Baruch Maman

Baruch Maman
Personal information
Full name	Baruch Maman
Date of birth	November 23, 1955 (age 68)
Place of birth	Safed, Israel
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
	Maccabi Haifa
Senior career*
Years	Team
1973–1987	Maccabi Haifa
1987–1988	Bnei Yehuda
1988–1989	Hapoel Tiberias
International career
	Israel
Managerial career
2004	Hapoel Haifa
2012–2013	Ironi Kiryat Ata
2014	Hapoel Asi Gilboa
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Baruch Maman (Hebrew: ברוך ממן) (born 1955) is an Israeli former footballer. He is considered one of the best players to emerge from the ranks of the youth team of Maccabi Haifa.

Biography

He was born in Safed to a Tunisian-Jewish family, they moved to Haifa when he was three.

Sports career

Joining the youth ranks at Maccabi Haifa at the age of 14, he enjoyed reasonable success on the Under-21 side scoring 12 goals in six matches. Before his draft into the Israel Defense Forces, he played his first team match against Hapoel Tel Aviv.

He played for the Israeli Air Force football team in an IDF tournament.

In 1982, Jack Mansell arrived to coach Maccabi Haifa. Despite his efforts to replace Maman out, Yochanan Vollach fought on his behalf and Maman went on to become a starring member of the team, helping Maccabi Haifa win its first championship in 1984 and retaining this title in 1985.

References

External links

(in Hebrew) Profile and biography of Baruch Maman on Maccabi Haifa's official website^{[permanent dead link]}

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