Nir Levine
Nir Levine (Hebrew: ניר לוין; born March 4, 1962) is an Israeli football manager and former player. He is a former caretaker manager of Maccabi Tel Aviv and former director of football of the Maccabi Tel Aviv youth team.[1][2] In 2019 he was appointed as the coach of the Israel national under-21 football team.
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| Date of birth | March 4, 1962 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rehovot, Israel | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1976 | Maccabi Rehovot | ||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1980 | Hapoel Marmorek | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1980–1984 | Hapoel Marmorek | 126 | (37) | ||||||||||||||
| 1984–1989 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 146 | (61) | ||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Gent | 18 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1990–1993 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 80 | (32) | ||||||||||||||
| 1993 | Bnei Yehuda | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Hapoel Jerusalem | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Maccabi Kiryat Gat | 8 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Hapoel Ashkelon | 14 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1990 | Israel | 16 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Ironi Ashdod | ||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Tzafririm Holon | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Hapoel Haifa | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2016 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (youth director of football) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (assistant manager) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Maccabi Tel Aviv (caretaker manager) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Israel U21 | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
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Career
Levine was born in Rehovot, Israel.[3][4]
A striker, he played for Hapoel Marmorek, Hapoel Petah Tikva, K.A.A. Gent, Bnei Yehuda, Hapoel Jerusalem, Maccabi Kiryat Gat, and Hapoel Ashkelon, and at the 1985 Maccabiah Games Levine won a gold medal with Team Israel.[3]
Levine has managed Hapoel Petah Tikva, Ironi Ashdod, Tzafririm Holon, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Haifa, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Hapoel Tel Aviv, and the Israel U21 national team.[3]
From 2016 to 2019, Levine was the technical manager of the youth Israeli national teams.[5] In March 2019 he was appointed as the coach of the Israel national under-21 football team.[6]
Honours
As player
- Toto Cup: 1985–86
- Israel State Cup: 1992
As coach
- Israel State Cup: 2001, 2002, 2007
References
- "Levin, Nir". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
- "Team Details: Maccabi Tel Aviv: Staff members". The Israel Football Association. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
- "Nir Levin"
- "Nir Levine - Football Coach". Football-Lineups.
- "ניר לוין נבחר למנהל הטכני של הנבחרות הצעירות; Nir Levine becomes the Israeli youth national teams technical manager". One (in Hebrew). March 21, 2016. Retrieved March 21, 2016.
- "Nir Levine - Profile and Statistics - SoccerPunter.com". www.soccerpunter.com.