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.

Nir Levine
ניר לוין
Personal information
Date of birth (1962-03-04) March 4, 1962 (age 62)
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
Representing  Israel
Football
Maccabiah Games
Gold medal – first place 1985 Maccabiah Football
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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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

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As player

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As coach

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References

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  1. ^ "Levin, Nir". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
  2. ^ "Team Details: Maccabi Tel Aviv: Staff members". The Israel Football Association. Archived from the original on November 5, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
  3. ^ a b c "Nir Levin"
  4. ^ "Nir Levine - Football Coach". Football-Lineups.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Nir Levine - Profile and Statistics - SoccerPunter.com". www.soccerpunter.com.
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