List of Jewish footballers [R], part II

The spelling I used is the one I found in the Argentine media. Where did you find this spelling?

I listed Anton Shynder under Germany because he immigrated there and I listed Zahavi under Portugal because he will represent Portugal. For players with an additional nationality, I simply included it in parenthesis.

The kid's name is originally in Cyrillic. I don't think that the way I typed his name is so wrong, unless we must go by what Wikipedia calls him.

No, look at the list. Adam Braz is Canadian and Adam Bruh is an American kid.

I honestly had no idea this kid was an Argentine.

Like wise with Brian Nakash. He has a Syrian last name so I would assume that he is American.

Wikipedia has a lot of misinformation. Dougie Freedman is not even remotely Jewish but people decided to throw the categories in there based on his last name. That is why I didn't put Steven Cohen in to the list immediately.

Thank you. I never read that article and I will add him in to the list.

1. Gennady Altman is listed under Ukraine.

2. Walter Adrián Samuel is not Jewish. His step father might be, but he is not.

3. Dor Yasur was a last minute decision to keep off. I don't remember my reasoning though.

4. Shmuel Hazan hasn't played professional football in ages. I should really put him in the whereabouts unknown section.

In proper German the name would be spelled Goldstein. Assuming that his family came to Argentina from Europe, the spelling of his last name would remain Goldstein. Only Israel transliterates surnames to a phonetic that is different from how it was originally spelled. We don't make the mistake though with certain Jewish names:

Liran Strauber and not Shtrauber
Strauss Ice Cream and not Shtrauss Ice Cream etc.

This is why I gave Yoel what I believe to be the correct spelling of his name.

 

Here is an updated list. Please see if I missed something. Remember, being on the list does not mean a player is Jewish according to Jewish law or practices Judaism, it simply means that they are of Jewish ancestry (at least one Jewish grandparent) and would qualify for Israeli citizenship and not count as a foreigner for Israeli clubs and possibly even contend for a spot on the national team.

Argentina
David Abraham - FC Basel (SUI)
Darío Cvitanich - Ajax (NED)
Joel Goldstein (ISR) - Beitar Jerusalem (ISR)
Guillermo Israilevich (ISR) - Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR)
Lucas Matías Licht - Getafe CF (ESP)
Bryan Man (ISR) - Hapoel Ashkelon (ISR)
Bryan Nakash (ISR) - Beitar Jerusalem (ISR)
Isidro Naón (ISR) - Hapoel Ashkelon (ISR)
Martin Perelman - All Boys (ARG)
Ariel Gerardo Seltzer - Club Sportivo Independiente Rivadavia (ARG)
Juan Pablo Sorín - Cruzeiro Esporte Clube (BRA)
Eial Strahman - River Plate (ARG)
Nicolas Tauber (ISR) - Chacarita Juniors (ARG)
Jonathan Tennenbaum (ISR) - Hapoel Ra'anana (ISR)

Australia
Laurence Braude - Central Coast Mariners FC (AUS)

Belgium
Samuel Lavan - K. Berchem Sport (BEL)

Brazil
Leandro Honorato Gláuber Berti - Manchester City F.C. (ENG)

Canada
Nils Binstock - Toronto Lynx (CAN)
Adam Braz - Montreal Impact (CAN)
Tomer Chencinski (ISR) - Newark Ironbound Express (USA)
Gil Vainshtein (CAN) - Italia Shooters (CAN)

Croatia
Tvrtko Kale - Beitar Jerusalem (ISR)

Czech Republic
Tomáš Galásek - Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER)

England
David Beckham - Los Angeles GaLAxy (USA)
Paul Hakim - St Albans City F.C. (ENG)
Josh Kennet (ISR) - Maccabi Herzliya (ISR)
Jonathan Kurrant - Loughborough Town F.C. (ENG)
Sam Sloma - Chelmsford City F.C. (ENG)
Michael Warwick (ISR) - Witton Albion F.C. (ENG)

Finland
Roni Porokara - Örebro SK (SWE)

France
Gary Assous (ISR) - Maccabi Herzliya (ISR)
Jonathan Assous (ISR) - Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR)
Steven Cohen - UD Salamanca (ESP)
Rudy Haddad (ISR) - Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR)
Kevin Pariente - CS Sedan Ardennes (FRA)
Maxime Partouche - Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)

Germany
Alon Abelski (ISR) - MSV Duisburg II (GER)
Anton Shynder (UKR) - VfR Aalen (GER)

Guatemala
Dor Yasur (ISR) - American University (USA)

Netherlands
Daniël de Ridder (ISR) - Wigan Athletic F.C. (ENG)
Sjaak Polak - BV Veendam (NED)
Samuel Scheimann (ISR) - FC Den Bosch (NED)
Shai Zakai (ISR) - Ajax Zat 2 (NED)

Norway
Dan Alberto Fellus (ISR) - Lillestrøm SK (NOR)

Peru
Salomón Libman - Alianza Lima (PER)

Portugal
Alexandre Zahavi (USA/ISR) - Sporting Lisbon (POR)

Russia
Yakov Erlikh - FC Metallurg Lipetsk (RUS)
Artyom Fidler - FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast (RUS)
Daniel Gradinev - FC Anzhi Makhachkala (RUS)
Vladimir Granat - FC Dynamo Moscow (RUS)
Boris Rotenberg (FIN) - FC Khimki (RUS)

South Africa
Dean Furman - Bradford City A.F.C. (ENG)

Sweden
Martin Dohlsten - Örgryte IS (SWE)

Turkey
Umut Güzelses (ISR) - Maccabi Herzliya (ISR)

Ukraine
Gennady Altman - PFC Olexandria (UKR)
Andrei Oberemko - Illichivets (UKR)

United States
Kyle Altman - Minnesota Thunder (USA)
Benjamin Benditson - San Fernando Valley Quakes (USA)
Jonathan Bornstein - Club Deportivo Chivas USA (USA)
Samuel Brill - FC Sachsen Leipzig (GER)
Adam Bruh - Long Island Academy (USA)
Michael Erush - Hollywood United (USA)
Benny Feilhaber (BRA/AUT) - AGF Aarhus (DEN)
Kevin Freidland - Minnesota Thunder (USA)
Jarryd Goldberg - Miami FC (USA)
Jordan Gruber (ISR) - Hapoel Marmorek (ISR)
Andy Gruenebaum - Columbus Crew (USA)
Erik Hort (ISR) - Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR)
Leo Krupnik (UKR/ISR) - Maccabi Haifa (ISR)
Matt Luzunaris - FC Magna Wiener Neustadt (AUT)
Jonathan Spector - West Ham United F.C. (ENG)
Preston Zimmerman - Kapfenberger SV (AUT)

Uruguay
Marcelo Lipatin - C.D. Trofense (POR)

Wales
Joe Jacobson - Bristol Rovers F.C. (ENG)

Retired Jewish footballers since we have done the list:
Jordan Cila (USA) - Long Island Rough Riders (USA)
Michael Enfield (USA) - Sydney FC (AUS)
Eric Fischbein (SWE) - Hammarby Idrottsförening Fotbollförening (SWE)
Sebastián Rozental Igualt (CHI) - Maccabi Netanya (ISR)

Whereabouts unknown
Graham Albert (USA)
Joakim Askling (SWE/USA?) - U.C. AlbinoLeffe (ITA) [youth player]
Matthew Baum (USA/ISR)
Devy Bedok (FRA)
Alan Damian Bender (ARG)
Rhett Bernstein (USA)
David Blum (USA)
Kilian Elkinson (BDA/CAN) - On roster for Maccabi Canada
Ross Fishbain (USA)
Shmuel Hazan (CAN/ISR)
Jonathan Israelson (SWE) - Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (SWE) [youth player]
Danny Kramer (USA)
Brian Scott Kuritzky (USA)
Gaston Lagman (ARG) - Club Atletico Atlanta (ARG) ?
Laurent Manuel(USA/FRA)
Brett Meyers (USA)
Justin Meyers (USA)
Daniel Revivo (CAN)
Luis Sadovnic (VEN)
Ya'akov Sasson (NED)
Dan Shapiro (USA)
Nate Weiss (USA)

Rumored to have Jewish ancestry:
Maximiliano Bajter (URU) - C.A. Peñarol (URU)
Gennaro Gattuso (ITA) - AC Milan (ITA)
Artur Levitskiy (BLR) - FC Savit Mahilyou (BLR)
Sacha Opinel (FRA) - Ebbsfleet United F.C. (ENG)
Gabriel Obertan (FRA) - FC Lorient (FRA)
Germano Schweger (BRA) - Santos (BRA)
David Zalzman (VEN) - FC Barcelona (ESP)

 

That is awesome. Good job. I have a couple of questions:

1. Could Reznyuk on the Maccabiah squad be Dmitri Reznyuk of FC Volochanin-Ratmir Vyshny Volochyok? Please see if you can confirm it.

2. Could Cherniak be the Ukrainian footballer Dmytro Chernyak? I don't know if the Russians were allowed to use Ukrainian footballers.

With such a good squad, I am surprised that Russia didn't go further in the competition.

 

I found another, Maxim Levitsky:

http://www.gazeta.ru/sport/2009/07/a_3220622.shtml

 

What about Vadim Zakharov? Was he in the Maccabiah squad?