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Ronny Rosenthal (sometimes spelled Ronnie/Roni
Rosenthal) (Hebrew alphabet|Hebrew:
רוני
רוזנטל, born
October 11, 1963, in Haifa) was famous Israeli
football (soccer)|footballer.

== Career ==
Born and raised in Haifa, Israel, he soon joined
the local club, Maccabi Haifa F.C.. He started
playing at the age of 11, in the junior team. At
the age of 16 he was promoted to the senior squad
for a match, as a substitute, and took the
opportunity with both legs, scoring 2 goals. After
that showing he remained in the senior squad. At
that time he was also selected to the junior
national team.

When Shlomo Sherf was hired as the manager, it was
the season of 1983/84. Ronny Rosenthal led the
team as one of its three strikers, winning 2
consecutive league championships, before taking
off to Europe. At that time he was also selected
for the Israel national football team|Israeli
national team.

Rosenthal moved to the Belgium side Club Brugge at
the end of the 1985/86 season, for a transfer fee
of $275K. A couple of years later he moved to
Standard Liege in a trade. In the midst of the
1989/90 season he was loaned out to the English
side Luton Town F.C.|Luton Town, where he was
spotted by Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool which loaned
him for the rest of the season. He quickly made an
impact at Liverpool that season, assisting the
club in winning the premier league championship of
1990, with 7 goals in his 8 matches. Immediately
after that Liverpool bought him for a fee of
£1.1m. Ronny Rosenthal was the club's top reserve
team goalscorer during the 1990/91 season with 18
goals in 25 appearances. At that time he earned
his nickname Rocket Ronny. He stayed in Liverpool
for 4 additional seasons, until moving to
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur in
January 1994, for a fee of £250k.

He was a Tottenham player starting the season
1993/94, for 4 full seasons and scored a number of
important goals including a hat-trick in a game at
Southampton.

After the 1997/98 season, he was transferred to
Watford F.C.|Watford in a free transfer. Rocket
Ronny helped promote Watford from Division 1 to
the Premier League. He suffered from injuries,
particularly in the 1998/99 season, in which he
played only 5 matches. After which, he decided to
retire, at the age of 36.

== Clubs ==
* Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa (Israel)
(1983-1986)
* Club Brugge (Belgium) (1986-1988)
* Standard Liege (Belgium) (1988-1990)
* Luton Town F.C.|Luton Town (England) (1990)
* Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool (England) (1990-1994)
* Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur
(England) (1994-1997)
* Watford F.C.|Watford (England) (1997-1999)

== Milestones ==
* 2 Israeli Premier division championships,
1983/1984 & 1984/1985 with Maccabi Haifa.
* Belgian premier division championship, 1987/1988
with Club Brugge.
* English Premier League championship, 1989/1990
with Liverpool.

== Career highlights ==
* Overall 38 goals for Maccabi Haifa.
* Overall 85 goals for European clubs.
* 11 international goals for the Israel National
Football Team.
* Israel National Team: 60 international caps (41
full caps).
* Reaching UEFA Cup quarter-finals with Club
Brugge in 1987/1988.
* Rosenthal's first appearance for Liverpool - 4:0
vs. Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic with
a personal hat-trick.
* France national football team|France vs. Israel
in Paris (1993) - Israel wins away 3:2 with Ronny
Rosenthal assisting all 3 goals.
* On his first appearance for Tottenham, Rosenthal
scored with a stunning 20-meter header against
Sheffield Wednesday.
* FA Cup quarter-finals, Southampton
F.C.|Southampton vs. Tottenham (1994/1995).
Transforming a 2 goals behind on half-time to 6:2
in favor of Tottenham (hat-trick).
* Azerbaijan national football team|Azerbaijan vs.
Israel (1996). A spectacular personal goal, taking
the ball from inside the Israeli penalty box,
dribbling alone all the way, past the keeper, into
then net. Israelis selected this as their
"Millennium Goal".
* Watford vs Blackpool - 1997/98. Another
brilliant personal goal, passing through the whole
defence to score.

== Personal data ==
* Nationality: Israel.
* Date of birth: October 11, 1963.
* Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
* Weight: 132 lb (60 kg)
* Personal status: Married with 2 children.
* Matches played for the national team (caps): 60.
* International goals in the national team: 11.
* Current occupation: Footballers Agent

== External links ==
http://mhaifa.nana.co.il/Reports/showplayer.asp?pl
ayerID=355 Ronny Rosenthal's page on Maccabi-Haifa
F.C website (Hebrew)

http://www.spurs.co.uk/display.asp?lid=203&article
=59504 Ronny Rosenthal's page on Tottenham Hotspur
F.C website

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/past_players/player
s/rosenthal/ Ronny Rosenthal's page on Liverpool
F.C TV site