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About Shavit Elimelech
- Shavit Elimelech (Hebrew: ???? ???????, born 7 September 1971) is a retired Israeli football goalkeeper.He started playing in the Maccabi Tel Aviv Youth League.
- His first game took place in 1988-89 in a game between Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC and Hapoel Jerusalem.
- From 1988 to 1992 he played for Maccabi Tel Aviv's first team.
- In 1992, he transferred to Ironi Rishon LeZion and reached the final of the State Cup with this team in 1995-96. At the end of the 1996 season, Elimelech moved to Hapoel Tel Aviv.
- With Hapoel Tel Aviv, he won three National Cups in (1999, 2000, 2006), one Championship in (2000) and one Toto Cup in (2002).
- During these seasons, Elimelech was acknowledged for his impressive one-on-one goalkeeping abilities and his success in stopping penalty kicks (both the 1999 and 2000 cups were obtained after penalty-shoot-outs, in which Elimelech stopped several opponent shots). Hapoel also reached the quarter final of the UEFA Cup while Elimelech was in goal displaying impressive reflexes and shot stopping abilities.
- His most memorable performance during that season was in the 1-1 draw against Chelsea in London, a result which was enough for Hapoel to qualify to the next round, after winning the first match in Tel Aviv 2-0. In April 2007, Elimelech spoke out against the management at Hapoel Tel Aviv, where fans considered him a symbol of the club.
- In retaliation, Hapoel's management opted to suspend the keeper until the end of his contract.
- Elimelech was eventually released from his contract and he signed with Hapoel Kiryat Shmona. His first game for the Israel national football team was on 18 January 1999 in a friendly match between Israel and Estonia which Israel won 7-0.
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