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Reuven Atar

{{Short description|Israeli footballer (born 1969)}}

{{BLP sources|date=July 2009}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Reuven Atar
ראובן עטר

| image = MHFC-Reuven-Atar.jpg

| image_size = 0.9

| caption = Atar with Maccabi Haifa

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|01|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tirat Carmel, Israel

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1977–1986

| youthclubs1 = Maccabi Haifa

| years1 = 1986–1994

| years2 = 1994–1997

| years3 = 1997

| years4 = 1998–1999

| years5 = 1999

| years6 = 2000

| years7 = 2000–2002

| years8 = 2002–2003

| clubs1 = Maccabi Haifa

| clubs2 = Hapoel Haifa

| clubs3 = Beitar Jerusalem

| clubs4 = Hapoel Petah Tikva

| clubs5 = Hapoel Haifa

| clubs6 = Beitar Jerusalem

| clubs7 = Maccabi Haifa

| clubs8 = Maccabi Netanya

| caps1 = 198

| caps2 = 69

| caps3 = 1

| caps4 = 27

| caps5 = 5

| caps6 = 16

| caps7 = 66

| caps8 = 21

| goals1 = 49

| goals2 = 37

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 5

| goals5 = 2

| goals6 = 5

| goals7 = 6

| goals8 = 9

| nationalyears1 = 1989–1997

| nationalteam1 = Israel

| nationalcaps1 = 33

| nationalgoals1 = 3

| manageryears1 = 2003–2004

| manageryears2 = 2004–2006

| manageryears3 = 2006

| manageryears4 = 2007–2008

| manageryears5 = 2008–2009

| manageryears6 = 2009–2012

| manageryears7 = 2012

| manageryears8 = 2013

| manageryears9 = 2014–2015

| manageryears10 = 2015–2016

| manageryears11 = 2017

| manageryears12 = 2017

| manageryears13 = 2019–2020

| manageryears14 = 2020

| managerclubs1 = Maccabi Netanya (assistant)

| managerclubs2 = Maccabi Netanya

| managerclubs3 = Maccabi Herzliya

| managerclubs4 = Maccabi Netanya

| managerclubs5 = Beitar Jerusalem

| managerclubs6 = Maccabi Netanya

| managerclubs7 = Maccabi Haifa

| managerclubs8 = Maccabi Netanya

| managerclubs9 = Hapoel Haifa

| managerclubs10 = Maccabi Netanya

| managerclubs11 = Hapoel Afula

| managerclubs12 = Ashdod

| managerclubs13 = Beitar Nes Tubruk (youth)

| managerclubs14 = Hapoel Bnei Lod

}}

Reuven Atar ({{langx|he|ראובן עטר}}; born 3 January 1969) is an Israeli football manager and former player. As a player, he played as a midfielder, most notably with Maccabi Haifa. As a manager, he's mostly known for having five spells with Maccabi Netanya.

Early life

Atar was born in Tirat Carmel, Israel, to Sephardic Jewish immigrant parents from Iraq. During his adolescence, he played football for the Maccabi Haifa youth club. For many, he is one of the greatest players to ever wear the Haifa colors.

Playing career

After playing eight seasons for Maccabi Haifa and winning three titles for the club (the Toto Cup, and the Israel State Cup twice – one of which as both a Cup and a championship title at the same year), he joined the local rival team – Hapoel Haifa for four seasons, before being signed off to Beitar Jerusalem. At Beitar he played only one match before being injured, which rendered him unable to play during the rest of the season.

In the next season, Atar moved to Hapoel Petah Tikva for a single season, before moving back to Hapoel Haifa and a few months later back to Beitar Jerusalem, where he became one of the most popular players. In 2000, he returned to Maccabi Haifa, winning two championships. Atar left Haifa for Maccabi Netanya before the 2002–03 season, the last team in his professional career as a player.

Coaching career

During the season at Maccabi Netanya, Atar was injured and decided to retire from his career as a player. He quickly signed as assistant coach at Maccabi Netanya, first alongside Gili Landau and later on Eli Cohen. At the end of the 2003–04 season, Cohen left the club, and Atar was chosen as the club's head-coach. Even though Netanya was relegated at the end of that season to the second league in Israel, Liga Leumit, Atar remained in his position and helped the club return to the Premier League after one season. In 2006, Atar was sent home by Netanya's new manager, Eyal Berkovich, and proceeded to move and coach Maccabi Herzliya, from which he was fired after eight league games{{Cite news | url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3325014,00.html |title = ראובן עטר פוטר ממכבי הרצליה|newspaper = Ynet|year = 2006|last1 = סידי|first1 = משה|last2 = אחרונות|first2 = ידיעות}} before returning to Netanya, later guiding the club to the second place in the Israeli Premier League, and the UEFA Cup Qualifying rounds.

Atar was later dismissed from Netanya, after team's owner Daniel Jammer signed Lothar Matthäus.

In September 2008, he signed for Beitar Jerusalem replacing Itzhak Shum. Later that year he won the Israeli Cup, but was dismissed and replaced by Shum.

On 29 September 2009, Atar returned once again to Maccabi Netanya, making it his third stint as the manager of the club. On 7 May 2011, he broke Netanya's undefeated streak from 1971 as he managed the team for 16 straight games without losing a match.{{cite web |url=http://sports.walla.co.il/?w=%2F7%2F1822475 |title=מכבי חיפה ניצחה 2:3 את מכבי נתניה ועלתה לגמר הגביע - וואלה! ספורט |access-date=24 February 2022 |archive-date=1 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001083602/http://sports.walla.co.il/?w=%2F7%2F1822475 |url-status=dead }}

On 23 April 2012, he signed a two-year contract for his home club of Maccabi Haifa.{{cite web |url=http://maccabi-haifafc.walla.co.il/?w=%2F3037%2F2524828 |title=ה"ילד" חוזר למכבי חיפה- ראובן עטר מונה למאמן בקבוצת האם - וואלה! מכבי חיפה |access-date=16 July 2022 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094408/http://maccabi-haifafc.walla.co.il/?w=%2F3037%2F2524828 |url-status=dead }} In 13 November he was sacked from Haifa.{{Cite news | url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4304730,00.html |title = הסמל הולך הביתה: ראובן עטר פוטר ממכבי חיפה|newspaper = Ynet|date = 13 November 2012|last1 = שימול|first1 = דוד בן}}

On 19 March 2013, he returned to Maccabi Netanya for his fourth stint as the manager of the club.[https://archive.today/20130412224214/http://www.nrg.co.il/online/71/ART2/453/662.html?hp=71&cat=7101 Mekor Rishon]

In the start of the 2014–15 season he worked as the manager of Hapoel Haifa. He was fired after four months on the job.

On 6 November 2015, Atar returned to Maccabi Netanya for his fifth stint as the manager of the club.

Career statistics

=Club=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition:{{NFT player|15527|accessdate=}}

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="2"|League

!colspan="2"|Israel State Cup

!colspan="2"|Toto Cup

!colspan="2"|Europe

!colspan="2"|Total

width="40"|Apps

!width="40"|Goals

!width="40"|Apps

!width="40"|Goals

!width="40"|Apps

!width="40"|Goals

!width="40"|Apps

!width="40"|Goals

!width="40"|Apps

!width="40"|Goals

rowspan="8"|Maccabi Haifa

|1986–87

|4

11010|
1987–88

|16

22162|
1988–89

|27

89410
1989–90

|23

22261|
1990–91

|30

15516434
1991–92

|28

136040|
1992–93

|31

105141|
1993–94

|37

8105251
rowspan="3"|Hapoel Haifa

|1994–95

|19

53222
1995–96

|27

212121
1996–97

|6

1|
Maccabi Haifa

|1996–97

|18

6312
Hapoel Haifa

|1997–98

|11

5|
Beitar Jerusalem

|1997–98

|1

0|0|
Hapoel Petach Tikva

|1998–99

|27

54052
Hapoel Haifa

|1999–2000

|5

2000030|82
Beitar Jerusalem

|1999–2000

|16

5100000175
rowspan="3"|Maccabi Haifa

|1999–2000

|13

2300000162
2000–01

|35

3002121395
2001–02

|18

1103110|22
Maccabi Netanya

|2002–03

|21

90032002411
colspan="2"|Career total

!423

113

=International=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year

National teamYearAppsGoals
rowspan="9"|Israel

|1989

20
199030
199100
199210
1993121
199460
199531
199651
199710
colspan="2"|Total333

:Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Atar goal.

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Reuven Atar

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

style="text-align:center"|113 October 1993Parc des Princes, Paris, France{{fb|FRA}}style="text-align:center"|3–21994 FIFA World Cup 2004 qualifying
style="text-align:center"|220 September 1995Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem, Israel{{fb|URU}}style="text-align:center"|3–1Friendly
style="text-align:center"|321 February 1996Kiryat Eliezer Stadium, Haifa, Israel{{fb|LTU}}style="text-align:center"|4–2Friendly

Managerial statistics

:{{cite web|url=http://one.co.il/Cat/Leagues/ShowTable.aspx?season=07-08&categoryId=1&tableId=1&teamId=8|title=One - מספר 1 בספורט|date=19 June 2015 }}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
rowspan=2|Team

!rowspan=2|Nat

!rowspan=2|From

!rowspan=2|To

!colspan=7|Record

PWDLWin %
align=left|Maccabi Netanya

|{{flagicon|Israel}}

|align=left|21 February 2004

|align=left|14 May 2006

{{WDL|94|38|23|33}}

align=left|Maccabi Herzliya

|{{flagicon|Israel}}

|align=left|21 July 2006

|align=left|7 November 2006

{{WDL|13|2|5|6}}

align=left|Maccabi Netanya

|{{flagicon|Israel}}

|align=left|3 January 2007

|align=left|1 June 2008

{{WDL|66|32|21|13}}

align=left|Beitar Jerusalem

|{{flagicon|Israel}}

|align=left|3 September 2008

|align=left|26 May 2009

{{WDL|45|23|8|14}}

align=left|Maccabi Netanya

|{{flagicon|Israel}}

|align=left|29 September 2009

|align=left|12 May 2012

{{WDL|112|47|27|38}}

align=left|Maccabi Haifa

|{{flagicon|Israel}}

|align=left|1 July 2012

|align=left|13 November 2012

{{WDL|13|3|6|4}}

align=left|Maccabi Netanya

|{{flagicon|Israel}}

|align=left|19 March 2013

|align=left|18 May 2013

{{WDL|6|2|2|2}}

align=left|Hapoel Haifa

|{{flagicon|Israel}}

|align=left|12 May 2014

|align=left|16 February 2015

{{WDL|30|10|5|15}}

align=left|Maccabi Netanya

|{{flagicon|Israel}}

|align=left|6 November 2015

|align=left|10 January 2016

{{WDL|9|0|4|5}}

align=left|Hapoel Afula

|{{flagicon|Israel}}

|align=left|20 January 2017

|align=left|2 August 2017

{{WDL|18|4|10|4}}

align=left|Ashdod

|{{flagicon|Israel}}

|align=left|3 August 2017

|align=left|3 October 2017

{{WDL|9|1|1|7}}

colspan=4|Total

{{WDLtot|414|162|111|141}}

Honours

= Player =

Maccabi Haifa

= Manager =

Maccabi Netanya

Beitar Jerusalem

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{NFT player|15527}}

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Category:1969 births

Category:Living people

Category:Israeli Sephardi Jews

Category:Israeli people of Moroccan-Jewish descent

Category:Israeli men's footballers

Category:Footballers from Tirat Carmel

Category:Men's association football midfielders

Category:Israel men's international footballers

Category:Israeli Premier League players

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Category:Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players

Category:Maccabi Haifa F.C. players

Category:Hapoel Haifa F.C. players

Category:Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. players

Category:Maccabi Netanya F.C. players

Category:Israeli football managers

Category:Israeli Premier League managers

Category:Maccabi Netanya F.C. managers

Category:Maccabi Herzliya F.C. managers

Category:Maccabi Haifa F.C. managers

Category:Hapoel Bnei Lod F.C. managers

Category:20th-century Israeli sportsmen