Vicky Peretz


Yitzhak "Vicky" Peretz is a former Israeli 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 before signing for Maccabi Tel Aviv. He was Liga Leumit's top scorer with 17 goals in the 1976-77 season in which Maccabi won the title.
In 1980, he left Israel to join French side RC Strasbourg, before moving to Stade Rennais 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

His son, Omer, has followed in his father's footsteps. His brother in law is Avi Cohen, former international footballer, and his nephew is Tamir Cohen.