Uri Weinberg and Asher Almani, one of the key figures of Haifa football for generations, will be commemorated in the streets of Haifa after the request of the former council member, attorney Miriam Parkash, was approved..
Attorney Miriam Parkash, served as a member of the city council for 10 years, when in the last few days the request she submitted was approved to commemorate the late Almani Weinberg in the streets of Haifa, in the Naot Peres neighborhood near the Sami Ofer Stadium.
Perkash said about the late Almani:
"Almani deserves to be commemorated in the city of Haifa, in light of his being an outstanding former player of the football club - Maccabi Haifa, and also for being an educator, most professionally, for over 20 years, in the youth department of the football club - Maccabi Haifa.
About Weinberg she said:
The late Uri Weinberg was a former player of Hapoel Haifa, and the symbol of the team. He was ranked among the 11 "elite players" of the Hapoel Haifa football club in the position of brakeman, in the festive sports issue of "Yediot Ahronoth" in 1998, in which the selected players of all the clubs were ranked, In the jubilee year for the State of Israel, Weinberg was characterized, also as a football coach, by his concern for his players.
Both of Parkash's proposals were approved, as mentioned, and the location was also approved, where the late Almani and the late Uri Weinberg will be commemorated in Haifa, on a street that will be in the Peres neighborhood, near the Sami Ofer Stadium in the city.
Attorney Miriam Parkash, who served as a member of the city council for 10 years, during the time of the mayor of Haifa, Maj. Gen. Amram Metzna, and was also a member of the municipal sports committee of the municipality of Haifa, submitted to the municipal naming committee these requests for the commemoration of the two Haifa football greats.
About Asher Almani the late Farkash wrote in her proposal:
"Asher Alamani was an Israeli footballer, one of the greatest Maccabi Haifa players of all time, who played as a left midfielder in the 50s and 60s in Maccabi Haifa. (April 13, 1935 – February 10, 2018)
Almani joined the senior team of the Maccabi Haifa football club in 1951, when he was 16 years old, under coach Eli Fox, and played for 16 seasons in the Maccabi Haifa team.
In 1957, he was invited to the national team of the Israeli national team for the 5-4 loss to the French national team. Almani made a total of 3 appearances in the Israel national team uniform.
Almani was a participant in the first victory of the Maccabi Haifa football club, in a game in the State Cup in 1962, and even scored two goals in a 2-5 victory, in the final match against Maccabi Tel Aviv, which took place in the football stadium in Jerusalem. Almani retired in 1968 after appearing 266 times in the league games including Scored 38 goals, and 41 times in the State Cup, in which he scored 12 goals.
Alamani is also fondly remembered for his decency (Almani was not sent off or cautioned during his entire career).
In addition, Almani has been an artist for over 20 years in the youth department of the Maccabi Haifa football club Maccabi Haifa. Almani concentrated on the children's teams of the Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa football club and looked for talents and contributed throughout the time from his extensive knowledge. Many of the past and present Maccabi Haifa stars played under his guidance as a coach.
On February 10, 2018, Asher Almani, former player of the Maccabi Haifa football club, passed away at the age of 82, after a battle with illness. Asher Almani is considered one of the greatest players who played in the decorated football club - Maccabi Haifa."
Farkash wrote about the late Uri Weinberg:
Weinberg was born in 1937 and started playing soccer at the age of 13 in the Hapoel Hadera boys team. Upon graduation, he enlisted in the IDF and served in the Nahal between 1955-1958; He played as part of the IDF football championship in the Nahal team, and won the Chief of Staff Championship. After his release from the IDF, in 1958, he returned to Hadera and married Neely. (Former Haifa Municipality employee).
In 1959, Weinberg's player card was purchased by Hapoel Jerusalem, and the family moved to Jerusalem. After a short period, the player-coach Zlatko Tchaikovsky from the Hapoel Haifa team suggested that he move to play in its ranks.
In 1960, the family moved to live in Haifa, and at the same time as his acting career, Weinberg worked at the Haifa Port, for about 20 years, until the early 80s. Weinberg played in the Hapoel Haifa football team in 1959-1965. During this period, the club progressed from its position at the bottom of the top league ranking, and became a team with young talents that finished most football seasons in the upper part of the ranking table. Weinberg played in this period in the position of the brakeman, and during his game he was often injured; One of his hallmarks was a blood-soaked white bandage around his head. In the Haifa derby game in 1962, Weinberg was taken to the hospital after injuring his head at the beginning of the game (at a time when there were still no player exchanges during the game). Weinberg refused to receive medical treatment for his head, returned from the hospital to play in the second half of the game, and only at the end did he return to the hospital for further treatment.
In 1963, with his team Hapoel Haifa, he won the State Cup for the first time, after winning the final match against Maccabi Haifa. In the cup final the following year, Weinberg wore the captain's armband in one of the final matches between his team and Maccabi Tel Aviv.
In 1961, Weinberg was called for the first time to a game of the Israeli national team, by coach Giola Mendi. He played in this framework twice: in 1961 at the Ramat Gan stadium against the Ethiopian national team during the World Championship qualifiers, and in 1962 in a friendly match against the Turkish national team in Ramat Gan. In 1966, after a period of difficulties in his relationship with the coach of Hapoel Haifa, Weinberg tried to move to Maccabi Haifa, and began to join their training. However, during this period it was often not possible to move between two local teams, due to opposition from the sports centers. Following this, Weinberg began studying in a coaching course, one of the first in Israel, and started a coaching career.
Weinberg coached many teams, including Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel Haifa (2 seasons), Hapoel Ramat Gan, Hakah Ramat Gan, Hapoel Acre, Hapoel Kiryat Shmona (3 seasons), Hapoel Nazareth Illit, Hapoel Lod, Hapoel Tiberias, Hapoel Karmiel, Beit" R. Haifa, Hapoel Rishon Lezion, Hapoel Bnei Tamra and Hapoel Dalit El-Karmel. For many years, Weinberg was a senior member of the management of the Israeli Coaches Association.
Career achievements:
as an actor - The IDF Championship in the uniform of the Nahal team (1957), two appearances in the uniform of the Israel national soccer team (1961-1962) winning the State Cup in soccer with Hapoel Haifa (1963), participating in the final of the State Cup with Hapoel Haifa as captain (1964)
as a coach - Winning the IDF Championship as coach of the Northern Command team (together with Johnny Hardy), two promotion to the top league as coach of Hapoel Hadera (1970, 1973), promotion with Maccabi Haifa to the top league (1975), promotion to the league with Hapoel Karmiel (A League) ) and Beitar Haifa (1995nd League) after retiring from coaching, between the years 2005-XNUMX he was engaged in writing weekly columns in the local sports sections: "Kel Ha'emek and Galil" and "Yediot HaGalil".
Weinberg died on March 6, 2012. He left behind two children and grandchildren.
Without disrespecting the late actor Asher Elmani and my dear friend Uri Weinberg, whom I knew personally, my opinion is that a big mistake was the decision made about a street named after them, because I think that Miriam Parkash made a bitter mistake and thereby also caused bad taste by completely eliminating the names of The great players of Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Haifa, and such were not missing such as Danny Rom (Shmilo), the Bolus brothers, Ginzburg and more....
I would suggest raising one square in the name of the Maccabi Haifa players, and another square in the name of the Hapoel Haifa players.
And so they will remember and be seen for all to see!!!
Crazy choices. We all have acquaintances who have excelled in their professional work. From here to having a street named after them? The road is far.
On the other hand, there is no shortage of people who are role models who left a significant mark in their actions and contributions for society, science, Zionism and our lives here.
Who decided to name her a street? She lived her whole life in the center of Tel Aviv. She doesn't sing at all about Haifa, very strange. The truth is I don't remember the last two chosen. I'm a Maccabi Haifa fan. And I don't remember Almani. As for Nuenberger, he is not remembered at all and I read that he did not always coach in Haifa, therefore he is the one. It is possible to give to teachers who are valued in schools and lecturers who took care of special youth. or chairman of an association for disabled youth. Enough to give all these. People who donated to Maihaifa
Uri Weinberg played in Hadera as a stopper and was from his name a strong player who cannot be surpassed.
His brother Gadi studied with my sister Naomi
And his younger brother Pini Weinberg, a famous architect in Haifa, was a classmate of mine in Ellozorov in Hadera.
Uri's memory will be forever
Dan Shahar (Danny)
Neve Haim Hadera
Commemorating the dead by naming a street after them is a topic worthy of discussion. But why was the infamous singer Yehoram Gaon immortalized? Maybe because his wife in the past was a prostitute?
Daniel Rom, Johnny Hardy and more were also commemorated.
Football-yes, but naming a street after Prof. Franz Ollendorff, a resident of the city, founder of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and an amazing teacher in Basmat-no. Shame on Haifa.
in brief:
Not poets, not engineers, not doctors, not professors, not Olympic athletes or businessmen who employed hundreds of people in the factories that were established here.
Let's just share streets with a singer who was born in Haifa and never even sang a single song about her in her entire career,
And for a soccer player who was team captain here for several years...
Wow Farkash.
This populism.
Who decided to name her a street? She lived her whole life in the center of Tel Aviv. She doesn't sing at all about Haifa, very strange. The truth is I don't remember the last two chosen. I'm a Maccabi Haifa fan. And I don't remember Almani. As for Nuenberger, he is not remembered at all and I read that he did not always coach in Haifa, therefore he is the one. It is possible to give to teachers who are valued in schools and lecturers who took care of special youth. or chairman of an association for disabled youth. Enough to give all these. People who donated to Maihaifa