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חיים גולדשטיין החל את דרכו בקבוצת בת של מכבי תל-אביב בשם “התחיה”, ואחר כך שיחק גם בנוער של מכבי.לאחר שנתיים בהן שיחק במכבי נתניה 1946-1944, חזר לאגודת האם, מכבי תל-אביב, לקבוצת המילואים בה שיחק כקיצוני שמאלי. גולדשטיין השתתף במלחמת העצמאות בה גם נפל כשלחם בחזית הדרום ב-31.8.1948.
תמונתו נכללת בין עשרת הנופלים, חברי מכבי, שעל שמם, נערכו לאחר קום המדינה, תחרויות “גביע העשרה”.
לאחר קום המדינה, הוקמה קבוצת ילדים הקרויה על שמו: מכבי “חיים”. אחיו הוא יוסף גולדשטיין, שחקן מכבי תל-אביב ונבחרת ישראל.

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Matan Hozez is a product of the Maccabi Tel Aviv Youth Department who returned to Maccabi Tel Aviv’s senior squad for the 2019/20 season after a six months loan-spell at Hapoel Haifa. Hozez, who spent the 2015/16 season on loan with second  division side Beitar Tel Aviv / Ramle, made his senior debut at Maccabi in a Toto Cup match against Maccabi Petah Tikva on July 31st 2016. The winger gained further experience whilst on loan with Hapoel Ashkelon, Bnei Yehuda and Hapoel Haifa  before returning to Maccabi ahead of the 2019/20 season.

Yossele Goldstein was introduced to football by his brother Haim (who lent his name to the team Maccabi “Haim”), who lost his life in the War of Independence. Yossele’s career at Maccabi Tel Aviv started at the team Maccabi “Matatahu”, a non-league team, followed in 1946-1947 by a stretch as a central striker at Maccabi “Avraham”. He was only 15 years old when he participated in his first training with Maccabi’s senior squad and in October 1949 he made his first official appearance in a 3-0 win in a derby against Hapoel Tel Aviv.

As time passed he began to impress in his role as a quick left-sided midfielder and captured a fixed spot on the club’s starting eleven in what would become to be known as Maccabi’s “Golden Age”. Goldstein was part of the brilliant attacking “quintet”, along with Yossele Merimovitch, Shaya Glazer, Eli Fuchs and Tzvi Studinsky, that led the Maccabi team of those days to so many titles and a whole host of incomparable memories. When Maccabi Israel went off to England in 1954, Goldstein stayed with teammate Merimovitch to play on the Jewish amateur side “Wingate” and they were both also selected to play in the national team of London.
In 1955 Golstein caused general bewilderment when he moved to the Johannesburg outfit “Rangers” in South Africa to become the first half-professional footballer in Israel. He stayed in South Africa until 1957, when he returned to Israel for another term at Maccabi Tel Aviv and in his first season back he was already celebrating a league and Cup double. The contribution of this talented left-sided winger was palpable throughout a whole season that ended without the club suffering even one loss. He continued to play for Maccabi until the end of the 1961/62 season, enjoying an impressive harvest of titles: four league championships (’49/’50, ’51/’52, ’53/’54, ’57/’58) and three prestigious State Cups (’53/’54, ’57/’58, ’58/’59).

Even when living outside of Israel he never abandoned Maccabi and never secluded himself. Throughout the years he coached many different football teams and finished his career at Maccabi in the years between 1987 and 1990 as coach of the children’s team “Moshe” and of two other youth teams. Goldstein made 25 appearances for his country and scored one goal in an international friendly against Poland.

photographs courtesy of the Israel Football Association archives

The Dutchman joined Maccabi in the summer of 2016, arriving from Kairat Almaty of Kazakhstan.

After retiring in 1996 from a playing a career at Sparta Rotterdam and Helmond, Van Leeuwen began working at Feyenoord’s Youth Department as a coach of the Academy teams for 10 years during which he was also the Head Coach of the Feyenoord China projects as well as Head of Youth Scouting for the Feyenoord Academy.

Van Leeuwen spent seven years as Shaktar Donetsk Head of Youth Department before being appointed in March 2013 as Sports Director at Kairat Almaty of Kazakhstan

Under Van Leeuwen’s guidance, Almaty finished in 3rd place twice, qualified to the Europa League once, finished in the runners-up spot last season and won the Kazakhstan Cup in the last two years.

The 31-year old Argentinean midfielder joined Maccabi at the beginning of the 2016/17 season on a free transfer from his previous club Kasimpasa of Turkey.

Scarione began his youth career at Boca Juniors and at the age of 19 he moved to Deportivo Cuenca in Ecuador where he won the domestic league championship. Following two seasons with the “Fighting Bull” the Argentinean began his European career signing with Swiss outfit FC Thun. Besides spending one season on loan with FC Lucerne, the midfielder recorded five years with the club where he saw the team to promotion in his final campaign with FC Thun. He then moved on to FC St. Gallen, also located in Switzerland.

St. Gallen was relegated and promoted during Scarione’s time with the club and he scored 15 goals helping his side go back up to the top division. In total, the Argentinean scored 42 goals in 88 appearances good enough to catch the eyes of many scouts which led him to his next stop in Turkey with Kasimpasa where he played under the tutelage of Shota Arveladze.

In his three years with the Apaches, Scarione scored 40 league goals in 94 matches before joining Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Ezequiel Oscar Scarione joined Maccabi Tel Aviv FC as the 31-year-old Argentine midfielder signed for the club on a free transfer from Turkish outfit Kasimpasa.

Scarione, who successfully underwent a medical today, began his playing career at Boca Juniors youth academy scored 40 league goals in 94 appearances for Kasimpasa where he spent the last three seasons.

In 2011 the attacking midfielder (179cm), moved to St Gallen and scored 42 league goals in 88 league appearances before switching to Turkey.