa, midfielder (SuperSport United)
  Peter Fuzes, Australia, goalkeeper
  Sándor Geller, Hungary, goalkeeper, Olympic champion
  Mikhail Gershkovich, USSR, forward, Europe U-19 Champion (national team)
  Ludwik Gintel, Poland, defender and forward (national team)
  Andy Gruenebaum, US, goalkeeper
  Béla Guttmann, Hungary, midfielder, national team player & international coach
  Rudy Haddad, France, midfielder (Hapoel Ashkelon & U21 national team)
  Eddy Hamel, US, right winger (AFC Ajax; killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz)
  Julius Hirsch, Germany, winger, (Karlsruher FV; killed by the Nazis)
  Ya'akov Hodorov, Israel, goalkeeper (Israeli national team)
  Rinus Israel, Netherlands, defender, Feyenoord and Dutch national team
  Joe Jacobson, Wales, left back (Wycombe Wanderers & U21 national team)
  Tvrtko Kale, Croatia/Israel, goalkeeper
  Tal Karp, Australia, midfielder (Melbourne Victory)
  Yaniv Katan, Israel, forward/winger (Maccabi Haifa & national team)
  Josh Kennet, England-Israel, midfielder/right back (London Lions)
  Adolf Kertész, Hungary, defender, 11 caps for national team
  Gyula Kertész, Hungary, winger, player & manager
  Vilmos Kertész, Hungary, winger, 47 national team caps
  Józef Klotz, Poland, national team; killed by the Nazis
  Konstantin Krizhevsky, USSR/Russia, defender (national team)
  Mark Lazarus, England, right winger
  Jonathan Levin, Mexico, midfielder (Las 
caption: Nick Blackman
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