Mordechai (Moti) Aroesti ( Hebrew מוטי ארואסטי ; born August 11, 1954 ) is an Israeli basketball player , basketball coach and businessman. The player of the Israeli team ( 1979 European vice-champion ) and Maccabi (Tel Aviv) , which included won 15 Israeli championships , 11 Israeli Cups and two European Champions Cups .
| Moti Aroesti | |
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 Moti Aroesti (right) at the 1983 Israel Championship Finals | |
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| Position | point guard |
| Height | 187 cm |
| Citizenship |  Israel |
| Date of Birth | August 11, 1954 (aged 65) |
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Biography
Moti Aroesti played in the youth teams of the Maccabi club (Tel Aviv) from the age of 15. In 1972, as part of the Israeli team, led by Ralph Klein , Aroesti took fourth place in the European Youth Championship [1] , and at the age of 20, in 1973, he joined the main team of Tel Aviv-based Maccabi. He spent the next 15 seasons at Maccabi, annually winning the Israeli Championship with the team. On his account during this time there were also 11 victories in the Israel Cup [2] . For many years, as a point guard, Aroesti played the role of “second number” in a duet with Mika Berkovich , known among fans as “Miki-Moti” [3] . Together they achieved the highest successes in the history of Israeli basketball in the international arena:
- first ever Israeli basketball victory in European Cup in 1976-77 season
- the only silver medal in the history of the 1979 national championship
- and second in four years of the title in the European Cup in the season 1980-81
Aroesti spent a total of 84 games in the Israeli team, gaining 376 points during this time. In the European Cup as part of Maccabi, he played 206 matches, gaining 873 points. His farewell game as part of the national team took place in 1987 in a friendly match with the current European champions - the Greek national team [4] . In 1988, Aroesti announced the end of his playing career, taking the position of assistant coach for a while in Tel Aviv-based Maccabi, but in the 1990–91 season he returned to parquet as part of the Maccabi club (Rishon-le-Zion) , where Berkovich also played by this time [4] . Together, Miki-Moti led the team to the final of the playoffs of the Israeli championship, losing only four matches in the regular season and winning the Tel Aviv Hapoel’s dry victory in the semifinal series with up to three wins [5] . Only in the final, the Rishon Lezion club lost to Tel Aviv Maccabi with a total score of 3: 1. In total, over 16 seasons of the Israeli Championship Aroesti scored 2149 points [6] .
Later, Aroesti worked for some time as a coach at Maccabi (South Tel Aviv), a subsidiary of his home club, Maccabi (Rehovot) and Maccabi (Givat Shmuel) . In the latter, he worked in the 1995–96 season as a professional manager (the administrator directly leading the team), and at the end of the season, the team, taking second place in the second division, entered the National League for the first time in its history (now the Israeli Super League ) [4] [7] . Aroesti later went into business by opening a sporting goods and clothing store. He also plays in the Israeli veteran team (which, in particular, played in the basketball tournament of the XIX Maccabian Games [8] ), and in 2010 he was elected to the Ethics Commission of the Israeli Basketball Federation [9] .
Notes
- ↑ Ralph Klein on the Israel Prize website (Hebrew)
- ↑ Moti Aroesti in the list of nominees for the Euroleague Hall of Fame (English)
- ↑ Avi Ornan. Miki Berkovich is a legend that was actually (Hebrew) . nrg Maariv (May 8, 2008). Date of treatment July 22, 2014.
Erez Michaeli. From Berkovich to Jamchi (Hebrew) . Walla! (February 5, 2009). Date of treatment July 22, 2014. - ↑ 1 2 3 Profile on the Israeli basketball website Safsal (Hebrew)
- ↑ History of the club (Hebrew) . Maccabi (Rishon Lezion). Date of treatment July 22, 2014.
- ↑ Statistics on the website of the Directorate of the Israeli Premier League (Hebrew)
- ↑ History of BC “Givat-Shmuel” on the website “Safsal” (Hebrew)
- ↑ Shows Maccabiad: Union of Berkovich, Jamchi and Aroesti (Hebrew) . nrg Maariv (June 13, 2013). Date of treatment July 23, 2014.
- ↑ Ehud Kahanim. Aroesti and Drygur as part of the Ethics Commission (Hebrew) . Ynet (February 1, 2010). Date of treatment July 23, 2014.
Links
- Profile on Israeli Safsal basketball website (Hebrew)