Maor Melikson

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Maor Melikson
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Melikson playing for Wisła Kraków in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-10-30) 30 October 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth Yavne, Israel
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Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Number 24
Youth career
Maccabi Yavne
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 Maccabi Yavne
2002–2006 Beitar Jerusalem 111 (8)
2006–2008 Maccabi Haifa 24 (1)
2008 Hapoel Kfar Saba 15 (0)
2008–2011 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 77 (18)
2011–2013 Wisła Kraków 46 (6)
2013–2014 Valenciennes 52 (4)
2014– Hapoel Be'er Sheva 46 (7)
International career
2002–2003 Israel U-19 8 (1)
2003–2007 Israel U-21 15 (2)
2010– Israel 18 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:41, 10 January 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 July 2015

Maor Melikson (Hebrew: מאור מליקסון‎; born 30 October 1984 in Yavne) is an Israeli footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hapoel Be'er Sheva and the Israel national football team.

Club career

Israel

Melikson started in the youth department of Maccabi Yavne. During the 2001–02 season, he made his senior debut in Liga Alef in a match against Ironi Ramat HaSharon.[1] At the end of that season Maccabi Yavne were relegated to Liga Bet, and Melikson moved to Beitar Jerusalem. At the end of 2005–06 season after not reaching a financial settlement with Beitar,[2][3] Melikson decided to join Ligat ha'Al champions, Maccabi Haifa on a three-year contract.[4] During the 2007–08 season, Maccabi Haifa sold Melikson to Hapoel Kfar Saba.[5] After just six months which included a relegation to Liga Leumit, he signed in June 2008 a five-year contract with Hapoel Be'er Sheva,[6] and later was appointed as the team captain.[7]

Wisła Kraków

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Melikson with Wisła Kraków

On 31 January 2011, Melikson joined Polish Ekstraklasa side Wisła Kraków on a four-and-a-half-year deal for an undisclosed fee from Hapoel Be'er Sheva.[8] He won the Ekstraklasa championship in his debut season. He was also named the Ekstraklasa Revelation of the Season, even though he only played for one half of the season.[9] On 27 July, Melikson scored his first goal in European Cups in the first leg of a UEFA Champions League third qualifying round match against Litex Lovech, giving a vital 2–1 win to Wisła. Melikson scored again twice in the second leg and helped Wisła secure qualification for the play-off round, where they eventually lost to APOEL. He picked up an injury in September's league match against Ruch Chorzów, which ruled him out of play until December.[10] Melikson returned to play the last two UEFA Europa League group stage matches and helped his team to qualify for the round of 32. He was chosen the biggest discovery of Ekstraklasa by other players in Polish Footballers' Association voting, as well as named to the Ekstraklasa Best XI in 2011.[11]

Valenciennes

On 15 January 2013, Melikson joined Ligue 1 club Valenciennes on a two-and-a-half-year deal for an undisclosed fee from Wisła Kraków. He made his debut on 25 January in a 0–2 loss against Lyon, coming on as a substitute in the second half.

International career

Melikson played in Israel national under-21 football team for several years, and helped the team qualify for the 2007 UEFA Under-21 Championship, but missed out on the final tournament due to injury.[12]

He made his debut for the Israeli senior national team in a friendly match against Uruguay on 26 May 2010.[13] On 10 August 2011, in his second appearance for the national side Melikson scored two goals for Israel in the 3–4 loss against Côte d'Ivoire.

On 20 September 2011, the Polish Football Association chairman Grzegorz Lato revealed that Melikson in a conversation with him expressed his desire to play for the Poland national football team.[14] Melikson is eligible to play for Poland based on a FIFA ruling allowing players to switch their national teams if the player had not yet played in an official FIFA competitive match with the senior team despite having played at the youth level. The next day, Israel Football Association issued a statement that Melikson is a member of Israel national football team and he is called for the upcoming match against Malta in the last fixture of the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying phase.[15] Melikson, however, refrained from making any comment for the Polish media, but Wisła Kraków manager Robert Maaskant confirmed his intentions to switch to Poland national team.[16] Later Melikson said to Israeli media that he chose to play for Poland, but subsequently on 22 September declared that he has decided not to play for either national side for the time being.[17] In January 2012 Melikson met with the new coach of Israel national team, Eli Guttman, and declared his desire to continue playing for Israel.[18]

In his first appearance in 2012, Melikson assisted Ben Sahar's goals in a 2–3 home loss to Ukraine in a friendly match.[19]

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 10 August 2011 Stade de Genève, Geneva  Ivory Coast 2–3 3–4 Friendly
2. 3–4
3. 12 October 2012 Stade Josy Barthel, City of Luxembourg  Luxembourg 0–4 0–6 2014 World Cup qualifying

Personal life

Melikson was born in Yavne, Israel, to a Jewish family. His mother was born in Legnica, Poland, and made Aliyah to Israel as a child.[20] Melikson holds both Israeli and Polish citizenship.[21]

Club career statistics

(correct as of July 2015)
Club Season League League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Beitar Jerusalem 2002–03 Premier League 27 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 32 3
Beitar Jerusalem 2003–04 26 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 33 2
Beitar Jerusalem 2004–05 29 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 36 2
Beitar Jerusalem 2005–06 29 2 7 1 0 0 3 0 39 3
Maccabi Haifa 2006–07 18 1 0 0 6 0 9 0 33 1
Maccabi Haifa 2007–08 6 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 15 1
Hapoel Kfar Saba 2007–08 15 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 18 2
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2008–09 Second League 28 5 1 0 10 3 0 0 49 11
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2009–10 Premier League 30 9 2 2 4 2 0 0 41 13
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2010–11 19 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 23 4
Wisła Kraków 2010–11 Ekstraklasa 15 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 4
Wisła Kraków 2011–12 18 1 3 1 0 0 11 3 32 5
Wisła Kraków 2012–13 13 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 15 1
Valenciennes 2012–13 Ligue 1 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 2
Valenciennes 2013–14 36 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 2
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2014–15 Premier League 30 2 6 2 1 0 0 0 37 4
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2015–16 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
Career 355 39 45 9 34 6 26 3 474 60

Personal Achievements

  • Ekstraklasa Revelation of the Season: 2010–11
  • The biggest discovery of Ekstraklasa: 2011
  • Ekstraklasa Best XI: 2011, 2012

Honours

Club

Hapoel Beer Sheva
Wisła Kraków

References

  1. מאור מליקסון
  2. בית"ר ירושלים שיחררה את מאור מליקסון
  3. בית"ר ירושלים: גאידמק שוחח שוב עם גרנט
  4. מאור מליקסון סיכם לשלוש שנים במכבי חיפה
  5. מאור מליקסון נמכר להפועל כפ"ס
  6. מליקסון חתם בהפועל באר שבע
  7. הפועל ב"ש: אילוז ימשיך, מליקסון מונה
  8. Maor Melikson zawodnikiem Wisły! 31 January 2011, wisla.krakow.pl
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