Barak Bakhar

Barak Bakhar
ברק בכר
Personal information
Full name Barak Bakhar
Date of birth (1979-09-21) 21 September 1979
Place of birth Haifa, Israel
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Defender
Youth career
F.C. 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)
Teams managed
2011–2012 Ironi Kiryat Shmona (assistant manager)
2012–2015 Ironi Kiryat Shmona
2015– Hapoel Be'er Sheva

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:59, 5 October 2008 (UTC).

† Appearances (goals)

Barak Bakhar (Hebrew: ברק בכר‎; born September 21, 1979) is an Israeli former football player and manager of Hapoel Beer Sheva.

Biography

Bakhar's uncle was Rehavam Ze'evi.[1]

Football career

After going through the ranks of the youth system of Neve Yosef, Bakhar transferred to Liga Artzit side, Hakoah Ramat Gan.[2] 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, Dror Kashtan for the FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Luxembourg and Latvia. His call up was canceled though, being that he never completed his service in the IDF, a requirement of all Jewish players in order to represent Israel on the national side, and Eyal Meshumar was called up in his place.[3]

Bakhar cited that the IDF did not suit him as to why he did not complete his service. He told Israeli Yedioth Ahronoth, "they wanted to send me to a combat unit in the armor corps." Additionally, Sport 5 pointed out that Bakhar was not match fit and was expected to undergo surgery soon. This in turn embarrassed the Israel Football Association that they had missed all these items before announcing the pool of players called in for the qualification matches[4] Bakhar has pledged to do sherut leumi or any other kind of national service in order to be called up for future matches.[5]

Managerial career

In October 3, 2012 he was appointed as the manager of Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona.[6]

Statistics

Team Nat From To Record
GWDLWin %
Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona Israel October 3, 2012 Present 114 56 28 30 49.12
Total 114 56 28 30 49.12

Honours

As a Player

As a Manager

References

  1. ↑ Sardis, Adi (2008-10-06). ברק בכר: מוצדק לא לזמן שחקנים שהשתמטו (in Hebrew). Yedioth Ahronoth. Archived from the original on 9 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
  2. ↑ Up until 1999, the top division of Israeli football was the Liga Leumit; since then, it has been Israeli Premier League.
  3. ↑ Sardis, Adi (2008-10-05). 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 2008-10-05.
  4. ↑ Shifchotzky, Motti (2008-10-05). 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 2008-10-05.
  5. ↑ Zioni, Joup (2008-10-05). זימונו של ברק בכר בוטל, משומר זומן במקומו (in Hebrew). One.co.il. Archived from the original on 8 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
  6. ↑ http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4288167,00.html

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