Reuven Atar

Reuven Atar (Template:Langx; born 3 January 1969) is an Israeli football manager and former player. As a player, he played as a midfielder, most notably with Maccabi Haifa. As a manager, he's mostly known for having five spells with Maccabi Netanya.

Early life

Atar was born in Tirat Carmel, Israel, to Sephardic Jewish immigrant parents from Iraq. During his adolescence, he played football for the Maccabi Haifa youth club. For many, he is one of the greatest players to ever wear the Haifa colors.

Playing career

After playing eight seasons for Maccabi Haifa and winning three titles for the club (the Toto Cup, and the Israel State Cup twice – one of which as both a Cup and a championship title at the same year), he joined the local rival team – Hapoel Haifa for four seasons, before being signed off to Beitar Jerusalem. At Beitar he played only one match before being injured, which rendered him unable to play during the rest of the season.

In the next season, Atar moved to Hapoel Petah Tikva for a single season, before moving back to Hapoel Haifa and a few months later back to Beitar Jerusalem, where he became one of the most popular players. In 2000, he returned to Maccabi Haifa, winning two championships. Atar left Haifa for Maccabi Netanya before the 2002–03 season, the last team in his professional career as a player.

Coaching career

During the season at Maccabi Netanya, Atar was injured and decided to retire from his career as a player. He quickly signed as assistant coach at Maccabi Netanya, first alongside Gili Landau and later on Eli Cohen. At the end of the 2003–04 season, Cohen left the club, and Atar was chosen as the club's head-coach. Even though Netanya was relegated at the end of that season to the second league in Israel, Liga Leumit, Atar remained in his position and helped the club return to the Premier League after one season. In 2006, Atar was sent home by Netanya's new manager, Eyal Berkovich, and proceeded to move and coach Maccabi Herzliya, from which he was fired after eight league games before returning to Netanya, later guiding the club to the second place in the Israeli Premier League, and the UEFA Cup Qualifying rounds.

Atar was later dismissed from Netanya, after team's owner Daniel Jammer signed Lothar Matthäus.

In September 2008, he signed for Beitar Jerusalem replacing Itzhak Shum. Later that year he won the Israeli Cup, but was dismissed and replaced by Shum.

On 29 September 2009, Atar returned once again to Maccabi Netanya, making it his third stint as the manager of the club. On 7 May 2011, he broke Netanya's undefeated streak from 1971 as he managed the team for 16 straight games without losing a match.

On 23 April 2012, he signed a two-year contract for his home club of Maccabi Haifa. In 13 November he was sacked from Haifa.

On 19 March 2013, he returned to Maccabi Netanya for his fourth stint as the manager of the club.

In the start of the 2014–15 season he worked as the manager of Hapoel Haifa. He was fired after four months on the job.

On 6 November 2015, Atar returned to Maccabi Netanya for his fifth stint as the manager of the club.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition:

Club	Season	League		Israel State Cup		Toto Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Maccabi Haifa	1986–87	4	1	1	0	1	0
	1987–88	16	2	2	1	6	2
	1988–89	27	8	9	4	1	0
	1989–90	23	2	2	2	6	1
	1990–91	30	15	5	1	6	4	3	4
	1991–92	28	13	6	0	4	0
	1992–93	31	10	5	1	4	1
	1993–94	37	8	1	0	5	2	5	1
Hapoel Haifa	1994–95	19	5	3	2	2	2
	1995–96	27	21	2	1	2	1
	1996–97	6	1
Maccabi Haifa	1996–97	18	6	3	1	2
Hapoel Haifa	1997–98	11	5
Beitar Jerusalem	1997–98	1	0
Hapoel Petach Tikva	1998–99	27	5	4	0	5	2
Hapoel Haifa	1999–2000	5	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	8	2
Beitar Jerusalem	1999–2000	16	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	5
Maccabi Haifa	1999–2000	13	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	16	2
	2000–01	35	3	0	0	2	1	2	1	39	5
	2001–02	18	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	2	2
Maccabi Netanya	2002–03	21	9	0	0	3	2	0	0	24	11
Career total		423	113

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Israel	1989	2	0
	1990	3	0
	1991	0	0
	1992	1	0
	1993	12	1
	1994	6	0
	1995	3	1
	1996	5	1
	1997	1	0
Total		33	3

Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Atar goal.

List of international goals scored by Reuven Atar

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	13 October 1993	Parc des Princes, Paris, France	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = France	flag alias = Flag of France.svg	flag alias-1790 = Flag of France (1790–1794).svg	flag alias-1794 = Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg	flag alias-1814 = Flag of the Kingdom of France (1814-1830).svg	flag alias-1830 = Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg	flag alias-1848 = Drapeau france 1848.svg	flag alias-1848a = Drapeau france 1848.svg	flag alias-1848b = Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg	flag alias-1974 = Flag of France (lighter variant).svg	flag alias-naval = Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg	flag alias-naval-1790 = Flag of French-Navy-Revolution.svg	flag alias-air force = Flag of France.svg	link alias-air force = French Air and Space Force	flag alias-coast guard = French Maritime Gendarmerie racing stripe.svg	border-coast guard =	link alias-coast guard = French Maritime Gendarmerie	flag alias-army = Flag of France.svg	link alias-army = French Army	link alias-naval = French Navy	flag alias-navy = Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg	link alias-navy = French Navy	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }} || || style="text-align:center"|3–2 || 1994 FIFA World Cup 2004 qualifying
2	20 September 1995	Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem, Israel	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Uruguay	flag alias = Flag of Uruguay.svg	flag alias-1828 = Flag of Uruguay (1828-1830).svg	link alias-naval = National Navy of Uruguay	flag alias-army = Flag of Uruguayan Army.svg	National Army of Uruguay	link alias-air force = Uruguayan Air Force	flag alias-air force = Flag of the Uruguayan Air Force.svg	link alias-navy = National Navy of Uruguay	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }} || || style="text-align:center"|3–1 || Friendly
3	21 February 1996	Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa, Israel	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Lithuania	flag alias = Flag of Lithuania.svg	flag alias-1918 = Flag of Lithuania 1918-1940.svg	flag alias-1988 = Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg	flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Lithuania.svg	link alias-naval = Lithuanian Naval Force	flag alias-military=Flag of the Lithuanian Armed Forces.png	link alias-military=Lithuanian Armed Forces	flag alias-army = Flag of the Lithuanian Army.svg	link alias-army = Lithuanian Land Force	flag alias-navy=Flag of Lithuania (state).svg	link alias-navy = Lithuanian Naval Force	flag alias-air force=Air Force Ensign of Lithuania.svg	link alias-air force=Lithuanian Air Force	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football	variant = }} || || style="text-align:center"|4–2 || Friendly

Managerial statistics

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				P	W	D	L	Win %
Maccabi Netanya	Template:Flagicon	21 February 2004	14 May 2006
Maccabi Herzliya	Template:Flagicon	21 July 2006	7 November 2006
Maccabi Netanya	Template:Flagicon	3 January 2007	1 June 2008
Beitar Jerusalem	Template:Flagicon	3 September 2008	26 May 2009
Maccabi Netanya	Template:Flagicon	29 September 2009	12 May 2012
Maccabi Haifa	Template:Flagicon	1 July 2012	13 November 2012
Maccabi Netanya	Template:Flagicon	19 March 2013	18 May 2013
Hapoel Haifa	Template:Flagicon	12 May 2014	16 February 2015
Maccabi Netanya	Template:Flagicon	6 November 2015	10 January 2016
Hapoel Afula	Template:Flagicon	20 January 2017	2 August 2017
Ashdod	Template:Flagicon	3 August 2017	3 October 2017
Total

Honours

Player

Maccabi Haifa

• Israeli Premier League: 1988–89, 1990–91, 1993–94, 2000–01, 2001–02
• State Cup: 1991, 1993; runner-up 1987, 1989, 2002
• Toto Cup: 1993–94

Manager

Maccabi Netanya

• Toto Cup (Leumit): 2004–05
• Israeli Second Division runner-up: 2004–05
• Israeli Premier League runner-up: 2006–07, 2007–08

Beitar Jerusalem

• State Cup: 2009

External links

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