Avi Nimni (Hebrew: אבי נמני; born 26 April 1972) is an Israeli former professional footballer and Maccabi Tel Aviv's highest ever scorer.

[1] Nimni was approximately seven years old when he joined Maccabi Tel Aviv's training facility in Kiryat Shalom.

Whilst at Maccabi Nimni experienced much success becoming one of their most important players during this period.

In 1998, he inherited the Maccabi captaincy when the previous long-serving captain Nir Klinger retired due to injury.

However, Nimni's time at the club was blighted by injury, and he returned to Maccabi after just seven appearances.

They instead signed fellow loanee Giorgi Kinkladze to ensure they had no more than three non-EU first-team players, and Nimni returned to Maccabi.

Sharf, well known for his temper, commented after the second game of the season in Maccabi's 2–2 draw with Hapoel Haifa saying "did you even see Nimni?

The next day Nimni spoke to Channel Five, replying "there is a normal way of saying things, not in a humiliating barbaric way".

Klinger shocked the nation by naming Nimni on the bench, and replaced him with Baruch Dego.

After the 28th fixture, Nimni gave an interview to a radio show claiming, "players told me that, if I played we would have had 15 points more".

During the 30th game of the season Dego broke his ankle with the fixture against Beitar Jerusalem looming.

They had exactly the same points as Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Tel Aviv but had a better goal difference of the three teams.

He issued a statement along the lines that "the dispute between Nimni and Banin is destroying every good part in Maccabi, dividing the team, and causing nothing but anger between the players".

On 25 August 2007, Nimni scored his last goal for the Israeli Premier league on the second fixture versus Maccabi Petah Tikva and became the third all-time scorer.