Maccabi Tel Aviv’s veterans’ club honours former goalkeeper Alexander “Shoura” Uvarov, one of the best players ever to arrive at Kiryat Shalom, on the occasion of his 60th birthday on Monday, Jan. 13.
Uvarov came to Israel in the early 1990s from the then-Soviet Union and over the years he was and remains one of the very best goalkeepers to play in Israel, and was a major presence for Maccabi. After hanging up his gloves, he became an important part of the club’s coaching team and today is mentor to the next generation of goalkeepers in the Youth Academy.
