Shaul Matania

Shaul Matania (8 March 1937 – 20 July 2017) was an Israeli footballer who played in defender positions.

[1] Matania started his football career in 1949, at the age of 12, when he joined the boys' team of Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Mantania's great stunt as a Tel Aviv defender in the Haifa Municipal Stadium was eventually to no avail, as Petah Tikva won 2–0 in the replay of the semifinals.

[4] His debut was on 11 July 1956, in Moscow, in the pre-Olympic tournament against the Soviet Union national football team.

In 1971, Matania quit his player career and became the manager of Hapoel Giv'at Shmuel.