Erez Mesika

Erez Mesika
ארז מסיקה

Personal information
Date of birth	(1979-12-20) 20 December 1979
Place of birth	Pardes Hanna-Karkur, Israel
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Maccabi Haifa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2000	Maccabi Haifa	0	(0)
2000–2001	Hapoel Tel Aviv	7	(0)
2001–2002	Maccabi Netanya	9	(1)
2002–2003	Hapoel Haifa	23	(1)
2003–2008	Maccabi Tel Aviv	113	(10)
2008–2009	AEK Larnaca	15	(1)
2009–2010	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:17, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Erez Mesika (Hebrew: ארז מסיקה; born 1979) is a retired Israeli professional football (soccer) player who is of a Tunisian-Jewish descent. Mesika played on the left side of the midfield and has spent the bulk of his career with Maccabi Tel Aviv. There he enjoyed some of his greatest professional achievements including qualifying for the UEFA Champions League.

At the end of his contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2008, he decided to move to Cypriot AEK Larnaca where he signed a one-year deal. After his contract ended at the summer of 2009 he had signed at the newly promoted former Israeli Champions Hapoel Be'er Sheva but unfortunately was sidelined early in the season because of heart problem that later caused him to announce his retirement from professional football career at the age of 30 .

Honours

With Maccabi Tel Aviv

• State Cup: 2004/05

References

• ארז מסיקה (in Hebrew). One.co.il. Retrieved 19 June 2008.