Israeli footballer

Ariel "Arik" Benado (Hebrew: אריאל "אריק" בנאדו; born December 5, 1973) is an Israeli football manager and former player who played as a centre-back.

Contents

• 1 Playing career
• 2 Coaching career
• 3 Honours
  • 3.1 Player
  • 3.2 Manager
• 4 Managerial statistics
• 5 See also
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Playing career

Arik Benado in 2006

Benado was a second generation player at Maccabi Haifa; his father, Shlomo, appeared for Haifa in the 1970s. Arik began playing at the age of nine, rising through the ranks to the senior team. He spent a two-year spell with Beitar Jerusalem in the mid-1990s to gain experience. He has won five league championships and a State Cup *le with Maccabi. Benado is also a long-standing member of the Israeli national team where he holds the record as the most capped player (94 caps), and plays as a central defender. He is a tough defender, his strength lies in his tackling due to quick foot work. He had successfully defended against top strikers with the club and the national team in Europe. He has also appeared for Maccabi in the UEFA Champions League group stage. Beitar signed him for his second term in the club for the 2006–07 season.

In June 2010, Benado agreed to return to Maccabi Haifa for one last season before his retirement in June 2011. He started on the bench but quickly became Elisha Levi's first choice in Maccabi Haifa's defense, helping Maccabi Haifa to win the championship.

Coaching career

On 17 November 2012, Benado was appointed as caretaker manager for Maccabi Haifa, before being appointed as the full manager a week later on 25 November 2012.

On 25 February 2014, Benado was appointed as the *istant manager for Eli Guttman in the Israeli national football team.

On 4 May 2015, Benado was appointed as the manager for the Israel national under-21 football team.

Honours

Player

Club

• Israeli Premier League: 1993–94, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11; runner-up 1999–00, 2002–03
• State Cup: 1993, 1998, 2008, 2009; runner-up 2002, 2011
• Toto Cup: 1993–94, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2009–10

Individual

• Israeli Premier League Beast Defender of the Year: 2007–08

Manager

• Israeli Premier League: runner-up 2012-13

Managerial statistics

As of 14 March 2016.

See also

• List of select Jewish football (*ociation; soccer) players

References

External links

• Arik Benado – Israel Football *ociation league player details
• Arik Benado at National-Football-Teams.com
• "Arik Benado International Games and Goals". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-02-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)