Nadav Henefeld (
Hebrew: נדב הנפלד; born June 19, 1968) is an Israeli former professional
basketball player. During his playing career, he was a 2.00 m (6'6 ") tall
power forward.
Early career
Henefeld was born in
Ramat Hasharon, Israel, and he initially played pro basketball in his home country, for two seasons (1987–88, and 1988–89).
He won a gold medal with Team Israel, and was voted MVP of the basketball competition, at the
1989 Maccabiah Games
The 13th Maccabiah Games brought 4,500 athletes to Israel from 45 nations.
Jewish athletes from Hungary participated for the first time since World War II, Jewish athletes from Russia had been permitted, by their country, to play for the first ti ...
.
College career
Henefeld joined the
University of Connecticut, and played with the
Connecticut Huskies
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, in the
1989–90 "Dream Season", where he was selected as the
Big East Conference Rookie of the Year, and set an all-time
NCAA Division I freshman record, with 138
steals.
Professional career
Henefeld returned to Israel for the 1990–91 season, and played with
Maccabi Tel Aviv for 12 years, until his retirement from basketball. During that time, he helped his team reach the
EuroLeague Final Four on four occasions, in
1991
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,
2000
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,
2001
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(
FIBA SuproLeague), and
2002
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, winning the FIBA SuproLeague trophy in 2001.
National team career
Henefeld was a regular member of the senior
Israeli national team.
References
External links
FIBA Europe ProfileEuroleague.net Profile
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1968 births
Living people
Competitors at the 1989 Maccabiah Games
Hapoel Galil Elyon players
Israeli Basketball Premier League players
Israeli expatriate basketball people in the United States
Israeli Jews
Israeli men's basketball players
Jewish men's basketball players
Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. players
Maccabiah Games basketball players of Israel
Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Israel
Power forwards (basketball)
UConn Huskies men's basketball players