Sun Menahem

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Sun Menahem

| image = Sun Menahem (cropped).jpg

| caption = Menahem playing for Maccabi Haifa in 2015

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|9|7|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Tel Aviv, Israel

| height = {{height|m=1.77}}

| position = Left-back

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 2006-2007 | youthclubs1 = Bnei Yehuda

| youthyears2 = 2007-2011 | youthclubs2 = Shimshon Tel Aviv

| youthyears3 = 2011–2013 | youthclubs3 = Hapoel Ramat HaSharon

| years1 = 2013–2015 | clubs1 = Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | caps1 = 35 | goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2015–2024 | clubs2 = Maccabi Haifa | caps2 = 167 | goals2 = 10

| years3 = 2017–2018 | clubs3 = → Ironi Kiryat Shmona (loan) | caps3 = 31 | goals3 = 2

| nationalyears1 = 2019–2022 | nationalteam1 = Israel | nationalcaps1 = 19 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| totalcaps = 233

| totalgoals = 13

| pcupdate = 9 May 2024

| ntupdate = 9 May 2024

}}

Sun Menahem (or Menachem,{{Cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/clubs/players/250099175--sun-menachem/|title=Sun Menachem - - UEL}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.football.org.il/en/players/player/?player_id=60992|title = ההתאחדות לכדורגל בישראל - Sun MENACHEM}} {{langx|he|סאן מנחם}}; born 7 September 1993) is an Israeli professional footballer who played as a defender.

Early life

Menahem was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a Jewish family.

Club career

He made his professional Israeli Premier League debut for Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon on 11 May 2013 in a game against Bnei Yehuda.{{cite web|publisher=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/05/11/israel/ligat-haal/bnei-yehuda-tel-aviv-fc/ironi-ramat-hasharon-fc/1459433/|title=Bnei Yehuda v Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon game report|date=11 May 2013}}

On 21 June 2015 Menhem signed a four-year deal with Maccabi Haifa. On 8 October 2018 he extended his contract with the club for three more years.{{Cite news|date=2018-10-08|title=סאן מנחם חתם על חוזה חדש במכבי חיפה|url=https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5366215,00.html|access-date=2020-12-20|website=ynet|language=he |last1=אלבז |first1=שמעון }}

International career

He received his first call-up to the Israel national football team in October 2019 for Euro 2020 qualifiers against Austria and Latvia. He made his debut on 15 October 2019 in a game against Latvia. He substituted Taleb Tawatha in the 79th minute as Israel won 3–1.{{cite web|publisher=ESPN|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/match?gameId=528898|title=Israel v Latvia game report|date=15 October 2019}}