Ronny Rosenthal
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ronny Rosenthal | ||
| Date of birth | October 11, 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Haifa, Israel | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward/Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1974–1979 | Maccabi Haifa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1986 | Maccabi Haifa | 138 | (38) |
| 1986–1988 | Club Brugge | 43 | (15) |
| 1988–1990 | Standard Liège | 54 | (24) |
| 1990 | → Liverpool (loan) | 8 | (7) |
| 1991–1994 | Liverpool | 66 | (14) |
| 1994–1997 | Tottenham Hotspur | 88 | (4) |
| 1997–1999 | Watford | 30 | (8) |
| Total | 427 | (110) | |
| National team | |||
| 1983–1997 | Israel | 60 | (11) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:26, November 20, 2007 (UTC). |
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Ronny Rosenthal (Hebrew: רוני רוזנטל; born October 4, 1963), nicknamed "Rocket Ronny", is an Israeli former footballer. After starting his career in his birth city with Maccabi Haifa, Rosenthal went on to play in Belgium with Club Brugge and Standard Liège. He moved to Liverpool in 1990 for a fee of £1.1million, becoming the first non-British player to move to an English club for more than £1million. After four years at Liverpool, Rosenthal finished his career with Tottenham Hotspur and Watford. Between 1983 and 1997 he made 60 appearances for the Israel national football team, scoring 11 goals.
Rosenthal was born and raised in Haifa, Israel. He joined the youth team of Maccabi Haifa when he was 11. At the age of 16, he was promoted to the senior squad and scored twice after coming on as a substitute.
In 1982 English coach Jack Mansell tried to release Rosenthal on a free transfer. He assumed that "he will never be a player" and that he was the weakest link of the team. However club president Yochanan Vollach believed in Rosenthal's potential and intervened, stating he would not let him go for any price.
Shlomo Sharf was hired as the manager for the 1983–84 season. Sharf made Rosenthal part of a three-man strikeforce in a team that won two consecutive league championships. In total Rosenthal scored 38 goals for Haifa.
Rosenthal moved to Club Brugge of Belgium at the end of the 1985–86 season, for a transfer fee of $275,000. During the 1987–88 season he was part of the Brugge team they won the Belgian League and reached the UEFA Cup semi-finals.
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