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Mordechai "Moti" Haim is a former Israeli footballer, musician and actor who played for Maccabi Jaffa and Maccabee Los Angeles.[2]

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Mordechai Haim

Personal information
Full name	Mordechai "Moti" Haim
Date of birth	1954 (age 67–68)
Place of birth	Israel
Youth career
	Maccabi Jaffa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Maccabi Jaffa
	Maccabi Los Angeles[1]
–	Maccabi Jaffa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

Haim was born in 1954. He grew up on Jerusalem Boulevard in Jaffa, Israel. He started playing for Maccabi Jaffa's youth team at the age of 10.[3]

Career

Haim started playing for Maccabi Jaffa's senior team and became a regular player. Highlights of his career include playing in the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1977.[3]

He completed military service with the Israel Defense Forces, where he was a drummer in an IDF band. He later joined the famous 'Tzadikov Choir' as a drummer, performing alongside Oshik Levi.[3] After this, Haim moved to Maccabee Los Angeles, which was at that time a semi-professional team. After two years in LA, he returned to Israel and again played for Maccabi Jaffa.[3]

Haim relocated to the United States permanently in 1980.[4]

Haim was a member of a band, Rockinhaim, with his wife Donna and their three children. The couple later went into real estate together in Los Angeles.[5]

In 2021, he made his acting debut in Paul Thomas Anderson's Licorice Pizza, where he played the father of Alana, played by his own daughter Alana Haim.[6]

Honours

• Israeli Premier League - Runner-up: 1976-1977

Filmography

Title	Year	Role
Licorice Pizza	2021	Moti

Personal life

He is the father of Este Haim (b. 1986), Danielle Haim (b. 1989), and Alana Haim (b. 1991), who went on to form the Los Angeles-based pop rock band Haim.[7] His maternal family is of Bulgarian-Jewish descent.[8]

References

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