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Israeli soccer player breaks 61-year goal record

12 April 2016, 3:54 pm
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Maccabi Tel Aviv midfielder Eran Zahavi has broken a 61-year-old Israeli league record for most goals in a season with six matches still to play.

Zahavi, 28, broke the record in a home match against Beitar Jerusalem on Monday that Maccabi won 3-2.

Zahavi scored twice in the 41st and 90th minutes, bringing his season total to 31. The victory put Maccabi atop the Israeli Premier League standings.

The previous record of 30 goals dated back to the 1954-55 season and was held by Nissim Elmalich.

Israeli top-selling paper Yedioth Ahronoth carried Zahavi’s feat on its front page on Tuesday.

Zahavi was named 2013 and 2014 Israeli soccer player of the year and has played with the national team since 2010.

Maccabi Tel Aviv's Eran Zahavi celebrates his goal during the UEFA Champions League play-off round second leg soccer match against Switzerland's FC Basel at the Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv on August 25, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Maccabi Tel Aviv’s Eran Zahavi celebrates his goal during the UEFA Champions League play-off round second leg soccer match against Switzerland’s FC Basel at the Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv on August 25, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)


— AFP

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