Most fans don’t know him, or likely haven’t even heard of him before. First name Haim, Last Gozali. Haim – pronounced Chaim – is common in Israel and means ‘Life’ in Hebrew. Gozali, uncommon, is the diminutive of ‘Chick’ – the bird kind. It’s a comically incongruous last name. This Chicky is bald, wide, stubbled, scarred, tattooed, his nose squeezed off-center to the left, his sneer is in fact a smile.
Gozali used to operate a club security group in Tel-Aviv. They stabbed him once – well, once seriously, in 2005 – he still doesn’t know whom, or won’t tell.