Azmi Nassar ( ar, عزمي نصار, he, עזמי נסאר; 3 October 1957 – 26 March 2007) was a
Palestinian
Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...
football manager
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Management includes the activities ...
and served as manager of the
Palestinian national football team.
Professional career
Palestinian National Team
In order to serve as manager of the
Palestinian national football team, Nassar was required to obtain a Palestinian ID and passport to go. His ability to travel freely between the territories contributed to his success as national team coach.
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth
After guiding the club to the
Israeli Premier League
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, Nassar resigned after the club was unsuccessful throughout the season and was replaced by
Shiye Feigenbaum.
Personal life
A resident of
Nazareth, Nassar was married to Ruthy, and they are followers of
Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.38 billion followers representing one-third of the global pop ...
. Azmi's wife is technically
Jewish
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...
and until her marriage to Azmi, when she was 18. Ruthy is the daughter of a mixed marriage between Ya'akov Kashlawi (an
Arab Christian from
Bir Zeit) and Rachel Cohen (a Jew from Petah Tikva).
[Tel Aviv Magazine]
Ah"i, Ba'ali
. 20, June 2003.
References
1957 births
2007 deaths
Israeli Arab Christians
Palestinian footballers
Israeli footballers
Association football midfielders
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth F.C. players
Hapoel Haifa F.C. players
Maccabi Ironi Tamra F.C. players
Arab-Israeli footballers
Palestine national football team managers
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth F.C. managers
Bnei Sakhnin F.C. managers
Israeli football managers
Palestinian football managers
Footballers from Nazareth
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