Full name Kfir Zokol Years Team Number 2 Height 1.73 m | Playing position Role Footballer Place of birth Ethiopia Name Kfir Zokol Position Midfielder | |
Date of birth (1982-07-31) July 31, 1982 (age 33) | ||
Current team Hapoel Ahva Haifa F.C. | ||
Kfir Zokol (Hebrew: כפיר צוקול, born 31 July 1982) is a retired Ethiopian-born Israeli footballer.
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Career
Kfir made his debut for the senior side of Maccabi Netanya in the end of the 1999–00 season. At the start of the 2000-01 season he suffered a serious knee injury from a nasty tackle by Joško Bilić. He missed the entire season after he had to go through surgery. His breakthrough season came in 2002-03 when he was an important part of the successful season Netanya had. In the end of the season he won a cap for the Israel U-21 team and it seemed he was on his way to the top of Israeli football. In the middle of the 2003-04 season Kfir suffered another injury and after that got loaned to teams from the lower divisions until he was released from his contract in Netanya. By most supporters of Netanya he is still regarded as one of the most talented players to never fulfil his full potential.
In 4 seasons with Netanya he managed to play 79 games, score 10 goals and also provided 2 assists in all club competitions.