Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Avi Ran (? - July 11, 1987) was a goalkeeper in the Israeli football club Maccabi Haifa. Widely considered one of the greatest football players in Israeli history, his promising future was cut short by a fatal accident. Table of contents 1 Football career 2 Fatal accident 3 External links Football career Won 2 championships with Maccabi Haifa. Conceded only 18 goals in the 1985-86 season, the lowest in Maccabi Haifa's history. Was goalkeeper of the Israeli national football team. Fatal accident On July 11, 1987, in "Guy" beach in Tiberias, Avi Ran was killed when he was hit by a passing racing boat. 14,000 people attended his funeral. External links The Official Tribute page to Avi Ran (in Hebrew) Player Page (in Hebrew) This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.