Yoav Saffar (יואב ספר; September 30, 1975) is an Israeli former basketball player. He played the power forward position. He was a member of the 2000 and 2001 Israeli Basketball Premier League Quintet.

Biography

Saffar was born in

Jaffa Jaffa, in Hebrew Yafo ( he, יָפוֹ, ) and in Arabic Yafa ( ar, يَافَا) and also called Japho or Joppa, the southern and oldest part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, is an ancient port city in Israel. Jaffa is known for its association with the b ...

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. He is 6' 10" (208 cm) tall. He played for Maccabi Tel Aviv,

Hapoel Holon Hapoel Holon Basketball Club ( he, מועדון הכדורסל הפועל חולון), known for sponsorship reasons as Hapoel Atsmon Playgrounds Holon (), is a professional basketball club based in Holon, Israel. The team plays in the Israeli B ...

Maccabi Raanana Maccabi Ra'anana () is a professional basketball club that is based in Ra'anana, Israel. The club plays in the Israeli National League, the second-tier division league of Israel. History Maccabi Ra'anana was founded in 1980. The team won the Isr ...

, and Hapoel Galil Elyon. In 2013, nine years after Saffar retired, he returned and played nine minutes for Holon in a game. He was a member of the 2000 and 2001 Israeli Basketball Premier League Quintet. Saffar was also a member of the

Israel men's national basketball team The Israel men's national basketball team ( he, נבחרת ישראל בכדורסל) represents Israel in international basketball tournaments. They are administered by the Israeli Basketball Association. Israel is currently ranked 33rd in the ...

. He played in the 1996 FIBA European Championship for Men 22 and Under, 1999 FIBA European Championship for Men, 2001 FIBA European Championship for Men, and 2003 FIBA European Championship for Men. He earned a degree in business at the

Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania ( ; also known as Wharton Business School, the Wharton School, Penn Wharton, and Wharton) is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, a Private university, private Ivy League rese ...

in 2010. Saffar then moved to

Miami, Florida Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade C ...

. He owns SushiGami, a Japanese restaurant in the Sawgrass Mills Mall in

Sunrise, Florida Sunrise is a city in central-western Broward County, Florida, United States, and is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 97,335. Sunrise was incorporated in 1961 and founded ...

. In 2015, he played for the Miami Midnites, a professional minor league affiliate of Maccabi Haifa, in the Florida Basketball Association.

References

External links

"Mac. TA's Yoav Saffar Waits, for the Moment"
''Haaretz'', December 17, 2003. {{DEFAULTSORT:Saffar, Yoav 1975 births Living people Basketball players from Miami Hapoel Holon players Hapoel Galil Elyon players Israeli Basketball Premier League players Israeli men's basketball players Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. players People from Jaffa Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania alumni