| Mordechai Haim | |
| Fullname: | Mordechai "Moti" Haim |
| Birth Place: | Israel |
| Clubs1: | Maccabi Jaffa |
| Clubs2: | Maccabi Los Angeles[1] |
| Clubs3: | Maccabi Jaffa |
Mordechai "Moti" Haim is a former Israeli footballer, musician and actor who played for Maccabi Jaffa and Maccabee Los Angeles.[2]
Haim was born in 1954. He grew up on Jerusalem Boulevard in Jaffa, Israel. He started playing for Maccabi Jaffa's youth team at the age of 10.[3]
Haim started playing for Maccabi Jaffa's senior team and became a regular player. Highlights of his career include playing in the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1977.
He completed military service with the Israel Defense Forces, where he was a drummer in an IDF band. He later joined the famous 'Tzadikov Choir' as a drummer, performing alongside Oshik Levi. After this, Haim moved to Maccabee Los Angeles, which was at that time a semi-professional team. After two years in LA, he returned to Israel and again played for Maccabi Jaffa.
Haim relocated to the United States permanently in 1980.[4]
Haim was a member of a band, Rockinhaim, with his wife Donna and their three daughters. Their three daughters went on to form the band Haim. The couple later went into real estate together in Los Angeles.[5]
In 2021, he made his acting debut in Paul Thomas Anderson's Licorice Pizza, where he played the father of Alana, played by his own daughter Alana Haim.
| Licorice Pizza | 2021 | Moti |
He is the father of Este Haim (b. 1986), Danielle Haim (b. 1989), and Alana Haim (b. 1991), who went on to form the Los Angeles-based pop rock band Haim.[6] His maternal family is of Bulgarian-Jewish descent.[7]