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Emmanuel Scheffer
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli football coach”. Today it says “israeli football player and coach who was born in germany”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli footballer (1924–2012)”. It now reads “Israeli footballer (1923–2012)”.
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Emmanuel Scheffer ( ; 1 February 1924 – 28 December 2012) was an Israeli football player and coach who was born in Germany. He was twice the manager of the Israel national football team (1968–70, 1978–79), led the team at the 1968 Summer Olympics , and led the team to their only appearance in the World Cup, in 1970 . Scheffer died on 28 December 2012. "Former Israel national team manager Emmanuel Scheffer has died" (in Hebrew).
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli football coach”. Today it says “israeli football player and coach who was born in germany”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli footballer (1924–2012)”. It now reads “Israeli footballer (1923–2012)”. Read the current article and compare.
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israeli football coach
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israeli football player and coach who was born in germany
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