 Benado in 2006 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1973-12-05)December 5, 1973 (age 51) | ||
| Place of birth | Haifa, Israel | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back,sweeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1991 | Maccabi Haifa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1994 | Maccabi Haifa | 71 | (2) |
| 1994–1996 | Beitar Jerusalem | 45 | (0) |
| 1996–2006 | Maccabi Haifa | 304 | (7) |
| 2006–2010 | Beitar Jerusalem | 124 | (2) |
| 2010–2011 | Maccabi Haifa | 25 | (0) |
| Total | 569 | (11) | |
| International career | |||
| 1990–1991 | Israel | 7 | (1) |
| 1992–1995 | Israel U-21 | 39 | (1) |
| 1995–2007 | Israel | 94 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2012 | Maccabi Haifa (youth) | ||
| 2012–2014 | Maccabi Haifa | ||
| 2014–2015 | Israel (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2016 | Israel U-21 | ||
| 2016 | Bnei Yehuda | ||
| 2017 | Hapoel Ramat Gan | ||
| 2018–2019 | Maccabi Haifa (youth) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ariel "Arik" Benado (Hebrew:אריאל "אריק" בנאדו; born 5 December 1973) is an Israelifootball manager and former player who played as acentre-back.
Benado was a second-generation player at one of Israel's majorassociation football clubs,Maccabi Haifa; his fatherShlomo Benado appeared for Maccabi 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 title with Maccabi. Benado is also a long-standing member of the Israel 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 theUEFA 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 becameElisha Levi's first choice in Maccabi Haifa's defense, helping Maccabi Haifa to win the championship.[citation needed]
On 17 November 2012, Benado was appointed as caretaker manager for Maccabi Haifa,[1] before being appointed as the full manager a week later on 25 November 2012.[2]
On 25 February 2014, Benado was appointed as the assistant manager forEli Guttman in theIsrael national team.
On 4 May 2015, Benado was appointed as the manager for theIsrael national under-21 football team.[3]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||||
| Maccabi Haifa |  | 17 November 2012 | 17 May 2014 | 78 | 38 | 17 | 23 | 048.72 | ||
| Israel U-21 | | 5 May 2015 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 033.33 | |||
| Total | 84 | 40 | 19 | 25 | 047.62 | |||||
| Preceded by | Israel national football team captain 2003–2006 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Maccabi Haifa captain 1999–2006 | Succeeded by |
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