Marco Balbul ( he, מרקו בלבול; born 13 July 1967) is an Israeli

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and former

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Early life

Balbul was born in

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, Israel as the youngest child of Sephardic Jewish immigrant parents who immigrated from

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to Israel in 1950. Aged 9, he was accepted to the youth system 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 ...

Playing career

Babul made his first team debut for

in 1986. Spending most of his career at the club, he won several honours including the

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and the Israel State Cup. He made his Israel national team debut against

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in 1990. He has 5 appearance in the

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Managerial career

On 28 December 2014, Balbul was appointed the new manager of

, replacing

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who resigned from the job. On 11 August 2022, Balbul was announced as the head coach of

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club

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. But on 8 December 2022 he was sacked after the club failed to register a single win in the league.

Honours

Player

Maccabi Haifa *

: 1988–89, 1990–91, 1993–94 * State Cup: 1991, 1993, 1995

Manager

Maccabi Haifa *

runner-up: 2018–19, 2019–20 *

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. F ...

runner-up: 2014–15

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Balbul, Marco 1967 births Living people Israeli Mizrahi Jews Israeli footballers Footballers from Tirat Carmel Association football defenders Israel international footballers Liga Leumit players Israeli Premier League players Maccabi Haifa F.C. players Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players Israeli football managers Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. managers Bnei Sakhnin F.C. managers Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. managers Maccabi Haifa F.C. managers NorthEast United FC managers Israeli Premier League managers Israeli people of Egyptian-Jewish descent Israeli Sephardi Jews Indian Super League head coaches Israeli expatriates in India NorthEast United FC head coaches