Baruch Maman ( he, ברוך ממן) (born 1955) is an Israeli former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

. He is considered one of the best players to emerge from the ranks of the youth team of

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 ...

Biography

He was born in

Safed Safed (known in Hebrew language, Hebrew as Tzfat; Sephardi Hebrew, Sephardic Hebrew & Modern Hebrew: צְפַת ''Tsfat'', Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation, Ashkenazi Hebrew: ''Tzfas'', Biblical Hebrew: ''Ṣǝp̄aṯ''; ar, صفد, ''Ṣafad''), i ...

to a Tunisian-Jewish family, they moved to

Haifa Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropol ...

when he was three.

Sports career

Joining the youth ranks at

at the age of 14, he enjoyed reasonable success on the Under-21 side scoring 12 goals in six matches. Before his draft into the

Israel Defense Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel. It consists of three servic ...

, he played his first team match against

Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv ( he, הפועל תל אביב) is a sports club in Israel, founded in the 1920s, and part of the Hapoel association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, suc ...

. He played for the

Israeli Air Force The Israeli Air Force (IAF; he, זְרוֹעַ הָאֲוִיר וְהֶחָלָל, Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, tl, "Air and Space Arm", commonly known as , ''Kheil HaAvir'', "Air Corps") operates as the aerial warfare branch of the Israel Defense ...

football team in an

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tournament.
In 1982,

Jack Mansell John Mansell (22 August 1927 – 19 March 2016) was a professional football player and coach. He made 274 appearances in the Football League as a defender for Brighton & Hove Albion, Cardiff City and Portsmouth. After retiring as a player, he j ...

arrived to coach Maccabi Haifa. Despite his efforts to replace Maman out,

Yochanan Vollach Yochanan Vollach ( he, יוחנן וולך, also Jochanan Wallach or Yohanan Wallach, born May 14, 1945) is an Israeli former footballer. He was a member of the Israeli national team that competed at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He is a member of th ...

fought on his behalf and Maman went on to become a starring member of the team, helping Maccabi Haifa win its first championship in 1984 and retaining this title in 1985.

References

External links

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Profile and biography of Baruch Maman on Maccabi Haifa's official website
1955 births Living people Israeli footballers Maccabi Haifa F.C. players Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. players Hapoel Tiberias F.C. players Footballers from Haifa Israeli people of Tunisian-Jewish descent Liga Leumit players Israel international footballers Association football midfielders Israeli football managers Hapoel Haifa F.C. managers Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata F.C. managers {{Israel-footy-bio-stub