Yitzhak "Vicky" Peretz is a former Israel

Israel

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i international footballer and currently acts as a manager.

Playing career

Peretz was the leading scorer of the Israel national under-19 football team that competed at the 1972 AFC Youth Championship. His twelve goals gave him the golden boot title of the tournament.

He began his career at Maccabi Ramat Amidar

Maccabi Ramat Amidar F.C.

Maccabi Ramat Amidar was an Israeli football club based in Ramat Gan. The club spent several seasons in the top division in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but in 2005 merged into Hakoah Ramat Gan, which became Hakoah Amidar Maccabi Ramat Gan.-History:...

 before signing for Maccabi Tel Aviv. He was Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit is the second tier in the Israeli football league system below the Premier League.-Structure:There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the lowest-placed team are relegated to Liga Alef while the highest-placed team from Liga Alef are promoted in their place...

's top scorer with 17 goals in the 1976-77 season

Liga Leumit 1976-77

The 1976–77 Liga Leumit season saw Maccabi Tel Aviv win the title, with striker Vicky Peretz ending as the league's top scorer with 17 goals.Three clubs, Hapoel Kfar Saba, Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Petah Tikva, were relegated as the league was reduced to 14 clubs for the following season...

 in which Maccabi won the title.

In 1980 he left Israel to join French side RC Strasbourg

RC Strasbourg

Racing Club de Strasbourg is a French association football club founded in 1906 and professional since 1933, based in the city of Strasbourg, in Alsace...

, before moving to Stade Rennais

Stade Rennais FC

Stade Rennais Football Club is a French association football club based in Rennes. The club was founded in 1901 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the top tier of French football. Rennes plays its home matches at the Stade de la Route de Lorient located within the city...

 two years later. In 1983 he returned to Maccabi Tel Aviv.

During his playing career he won 40 caps for the national team, scoring 14 goals.

In 2006 he was appointed Assistant Manager at Maccabi Tel Aviv, but left the club in 2007.

Honours

• Israeli Premier League (2):
  • 1976–77, 1978–79
• Israel State Cup
  Israel State Cup
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   (1):
  • 1977

Personal life

His son, Omer

Omer Peretz

Omer Peretz is an Israeli footballer who currently plays at Sektzia Nes Tziona in Liga Leumit. His father, Vicky, was also a footballer in Israel as was his uncle, Avi Cohen and his cousin Tamir Cohen.-Footnotes:...

, has followed in his father's footsteps. His brother in law is Avi Cohen

Avi Cohen

Avraham "Avi" Cohen was an Israeli footballer who played as a defender. He was best known for his spell playing for Liverpool in England. After retirement from active football and management, he was the chairman of the Israel Professional Footballers Association for over five years until he was...

, former international footballer, and his nephew is Tamir Cohen

Tamir Cohen

Tamir Cohen is an Israeli football midfielder who plays for Maccabi Haifa. He is the son of the late Maccabi Tel Aviv and Liverpool player Avi Cohen.-Early career:Cohen started his career in Maccabi Tel Aviv's youth team where in 2001–02 he won the double...

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