Erez Mesika (; born 1979) is a retired Israeli professional football (soccer) player who is of a Tunisian-Jewish descent. Mesika played on the left side of the midfield and has spent the bulk of his career with Maccabi Tel Aviv. There he enjoyed some of his greatest professional achievements including qualifying for the UEFA Champions League. At the end of his contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv at 2008 he decided to move to Cypriot AEK Larnaca where he signed a one-year deal. After his contract ended at the summer of 2009 he had signed at the newly promoted former Israeli Champions Hapoel Be'er Sheva but unfortunately was sidelined early in the season because of heart problem that later caused him to announce his retirement from professional football career at the age of 30 . Honours With Maccabi Tel Aviv State Cup: 2004/05 References Footnotes 1979 births Living people Israeli Jews Israeli footballers Association football midfielders Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players Maccabi Netanya F.C. players Hapoel Haifa F.C. players Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. players AEK Larnaca FC players Israeli expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus People from Pardes Hanna-Karkur Liga Leumit players Israeli Premier League players Cypriot First Division players Israeli people of Tunisian-Jewish descent