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ZVIKA (SITTIE) FROM WISCONSIN (13 SEPTEMBER 1939 – JANUARY 4, 2013) WAS AN ISRAELI FOOTBALLER AND COACH, WHO PLAYED AT MACCABI AND WAS ELECTED BY ISRAEL IN THE DEFENSIVE POSITION. DEAR CITY FOR 2010

BIOGRAPHY
MOSSESCU WAS BORN IN 1939 IN ROMANIA. IN 1948, HE IMMIGRATED WITH HIS OLDER BROTHER AND HIS PARENTS TO ISRAEL, AND WAS SENT TO THE DETENTION CAMPS IN CYPRUS UNTIL HE RETURNED TO ISRAEL AFTER EIGHT MONTHS. IN 1957, HE JOINED THE MACCABI YOUTH GROUP, AND IN THE SAME SEASON HE MOVED TO THE ADULT GROUP OF THE CLUB. IN 1960, HE WAS THE FIRST MAN FROM MACCABI TO ISRAEL, BUT AT THE END OF THIS YEAR HE WAS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED IN HIS LEG AND MISSING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. HE LATER PLAYED FOR EPISODES IN THE MACCABI, BUT FAILED TO RECOVER HIS ABILITY FOLLOWING THE SAME INJURY, AND IN 1964 HE RETIRED FROM THE GAME.

LOISSESCU HAS EIGHT APPEARANCES IN ISRAEL’S TEAM. HIS FIRST APPEARANCE WAS ON 3 APRIL 1960 AT THE CENTRES OF THE ROME OLYMPICS AGAINST THE GREEK TEAM, AND HE WAS A PARTNER IN THREE GAMES IN THE 1960 ASIAN CUP.

AFTER HIS RETIREMENT, HE MOVED TO THE TRAINING OF BOYS AND YOUTH AT THE MACCABI AND THE DR. TOBRUK.

IN 2010 LOISSESCU WAS AWARDED THE DECORATION OF THE CITY’S LOVED ONES FOR THE YEAR OF TEL AVIV, AND NAMED A STREET IN THE CITY’S CENTRAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

EXTERNAL LINKS
SPOUSE'S PLAYER PAGE AT THE ISRAEL FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION

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ISRAELIS BORN IN ROMANIA
ATHLETES WHO NAMED STREETS IN ISRAEL
THE PEOPLE BURIED IN THE SHIP.
ISRAELIS BORN IN 1939
ISRAELIS WHO DIED IN 2013