Hodorov started his football career at
Maccabi Rishon LeZion at the age of 15. After a few years, he moved to local rival
Hapoel Rishon LeZion, where he first got national recognition as the team reached the cup final in 1946. Shortly afterward he moved to
Hapoel Tel Aviv, the club where he stayed for most of his career. At Hapoel Tel Aviv he won the Israeli league championship in 1957 and the Israeli state cup in 1960. Later he joined
Hapoel Ramat Gan and won another league title in 1964, and afterward played at
Shimshon Tel Aviv and ended his career with
Hapoel Holon, where he also had a short spell as coach. He was 5ft 10in (1.78 m) tall and nicknamed "the Bird". Hodorov made his debut for the
national team in a friendly match against
Cyprus in 1949, and for the next decade played in almost all international matches. He soon became the hero of the team that struggled against European opponents. He reached his peak in the latter half of the 1950s. The most memorable match of his career was in
1958 FIFA World Cup qualification against
Wales at
Cardiff, in which he suffered a broken nose in a collision with
Welsh striker
John Charles, but continued to play and made dozens of acrobatic saves. Other notable matches were against
USSR at
Ramat Gan Stadium in 1956 Olympic qualification, where he played with a broken finger, and Israel's sensational win over
Yugoslavia at
Belgrade in 1960 Olympic qualification. Hodorov received lucrative offers from several European professional clubs, including
Arsenal FC, but he turned them down and chose to play his entire career in the then-amateur Israeli league. ==Awards and recognition==