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 Atar withMaccabi Haifa | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1969-01-03)3 January 1969 (age 56) | ||
| Place of birth | Tirat Carmel, Israel | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1977–1986 | Maccabi Haifa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1994 | Maccabi Haifa | 198 | (49) |
| 1994–1997 | Hapoel Haifa | 69 | (37) |
| 1997 | Beitar Jerusalem | 1 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 27 | (5) |
| 1999 | Hapoel Haifa | 5 | (2) |
| 2000 | Beitar Jerusalem | 16 | (5) |
| 2000–2002 | Maccabi Haifa | 66 | (6) |
| 2002–2003 | Maccabi Netanya | 21 | (9) |
| International career | |||
| 1989–1997 | Israel | 33 | (3) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2003–2004 | Maccabi Netanya (assistant) | ||
| 2004–2006 | Maccabi Netanya | ||
| 2006 | Maccabi Herzliya | ||
| 2007–2008 | Maccabi Netanya | ||
| 2008–2009 | Beitar Jerusalem | ||
| 2009–2012 | Maccabi Netanya | ||
| 2012 | Maccabi Haifa | ||
| 2013 | Maccabi Netanya | ||
| 2014–2015 | Hapoel Haifa | ||
| 2015–2016 | Maccabi Netanya | ||
| 2017 | Hapoel Afula | ||
| 2017 | Ashdod | ||
| 2019–2020 | Beitar Nes Tubruk (youth) | ||
| 2020 | Hapoel Bnei Lod | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Reuven Atar (Hebrew:ראובן עטר; born 3 January 1969) is an Israelifootball manager and former player. As a player, he played as amidfielder, most notably withMaccabi Haifa. As a manager, he's mostly known for having five spells withMaccabi Netanya.
Atar was born inTirat Carmel, Israel, toSephardic Jewish immigrant parents fromIraq. During his adolescence, he played football for theMaccabi Haifa youth club. For many, he is one of the greatest players to ever wear the Haifa colors.
After playing eight seasons for Maccabi Haifa and winning three titles for the club (theToto Cup, and theIsrael 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 toBeitar 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 toHapoel 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 forMaccabi Netanya before the 2002–03 season, the last team in his professional career as a player.
During the season atMaccabi Netanya, Atar was injured and decided to retire from his career as a player. He quickly signed as assistant coach at Maccabi Netanya, first alongsideGili Landau and later onEli 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 coachMaccabi Herzliya, from which he was fired after eight league games[1] before returning to Netanya, later guiding the club to the second place in the Israeli Premier League, and theUEFA Cup Qualifying rounds.
Atar was later dismissed from Netanya, after team's ownerDaniel Jammer signedLothar Matthäus.
In September 2008, he signed forBeitar Jerusalem replacingItzhak 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.[2]
On 23 April 2012, he signed a two-year contract for his home club ofMaccabi Haifa.[3] In 13 November he was sacked from Haifa.[4]
On 19 March 2013, he returned to Maccabi Netanya for his fourth stint as the manager of the club.[5]
In the start of the 2014–15 season he worked as the manager ofHapoel 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.
| Club | Season | League | Israel State Cup | Toto Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Maccabi Haifa | 1986–87 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 1987–88 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| 1988–89 | 27 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 1989–90 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | |||||
| 1990–91 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 1991–92 | 28 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 1992–93 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 1993–94 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Hapoel Haifa | 1994–95 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 1995–96 | 27 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 1996–97 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
| Maccabi Haifa | 1996–97 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Hapoel Haifa | 1997–98 | 11 | 5 | ||||||||
| Beitar Jerusalem | 1997–98 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Hapoel Petach Tikva | 1998–99 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| Hapoel Haifa | 1999–2000 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| Beitar Jerusalem | 1999–2000 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 |
| Maccabi Haifa | 1999–2000 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
| 2000–01 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 5 | |
| 2001–02 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Maccabi Netanya | 2002–03 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 11 |
| Career total | 423 | 113 | |||||||||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1993 | 12 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1995 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 5 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 3 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 October 1993 | Parc des Princes, Paris, France |  France | 3–2 | 1994 FIFA World Cup 2004 qualifying | |
| 2 | 20 September 1995 | Teddy Stadium,Jerusalem, Israel |  Uruguay | 3–1 | Friendly | |
| 3 | 21 February 1996 | Kiryat Eliezer Stadium,Haifa, Israel |  Lithuania | 4–2 | Friendly |
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||||
| Maccabi Netanya |  | 21 February 2004 | 14 May 2006 | 94 | 38 | 23 | 33 | 040.43 | ||
| Maccabi Herzliya | | 21 July 2006 | 7 November 2006 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 015.38 | ||
| Maccabi Netanya | | 3 January 2007 | 1 June 2008 | 66 | 32 | 21 | 13 | 048.48 | ||
| Beitar Jerusalem | | 3 September 2008 | 26 May 2009 | 45 | 23 | 8 | 14 | 051.11 | ||
| Maccabi Netanya | | 29 September 2009 | 12 May 2012 | 112 | 47 | 27 | 38 | 041.96 | ||
| Maccabi Haifa | | 1 July 2012 | 13 November 2012 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 023.08 | ||
| Maccabi Netanya | | 19 March 2013 | 18 May 2013 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 033.33 | ||
| Hapoel Haifa | | 12 May 2014 | 16 February 2015 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 033.33 | ||
| Maccabi Netanya | | 6 November 2015 | 10 January 2016 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 000.00 | ||
| Hapoel Afula | | 20 January 2017 | 2 August 2017 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 022.22 | ||
| Ashdod | | 3 August 2017 | 3 October 2017 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 011.11 | ||
| Total | 414 | 162 | 111 | 141 | 039.13 | |||||
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