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, nationalteam-update = 25 August 2010 Iris Antman ( he, איריס אנטמן, , born 28 November 1975) is an Israeli

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and former player. She played as a

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for

, Maccabi Holon, Maccabi Tzur Shalom Bialik, and the Israel women's national team.

Club career

Antman started playing football at the age of 16, starting her playing career with

in the late 1990s, playing as a winger. An injury to the regular

, led her to play in that position, where she stayed. During her career she won 9 league titles and 8 cups. Despite playing as a goalkeeper, she scored a few goals, including a

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as an outfield player in a league game against Hapoel Marmorek in March 2010 and with a

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in the first round of the 2010–11 Israeli Women's Cup. The last game she played before announcing her retirement was with Maccabi Holon in the 2010–11 Israeli Women's Cup Final, which they lost 3–2 to

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. During her time at Maccabi Holon, Antman was lovingly nicknamed "Grandma", due to most of the players being much younger than her. During her career, Antman averaged up to 6 goals conceded per season. In April 2011, Antman announced her retirement from active playing. Despite this announcement, Antman stayed with the club, and two years later played in the

2012–13 Israeli Women's Cup The 2012–13 Israeli Women's Cup ( he, גביע המדינה נשים, ''Gvia HaMedina Nashim'') was the 15th season of Israel's women's nationwide football cup competition. The competition was won by Maccabi Holon who had beaten F.C. Ramat HaS ...

Final, in which Maccabi Holon beat

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7–1, being substituted on in the 82nd minute. Before the game the

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hosted a special ceremony in honour of Antamn's retirement.

International career

Antman played for the Israeli senior national team, from 1997 to 2010. She played 40 games and has served as the team captain.

Managerial career

Following her retirement announcement, the

appointed Antman as a goalkeeping coaching for the Israeli youth national teams, both boys and girls. In 2012 the Wingate Academy of Excellence opened for the first time and Iris was part of the coaching staff. From 2015 to 2019 she served as the coach of the girls 'under-16 team with which she won 6 development tournaments and at the same time also coached the under-17 girls' team of Israel, which for the first time qualified for the elite stage of the 2018 European Championship qualifiers for the top 16 in Europe. In 2019 she was appointed coach of the girls team up to the age of 19 and led her to promotion to the elite stage in the 2020 European Championship qualifiers for the top 16 in Europe. Antman is the first woman to receive a pro coaching certificate in Israel and the first woman to coach a team in the Israel Football Association. In 2019 Antman was accepted into the UEFA project mentor program of outstanding coaches and was accompanied for two years by the

of the Switzerland women's national team,

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. Antman is currently the professional director of Maccabi Kishronot Hadera.

Sports commentator

Antman interprets football games on Haifa Radio, broadcast on 107.5 FM.

Personal life

Antman lives in Misgav in the

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, and used to drive two hours to training in Holon. She is the sister-in-law of fellow Israeli former football goalkeeper and her trainer

Giora Antman Giora Antman ( he, גיורא אנטמן; born 15 November 1962) is a former Israeli football player and currently the goalkeeping coach at Maccabi Haifa. Antman was the goalkeeping coach at Maccabi Haifa for 18 years until he was replaced in 201 ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Antman, Iris 1975 births Living people Israeli women's footballers Footballers from Northern District (Israel) Women's association football goalkeepers Maccabi Holon F.C. (women) players Ligat Nashim players Israel women's international footballers Israeli football managers Female association football managers Women's association football managers