Eitan Azaria
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name |
Eitan Raphael Azaria איתן רפאל עזריה | ||
Date of birth | May 12, 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Ma'alot-Tarshiha, Israel | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Maccabi Haifa | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2005 | Maccabi Haifa | 15 | (0) |
2002–2003 | → Hapoel Ramat Gan (loan) | - | (-) |
2005 | Hapoel Haifa | - | (-) |
2006–2008 | Maccabi Herzliya | 48 | (2) |
2008–2009 | Bnei Sakhnin | 14 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Hapoel Acre | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
1999–2000 | Israel U16 | 22 | (1) |
2001 | Israel U19 | 6 | (0) |
2003–2005 | Israel U21 | 13 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 January 2007 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:19, 29 December 2007 (UTC) |
Eitan Azaria (Hebrew: איתן עזריה; born May 12, 1983) is an Israeli retired footballer and Football Mental Consultant.
Azaria was a reserve on the Maccabi Haifa Israeli championship teams in 2001 and 2002, coached by Avram Grant. Grant would later go on to use a mental programme developed by Azaria in his coaching.[1]
Azaria converted two penalty kicks in an Israeli Cup penalty shootout against Maccabi Petah-Tikva in 2006. Azaria's side Maccabi Herzliya lost 13–12.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Wilson, Jonathan (27 January 2017). "Avram Grant: 'When you say tiki-taka, it starts with Bob Paisley'". The Guardian.
- ^ "Penalty Shootout Trivia". RSSSF.
External links
[edit]- Eitan Azaria's Football Mental Coaching site
- Profile of Eitan Azaria on Maccabi Haifa's official website
Categories:
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Israeli Jews
- Israeli men's footballers
- Maccabi Haifa F.C. players
- Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim F.C. players
- Hapoel Haifa F.C. players
- Maccabi Herzliya F.C. players
- Bnei Sakhnin F.C. players
- Hapoel Acre F.C. players
- Israeli Premier League players
- Liga Leumit players
- Israeli people of Moroccan-Jewish descent
- Men's association football defenders
- Israeli football biography stubs