Daniel Brailovsky

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Daniel Brailovsky
Brailovsky playing for Maccabi Haifa
Personal information
Full name Daniel Alberto Brailovsky Poliak
Date of birth (1958-11-18) November 18, 1958 (age 65)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1978 Peñarol
1980 All Boys 26 (7)
1980–1982 Independiente 75 (27)
1982–1985 América 87 (37)
1986–1988 Maccabi Haifa 56 (11)
Total 244 (82)
International career
1977–1978 Uruguay U20
1981–1982
Argentina
1986–1988 Israel 18 (3)
Managerial career
Maccabi Kfar Kana
Maccabi Herzliya
1998–1999 Maccabi Haifa
2002
Veracruz
2007–2008 América
2010–2011 Necaxa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Alberto Brailovsky Poliak (

footballer and manager
.

He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and is Jewish.[1] Though he was born and raised in Argentina, he only played officially for the Israel national team. He had previously represented Uruguay at the youth level as well as Argentina.

Playing career

An

attacking midfielder and striker, Brailovsky was born in Buenos Aires,[2][3][4][5] and after playing amateur football at Jewish clubs, Brailovsky was brought to Montevideo for a trial at Peñarol. Under the guidance of coach Roque Máspoli, Brailovsky became part of the team that won the 1978 championship and qualified for the 1979 Copa Libertadores
. Brailovsky also was member of the Uruguay National Youth team in 1977–78.

After being dropped from Peñarol by coach

Metropolitano 1980, Brailovsky's first tournament in Argentina, All Boys was relegated to Primera B (Second Division), but Brailovsky left a good impression and was eventually signed by Independiente. With the Avellaneda club, Brailovsky made his debut on 7 September 1980 against Ferro Carril Oeste, replacing Norberto Outes
. The game ended 1–0 to Ferro.

While at Independiente, Brailovsky was called up a few times to play for the

Nacional 1982. Brailovsky was sent off in the 82nd minute by referee Arturo Ithurralde
. In total in Argentina, Brailovsky played 101 games (26 with All Boys and 75 with Independiente), and scored 34 goals (7 with All Boys and 27 with Independiente).

In 1982, he signed with Mexican

Jaibos Tampico Madero
.

After the earthquake suffered by Mexico in 1985, his wife was afraid something worse might happen, so Brailovsky left the country without notifying Club América officials. As a result he was suspended for breach of contract by America for about a year with FIFA's consent. He then immigrated to Israel and joined Maccabi Haifa.[6] He was capped 18 times for Israel from 1986 to 1988, scoring three international goals during his career. He said about living in Israel, "I have played in Argentina, Mexico, Uruguay and Israel, but only Israel feels like home."[7]

Honours

As a player

Season Club Title
1978 Uruguay Peñarol
Primera División Uruguaya
1983–1984 Mexico Club América
Primera División de México
1984–1985 Mexico Club América
Primera División de México
Prode 1985 Mexico Club América
Primera División de México

Coaching career

Brailovsky began coaching in

Veracruz
in Mexico.

In October 2007, Brailovsky became the head coach of Club América in Mexico until fired in February 2008.

In August 2010, he became the head coach of Club Necaxa in Mexico.

Broadcasting

After leaving Veracruz, Brailovsky took a job at a local show in Mexico city called "Super Estadio." in the Estadio W company. After the show cancelled, Brailovsky took a job offering from ESPN Deportes, the Spanish-language version of ESPN. He was then a correspondent for SportsCenter and Fútbol Picante, as well as the radio/TV show ESPN Radio Formula. He also had his own show that aired Sunday nights on ESPN Deportes called "La Ruleta Rusa." After his firing in Necaxa, he was not asked to return to ESPN soon enough and opted to join Fox Deportes where he is one their main contributors for their new show La Ultima Palabra.

See also

References

  1. ^ ""Mexican soccer mogul apologizes for linking Jews and money in TV interview"".
  2. ^ "Ficha Estadistica de ALBERTO BRAILOVSKY -alberto daniel brailovsky- (perfil, ficha, profile, stats)". www.bdfa.com.ar.
  3. ^ "Es Mas". Archived from the original on September 23, 2008.
  4. ^ Club América profile Archived 2008-11-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  5. ^ "Daniel Brailovsky". weltfussball.de.
  6. ^ Ortiz, Héctor (19 September 2017). "1985, el temblor que 'retiró' a Brailovsky". Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  7. ^ Griver, Simon (6 July 1998) The Ingathering of the Exiles Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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