Nir Levine
{{Short description|Israeli footballer (born 1962)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Nir Levine
ניר לוין
| image = Nir Levine.jpeg
| upright = 0.8
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|03|4}}
| birth_place = Rehovot, Israel
| height = 1.70 m
| position = Striker
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = 1973–1976
| youthyears2 = 1976–1980
| youthclubs1 = Maccabi Rehovot
| youthclubs2 = Hapoel Marmorek
| years1 = 1980–1984
| years2 = 1984–1989
| years3 = 1989–1990
| years4 = 1990–1993
| years5 = 1993
| years6 = 1994
| years7 = 1994
| years8 = 1995
| clubs1 = Hapoel Marmorek
| clubs2 = Hapoel Petah Tikva
| clubs3 = Gent
| clubs4 = Hapoel Petah Tikva
| clubs5 = Bnei Yehuda
| clubs6 = Hapoel Jerusalem
| clubs7 = Maccabi Kiryat Gat
| clubs8 = Hapoel Ashkelon
| caps1 = 126
| caps2 = 146
| caps3 = 18
| caps4 = 80
| caps5 = 15
| caps6 = 12
| caps7 = 8
| caps8 = 14
| goals1 = 37
| goals2 = 61
| goals3 = 1
| goals4 = 32
| goals5 = 1
| goals6 = 1
| goals7 = 1
| goals8 = 4
| nationalyears1 = 1986–1990
| nationalteam1 = Israel
| nationalcaps1 = 16
| nationalgoals1 = 6
| manageryears1 = 1997–1998
| manageryears2 = 1998–1999
| manageryears3 = 1999–2000
| manageryears4 = 2000
| manageryears5 = 2000–2002
| manageryears6 = 2002
| manageryears7 = 2004–2005
| manageryears8 = 2005
| manageryears9 = 2005–2006
| manageryears10 = 2007
| manageryears11 = 2007–2008
| manageryears12 = 2008–2016
| manageryears13 = 2009–2010
| manageryears14 = 2011–2012
| manageryears15 = 2019–2021
| managerclubs1 = Hapoel Petah Tikva
| managerclubs2 = Ironi Ashdod
| managerclubs3 = Hapoel Petah Tikva
| managerclubs4 = Tzafririm Holon
| managerclubs5 = Maccabi Tel Aviv
| managerclubs6 = Hapoel Petah Tikva
| managerclubs7 = Hapoel Haifa
| managerclubs8 = Hapoel Be'er Sheva
| managerclubs9 = Hapoel Petah Tikva
| managerclubs10 = Hapoel Tel Aviv
| managerclubs11 = Maccabi Tel Aviv
| managerclubs12 = Maccabi Tel Aviv (youth director of football)
| managerclubs13 = Maccabi Tel Aviv (assistant manager)
| managerclubs14 = Maccabi Tel Aviv (caretaker manager)
| managerclubs15 = Israel U21
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{ISR}} }}
{{MedalSport | Football}}
{{MedalCompetition|Maccabiah Games}}
{{MedalGold| 1985 Maccabiah | Football }}
}}
Nir Levine ({{langx|he|ניר לוין}}; born March 4, 1962) is an Israeli football manager and former player. He is a former caretaker manager of Maccabi Tel Aviv and former director of football of the Maccabi Tel Aviv youth team.{{NFT player|15547|name=Levin, Nir|accessdate=December 21, 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://eng.football.org.il/Clubs/Pages/TeamDetails.aspx?TEAM_ID=1061 |title=Team Details: Maccabi Tel Aviv: Staff members |publisher=The Israel Football Association |access-date=December 21, 2010 |archive-date=November 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105170328/http://eng.football.org.il/Clubs/Pages/TeamDetails.aspx?TEAM_ID=1061 |url-status=dead }} In 2019 he was appointed as the coach of the Israel national under-21 football team. He currently serves as the sports director for Hapoel Petah Tikva.
Career
Levine was born in Rehovot, Israel.{{Cite web|url=https://www.football-lineups.com/coach/1503/|title=Nir Levine - Football Coach|website=Football-Lineups}}
A striker, he played for Hapoel Marmorek, Hapoel Petah Tikva, K.A.A. Gent, Bnei Yehuda, Hapoel Jerusalem, Maccabi Kiryat Gat, and Hapoel Ashkelon, and at the 1985 Maccabiah Games Levine won a gold medal with Team Israel.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}
Levine has managed Hapoel Petah Tikva, Ironi Ashdod, Tzafririm Holon, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Haifa, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Hapoel Tel Aviv, and the Israel U21 national team.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}
From 2016 to 2019, Levine was the technical manager of the youth Israeli national teams.{{cite web|url=http://one.co.il/Article/267686.html|title=ניר לוין נבחר למנהל הטכני של הנבחרות הצעירות; Nir Levine becomes the Israeli youth national teams technical manager|work=One (in Hebrew) |date=March 21, 2016|access-date=March 21, 2016}} In March 2019 he was appointed as the coach of the Israel national under-21 football team.{{Cite web|url=https://www.soccerpunter.com/coach/37354679/Nir-Levine|title=Nir Levine - Profile and Statistics - SoccerPunter.com|website=www.soccerpunter.com}}
Honours
=As player=
- Toto Cup: 1985–86
- Israel State Cup: 1992
=As coach=
- Israel State Cup: 2001, 2002, 2007
References
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External links
- {{NFT player|15547}}
{{Israeli Footballer of the Year}}
{{Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. managers}}
{{Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C managers}}
{{Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. managers}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Levine, Nir}}
Category:Competitors at the 1985 Maccabiah Games
Category:Israeli men's footballers
Category:Jewish Israeli sportspeople
Category:Hapoel Marmorek F.C. players
Category:Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. players
Category:Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. players
Category:Hapoel Jerusalem F.C. players
Category:Maccabi Kiryat Gat F.C. players
Category:Hapoel Ashkelon F.C. players
Category:Israeli Premier League players
Category:Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Israel
Category:Israel men's international footballers
Category:Israeli expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
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Category:Israeli football managers
Category:Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. managers
Category:Maccabi Ironi Ashdod F.C. managers
Category:Hapoel Tzafririm Holon F.C. managers
Category:Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. managers
Category:Hapoel Haifa F.C. managers
Category:Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. managers
Category:Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. managers
Category:Footballers from Rehovot
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Israeli Footballer of the Year recipients
Category:20th-century Israeli sportsmen
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