Shimon Charnuha

Shimon Charnuha
שמעון צ'רנוחה
Personal information
Date of birth (1948-05-10)May 10, 1948[1]
Place of birth Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
Date of death August 5, 2026(2026-08-05) (aged 78)
Position Defender
Youth career
Beitar Jerusalem
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1969 Beitar Jerusalem
1969–1971 Maccabi Netanya
1971–1973 Beitar Jerusalem
International career
1968 Israel[2] 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Shimon Charnuha (Hebrew: שמעון צ'רנוחה; May 10, 1948 – August 5, 2026) was an Israeli footballer who played as a defender for Maccabi Netanya and Beitar Jerusalem.[3] He was the first Beitar Jerusalem player to represent the national team. He had his debut on 10 January 1968 against Belgium.

Biography

Charnuha was born into a Jewish-Ukrainian family from the Kharkiv region. He was the son of Holocaust survivors; his father had left a wife and four children behind in Auschwitz, whilst his mother left the camp with just one child. His parents met after the Second World War in a displaced persons' camp in Germany and subsequently emigrated to Israel when he was nine months old. He played for Beitar Jerusalem's youth team and, at the age of 15, was promoted to the first team by manager Samuel Raznik, who was impressed by his abilities. During those years, he took over the leadership of the Beitar defence from Shaul 'the King' Mizrahi and played alongside the team's stars: Dr Raul Geller, Udi Robovitz, Chaim Azoulay and Yitzhak Monse. He initially played for Beitar whilst the club was still in the second division, until the 1966–68 season, during which Beitar secured promotion to the top flight.

He spent the bulk of his career, from the youth team until 1972, at Beitar Jerusalem, with the exception of one season (1970–1971), during which he played for Maccabi Netanya and won his only title there – that season’s league championship. At the end of the 1972 season, he left Beitar following a falling-out with the club chairman, Jehoshua Matzah, and moved to Shimshon Tel Aviv.

Charnuha died on August 5, 2026, at the age of 78.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Shimon Charnuha". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  2. ^ Player profile at IFA website
  3. ^ Shimon Charnuha at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. ^ "Beitar Jerusalem Legend Shimon Chernoha Dies at 78". Ynetglobal. August 5, 2026. Retrieved August 5, 2026.

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