History in Short
Noam Shoham grew up through the ranks of the Maccabi Tel Aviv Youth Department and helped capture both a Youth League Championship and State Cup. First Team Head Coach Giora Spiegel brought him into the top club in December of 1987 and he made his debut against Beitar Jerusalem. After three seasons where he couldn’t crack the Starting XI he was loaned out to Maccabi Ramat Amidar and Hapoel Ashkelon but came back in time for the 1991/92 league title.

Over the course of seven seasons, the defensive midfielder was an important part of the great Yellow & Blue Team of the mid-90’s and took home plenty of titles during that time. Shoham was a dynamic part of the midfield, stealing balls, pressing and also had a wonderful long range shot. Although he was a central part of Maccabi, he only featured once for the Israel National Team when he made his only appearance against Cyprus in 1992.

Trophies, Awards & Honors
Championships: 1991/92, 1994/95, 1995/96
State Cups: 1993/94, 1995/96
Toto Cup: 1992/93

Top moment
As a defensive midfielder, Shoham didn’t have the opportunity to score many goals but when he did find the back of the goal, he did so in style. One of those moments came in the 1995/96 Double Season when there was a free kick against Beitar Tel Aviv. Avi Nimni decided not to take the kick but hand the ball off to his teammate, who did the following, WATCH: