Ronny Rosenthal
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Ronny Rosenthal | |
| Date of birth | October 4, 1963 | |
| Place of birth | Haifa, Israel | |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Youth career | ||
| Maccabi Haifa | ||
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1979–1986 1986–1988 1988–1990 1989 1990 1990 1990–1994 1994–1997 1997–1999 |
Maccabi Haifa Club Brugge Standard Liège → Udinese (loan) → Luton Town (loan) → Liverpool (loan) Liverpool Tottenham Hotspur Watford |
138 (38) 43 (5) 54 (24) ? ? 0 (0) 8 (7) 66 (14) 88 (4) 30 (8) |
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| 1983-1996 | Israel | 60 (11) |
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Ronny Rosenthal (Hebrew: רוני רוזנטל, born October 4, 1963, in Haifa) nickname Rocket Ronny is an Israeli former footballer.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Playing career
Rosenthal was born and raised in Haifa, Israel. He joined the youth team of Maccabi Haifa when he was 11. At the age of 16, he was promoted to the senior squad and scored twice after coming on as a substitute.
In 1982 English coach Jack Mansell tried release Rosenthal on a free transfer. He assumed that "he will never be a player" and that he was the weakest link of the team.[citation needed] However club president Yochanan Vollach believed in Rosenthal's potential and intervened, stating he would not let him go for any price.[citation needed]
Shlomo Sharf was hired as the manager for the 1983-84 season. Sharf made Rosenthal part of a three-man strikeforce in a team that won two consecutive league championships. In total Rosenthal scored 38 goals for Haifa.
Rosenthal moved to Club Brugge of Belgium at the end of the 1985-86 season, for a transfer fee of $275,000. During the 1987-88 season he was part of the Brugge team thay won the Belgian League and reached the UEFA Cup semi-finals.
In 1988 Rosenthal moved to Standard Liège as part of an exchange deal. Whilst at Liège, he was loaned out to Italian side Udinese and then in the midst of the 1989-90 season he was allowed to go on trial at English side Luton Town. Whilst he was there he was spotted by Liverpool who signed him on loan, from 22 March until the end of the season.
Rosenthal made his debut as a 70th minute sub on 31 March 1990 in a 3-2 league win over Southampton at Anfield. On 11 April he scored a hat-trick on his full debut in 4-0 win against Charlton Athletic at Selhurst Park. Liverpool went on to win the First Division championship that season, with Rosenthal scoring 7 goals in the final 8 matches.
On 29 June 1990 Rosenthal was signed permanently by Liverpool for a fee of £1.1m. He never made the same impact at the club, mainly making appearances from the bench. He was the club's top reserve team goalscorer during the 1990-91 season with 18 goals in 25 appearances.[citation needed] One of his most famous moments while at Liverpool came in September 1992 in a game against Aston Villa, he hit the crossbar of an open goal from close range under no pressure.[1] Rosenthal played 97 times for the club, scoring 22 goals and was placed at No.76 in the poll 100 Players Who Shook The Kop.
Rosenthal moved to Tottenham Hotspur on 26 January 1994, for a fee of £250k. He made his Spurs debut on 29 January 1994 in a 3-0 FA Cup defeat to Ipswich Town at Portman Road. On 5 February he scored on his league debut, a twenty-yard header in a 3-1 home defeat to Sheffield Wednesday. During the 1994-95 season Rosenthal was instrumental in a 6-2 victory away at Southampton in a FA Cup 5th round replay. They were losing 2-0 at half-time, and Rosenthal scored a hat-trick. He made 100 appearances for Spurs, scoring 11 goals.
On the 10 August 1997 Rosenthal signed for Watford on a free transfer. He helped Watford win the Second Division championship, scoring the goal of the season against Blackpool.[2] He suffered from injuries in the 1998-99 season, playing only 5 matches. He retired at the end of the season, after making 39 appearances for Watford, scoring 11 goals. In total he scored 85 goals in European football.[citation needed]
[edit] International career
Rosenthal has 61 caps for Israel, 41 starting and scoring 11 goals. He was selected for the junior side after making his Maccabi Haifa debut, and made his full debut whilst still at the club.
During his international career he was involved in the match versus France in 1993, which stopped France qualifying for the 1994 World Cup. Israel won 3-2 in Paris, with Rosenthal assisting all 3 goals. His individual goal against Azerbaijan in 1996, taking the ball from the Israeli penalty area, was voted as "Millennium Goal" by the Israeli public.[citation needed]
[edit] Post-playing career
Rosenthal works as a "football consultant" and he and his family live in England. He married a woman from Belgium, Nancy, and their two sons, Dean and Tom, were born in England. One of his sons is a midfielder and is enrolled with former club Watford's Academy.[3]
[edit] Honours
- Israeli Premier Division: Champions, 1983-84 and 1984-85 with Maccabi Haifa
- Belgian Premier Division: Champions, 1987-88 with Club Brugge
- Football League First Division: Champions, 1989-90 with Liverpool
- Football League Second Division: Champions, 1997-98 with Watford
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Ronny Rosenthal UK career stats at Soccerbase
- Ronny Rosenthal's page on Official Liverpool F.C. web site
- Ronny Rosenthal's index at Sporting-heroes.net
- LFChistory.net player profile
