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Baruch Maman

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “former israeli footballer and widely considered one of the greatest players to ever come out of the youth syste”. Today it says “israeli former footballer”.
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Baruch Maman ( ) (born 1955) is an Israeli former footballer .1 He is considered one of the best players to emerge from the ranks of the youth team of Maccabi Haifa .

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “former israeli footballer and widely considered one of the greatest players to ever come out of the youth syste”. Today it says “israeli former footballer”. Read the current article and compare.
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former israeli footballer and widely considered one of the greatest players to ever come out of the youth syste

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israeli former footballer

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