Alon Harazi ( he, אלון חרזי; born February 13, 1971) is a retired Israeli footballer and currently the Israel youth team assistant manager. Harazi finished his career during the season of 2009/2010 as captain and the most veteran player at

Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa ( he, מכבי חיפה) is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football ...

. He came to the club in 1990 at the age of 18 from a third Division team. Began as a striker in

Hakoah Ramat Gan Hakoah Maccabi Amidar Ramat Gan Football Club ( he, מועדון כדורגל הכח מכבי עמידר רמת גן) is an Israeli football club based in Ramat Gan. The club is currently in Liga Alef South division and plays at the Winter Stadiu ...

youth teams and in there senior squad but at his late career played in defensive roles, mostly as a central defender or right back. Harazi has made 89 international appearances for

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

and won 9 league championships, more than any other Israeli player – 8 of those championships were with Maccabi Haifa (1 more was with

Beitar Jerusalem Beitar Jerusalem Football Club ( he, מועדון כדורגל בית"ר ירושלים, Moadon Kaduregel Beitar Yerushalayim), commonly known as Beitar Jerusalem () or simply as Beitar (), is an Israeli football club based in the city of Jeru ...

) as well as three State Cup titles. Harazi have made 400 league appearances with Maccabi Haifa - a team record, which was celebrated during November 2005 league match versus Maccabi Tel Aviv but continued and put a higher record on the number of 498 Performances only with Maccabi Haifa Harazi play one More season with Beitar Jerusalem and Brock the Israeli league Performances on the number of 524 Harazi was the fastest player in Israel , had an excellent header, with an outstanding understanding of the game. Appeared with Maccabi Haifa 2 times in the

UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...

group stage. His grandfather played football for Makkabi Judah in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. On June 3, 2009, it was announced that Harazi decided to retire from professional soccer and will play his last game in the summer of 2009, in the UEFA Champion's League qualifying round with Maccabi Haifa. On December 8, 2009, Harazi officially retired from the game against

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in the last game of the

group stage.

Honours

Israeli Premier League The Israeli Premier League ( he, ליגת העל, ''Ligat Ha`Al'', ), is a professional association football league which operates as the highest division of the Israeli Football League – the state's league of Israel. The league is contested b ...

(9): **1990-91, 1993–94, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09 *

Israel State Cup The Israel State Cup ( he, גביע המדינה, ''Gvia HaMedina''), is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israel Football Association (IFA). The State Cup was first held in 1928 as the People's Cup. Because it involve ...

(3): **1991, 1993, 1995 *

Toto Cup The Israel Toto Cup ( he, גביע הטוטו, ''Gvia Ha'Toto'') is an association football tournament that features clubs in the two highest divisions in Israel: the Israeli Premier League ( Ligat Ha'Al), and the second division Liga Leumit. Fro ...

(5): **1993-94, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2007–08

References

1971 births Living people Israeli men's footballers Israel men's international footballers Footballers from Ramat Gan Maccabi Haifa F.C. players Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players Hakoah Maccabi Ramat Gan F.C. players Israeli people of Yemeni-Jewish descent Israeli Premier League players Hapoel Acre F.C. managers Israeli Premier League managers Men's association football defenders Israeli football managers {{Israel-footy-bio-stub