Barak Bakhar
 Bakhar with Red Star Belgrade in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 21 September 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Tzrufa, Israel | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) |
Right-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Neve Yosef | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2002 |
Hakoah Ramat Gan | ||
| 2002–2004 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 50 | (0) |
| 2004–2011 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 156 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2012–2015 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | ||
| 2015–2020 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | ||
| 2020–2023 | Maccabi Haifa | ||
| 2023 | Red Star Belgrade | ||
| 2024– | Maccabi Haifa | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Barak Bakhar (Hebrew: ברק בכר; born 21 September 1979) is an Israeli football manager and former player. Since June, he has been re-appointed as a coach Maccabi Haifa.
Early and personal life
Bakhar was born in
Bakhar is married, has three children, and resides in Holon, Israel.
Playing career
After going through the ranks of the youth system of Neve Yosef, Bakhar transferred to Liga Artzit side, Hakoah Ramat Gan.[1] After four seasons in the second tier of Israeli football, he made the jump to Hapoel Petah Tikva.
In 2004, Bakhar joined Liga Leumit side, Ironi Kiryat Shmona. He established himself in the starting line up on the right side of their defense and helped them gain promotion to Israeli Premier League, the highest tier of Israeli football. During the 2007–08 season, Bakhar played all but one league match for Kiryat Shmona, due to yellow card accumulation.
In October 2008, Bakhar was called up by national team manager,
Bakhar cited that the IDF did not suit him as to why he did not complete his service. He told Israeli
Managerial career
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On 3 October 2012, Bakhar was appointed manager of
In 2022, Bakhar led Maccabi Haifa to the group stages of the Champions League for the first time in thirteen years after qualifying victories over
In May 2023, Bakhar was appointed manager of Serbian SuperLiga side Red Star Belgrade, and was released from the team in December 2023 after derby loss to Partizan including failure to qualify to UEFA Champion League top 16[5]
Managerial statistics
- As of 16 April 2024
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 
|
3 October 2012 | 14 May 2015 | 102 | 59 | 23 | 20 | 57.84 |
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva |
|
24 May 2015 | 6 January 2020 | 218 | 123 | 47 | 48 | 56.42 |
| Maccabi Haifa |
|
8 July 2020 | 30 June 2023 | 151 | 98 | 20 | 33 | 64.90 |
| Red Star Belgrade | 
|
29 May 2023 | 20 December 2023 | 28 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 64.29 |
| Maccabi Haifa |
|
6 June 2024 | Pressent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Total | 461 | 282 | 88 | 91 | 61.17 | |||
Honours
Player
Hakoah Maccabi Ramat Gan
Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Manager
Ironi Kiryat Shmona
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Maccabi Haifa
See also
- List of Jewish footballers
- Football in Israel#Title Holders
- List of Jews in sports
- List of Jews in sports (non-players)
- List of Israelis
References
- ^ Up until 1999, the top division of Israeli football was the Liga Leumit; since then, it has been Israeli Premier League.
- ^ Sardis, Adi (5 October 2008). זימונו של ברק בכר בוטל, בגלל שלא השלים צבא: זימונו של ברק בכר בוטל (in Hebrew). Yedioth Ahronoth. Archived from the original on 8 October 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
- ^ Shifchotzky, Motti (5 October 2008). ברק בכר נכלל בסגל של דרור קשטן למרות שלא שירת בצה"ל (in Hebrew). Sport 5. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
- ^ אלבז, שמעון (10 March 2012). "שרצקי: "דברים ביני לבין גילי לא עבדו". צפו" – via Ynet.
- ^ "Zvanično: Barak Bahar je novi trener Crvene zvezde, evo kako je predstavljen na Marakani" (in Serbian). telegraf.rs. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
External links
- Barak Bakhar's profile on Ironi Kiryat Shmona's official website
- ברק בכר (in Hebrew). One.co.il. Archived from the original on 26 September 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2008.