Yosef Merimovich

Yosef "Yosale" Merimovich (Hebrew: יוסף "יוס'לה" מרימוביץ'; 24 July 1924 – 5 May 2011) was a football player and manager.

A one-club man, he played as a forward for Maccabi Tel Aviv between 1947 and 1958, winning six championships and six cups.

[2] He spent his entire playing career with Maccabi Tel Aviv, winning six championships and six cups between 1947 and 1958.

[2] In 1982, he became Israel national team coach for a second time, leaving after the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.

[2] It was upon Merimovich's suggestion in 1942 that yellow was added to Maccabi Tel Aviv's existing club colours of blue and white, "as a sign of identification with the Jews of Europe".