Bonni Ginzburg

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Personal information
Bonni Ginzburg בוני גינצבורג
Full name	Ben-Zion Shabbtai Ginzburg בן ציון שבתי גינצבורג
Date of birth	December 12, 1964 (1964-12-12) (age 43)
Place of birth	Israel
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Retired
Number	1
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1988-1989 1989-1991	Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Petah Tikva Beitar Jerusalem Rangers Beitar Jerusalem Ironi Ashdod Bnei Yehuda Maccabi Haifa
National team²
1984-1996	Israel	62+6 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 March 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 23 March 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Ben-Zion "Bonni" Ginzburg (Hebrew: בן ציון שבתי "בוני" גינצבורג‎, born 12 December 1964) is a former Israeli international footballer and currently works as a television presenter. With 62 full caps, he is the most capped goalkeeper in Israeli football history. ^[1]

1 Playing career
- 1.1 International career
2 Television career
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Playing career

A goalkeeper, Ginzburg played for Maccabi Tel Aviv, Maccabi Petah Tikva and Beitar Jerusalem before signing for Glasgow Rangers in 1989. He returned to Israel in 1991, signing for Beitar Tel Aviv and went on to play for Ironi Ashdod and Bnei Yehuda before joining Maccabi Haifa in 1996. He retired in the late 1990s after losing his place to Nir Davidovich.

[edit] International career

He made his debut for Israel aged 19 on 10 June, 1984 in a friendly match against Wales, keeping a clean sheet as the game ended 0-0. His last cap came aged 31 in another friendly, this time against Romania on 14 August 1996, a game Israel lost 2-0. In addition to the 62 caps won in FIFA-recognised games, Ginzburg gained another 6 caps in qualifying games for the 1988 Olympic football tournament. In his 62 official caps, Ginzburg kept 15 clean sheets, and another four in the Olympic matches.

[edit] Television career

Today Ginzburg is the main presenter of Channel One's Rishon beSha'ar (Hebrew: ראשון בשער‎, lit. First in Goal, a pun on the station's name), a football highlights programme. He also recently participated in Israel's verson of Dancing with the Stars.