Wikipedia's first sentence called it “former israeli footballer who started his career at maccabi shefa-'amr”. Today it says “israeli former professional footballer who played as a forward”.
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Zahi Armali ( , , born 25 October 1957) is a former Israeli footballer who started his career at Maccabi Shefa-'Amr, and a holder of many records at Maccabi Haifa .1Born and raised in Shefa-'Amr Zahi started his professional career at Maccabi Shefa-'Amr. After a few years he spent playing in the lower leagues he signed a contract with Maccabi Haifa in 1983. During his seven season career at Maccabi Haifa , Zahi won three championships. He remains the club's record goalscorer with 90 league goals in 179 games. After the 1989 season Zahi left Maccabi Haifa and subsequently played for Hapoel Jerusalem, Hapoel Haifa and his hometown club Maccabi Shefa-'Amr, where he finished his professional career as a player. Then Zahi started training the Shefa-'Amr team for a while and today works as a car mechanic.2
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Zahi Armali ( , , born 25 October 1957) is a former Arab-Israeli footballer who started his career at Maccabi Shefa-'Amr , and a holder of many records at Maccabi Haifa .
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Arab-Israeli footballer Zahi Armali ( , , born 25 October 1957) is a former Arab-Israeli footballer. He started his career at Maccabi Shefa-'Amr , and a holder of many records at Maccabi Haifa . "Meet the Chilestinians, the Largest Palestinian Community Outside the Middle East" – via Haaretz.
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Israeli footballer Zahi Armali ( Arabic : زاهي أرملي , Hebrew : זאהי ארמלי ; born 25 October 1957) is an Israeli former professional footballer who played as a forward . He started his career at Maccabi Shefa-'Amr , and a holder of many records at Maccabi Haifa . "Meet the Chilestinians, the Largest Palestinian Community Outside the Middle East" – via Haaretz.
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former israeli footballer who started his career at maccabi shefa-'amr
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israeli former professional footballer who played as a forward
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