Ofir Haim

Ofir Haim
Personal information
Full name	Ofir Haim
Date of birth	21 April 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Rishon LeZion, Israel
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Israel U-19 (head coach) ; Israel U-20 (head coach)
Youth career
	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993–1996	Ironi Rishon LeZion
1996	Maccabi Herzliya
1997	Ironi Rishon LeZion
1997–1998	Maccabi Jaffa
1998–2000	Maccabi Tel Aviv
2001–2004	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
2004	İstanbulspor
2005–2006	Maccabi Tel Aviv
2006–2007	Maccabi Netanya
2007–2009	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
2009–2010	Maccabi Herzliya
2010–2011	Hapoel Ramat Gan
2011–2012	Hapoel Marmorek
Total
Managerial career
2012	Hapoel Marmorek
2013–2014	Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa
2014–2015	Hapoel Tel Aviv (youth)
2015	Hapoel Rishon LeZion
2016	Hapoel Tel Aviv (assistant)
2016–2017	Maccabi Sha'arayim
2017–2018	Hapoel Afula
2018–2019	Hapoel Tel Aviv
2019–2020	Hapoel Kfar Saba
2021–	Israel U-19
2023–	Israel U-20
Medal record
Representing Israel U-19
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Representing Israel U-20
FIFA U-20 World Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 June 2023

Ofir Haim (Hebrew: אופיר חיים; born 21 April 1975) is an Israeli former footballer and manager who head coaches both the Israel national under-19 team and the Israel national under-20 team.

Early life

Haim was born and raised in Rishon LeZion, Israel, to an Israeli family of Jewish descent. He has three children with his wife Orly, one of whom is on the autism spectrum.^[2] His brother Avi Haim is one of the deputy mayors of the city of Rishon LeZion, Israel.^{[citation needed]}

Managerial Career

International career

Israel U-19

He has been the head coach of the Israel U-19 since the beginning of the first qualifiers round, through its Elite Round, and all the way to the final match in the final tournament of the 2022 UEFA Euro Under-19 against England U-19, where his native Israel finished 2nd.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Israel U-20

Haim is currently the head coach of the Israel national under-20 team, during their 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup campaign in Argentina.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

As Player

Team

Israeli Second Division
- Winner (2): 1997–98, 2000–01
Toto Cup
- Winner (1): 1998–99
Israel State Cup
- Runner-up (2): 1996, 2003
Israeli Premier League
- Runner-up (1): 2006–07
Toto Cup (Leumit)
- Winner (1): 2008-09

Individual

1997–98 Liga Artzit Top Goalscorer - 26 goals
2003–04 Israeli Premier League Top Goalscorer - 16 goals (joint with Shay Holtzman)

As Manager

UEFA European Under-19 Championship
- Runner-up (1): 2022^[5]

References

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ https://www.israelhayom.co.il/sport/israeli-soccer/article/13525774 ^{[bare URL]}
^ "Cyprus-Israel | Under-19 2022".
^ "Israel-Hungary | Under-19 2022".
^ ^a ^b "Israel-England | Under-19 2022".

External links

(in Hebrew) Profile and statistics of Ofir Haim on One.co.il

Ofir Haim – Israel Football Association league player details
Ofir Haim – Israel Football Association national team player details
Ofir Haim at WorldFootball.net

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] ttps://www.israelhayom.co.il/sport/israeli-soccer/article/13525774 ^{[bare URL]}

[first_qualifiers_round-3] "Cyprus-Israel | Under-19 2022".

[its_Elite_Round-4] "Israel-Hungary | Under-19 2022".

[final_match_in_the_final_tournament-5] "Israel-England | Under-19 2022".

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