 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1966-11-14)14 November 1966 (age 58) | ||
| Place of birth | Netanya, Israel | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Maccabi Netanya | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1992 | Maccabi Netanya | 156 | (12) |
| 1990–1991 | →Bnei Yehuda (loan) | 20 | (3) |
| 1992–1997 | Maccabi Haifa | 144 | (18) |
| International career | |||
| 1993–1995 | Israel | 16 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1999–2000 | Maccabi Haifa (assistant) | ||
| 2000 | Maccabi Haifa (caretaker)[1] | ||
| 2000–2003 | Maccabi Haifa (youth) | ||
| 2003–2008 | Maccabi Haifa | ||
| 2008–2009 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | ||
| 2009–2010 | Unirea Urziceni | ||
| 2010–2011 | Beitar Jerusalem | ||
| 2011 | Steaua București | ||
| 2011–2013 | Anorthosis Famagusta | ||
| 2013–2014 | Beitar Jerusalem | ||
| 2015 | Maccabi Netanya | ||
| 2015–2016 | Maccabi Haifa | ||
| 2016–2018 | Anorthosis Famagusta | ||
| 2019–2020 | Beitar Jerusalem | ||
| 2021–2022 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | ||
| 2022– | Hapoel Haifa | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ronny Levy (Hebrew:רוני לוי; also spelledRoni; born on 14 November 1966), is an Israelifootballmanager. As anIsraeli international player, Levy played primarily as adefensive midfielder. He won Israeli football championships with bothBnei Yehuda andMaccabi Haifa.
Levy started his career as astriker in the youth team ofMaccabi Netanya. He was promoted to the first team in 1985. After five seasons, he was loaned toBnei Yehuda where he won his firstchampionship title.[2]
After returning to Maccabi Netanya, Levy transferred toMaccabi Haifa in 1992, where he played as adefender. After a few games, his role was changed todefensive midfielder, the position he would occupy until the end of his playing career. He retired from playing in 1997 due to a serious knee injury.[3]
Levy earned sixteen international caps with theIsrael national team.[4]
As the season of2002–03 ended, Levy returned to be first team manager. Levy won three domestic championships in a row in his first three years of managingMaccabi Haifa (2003–04,2004–05,2005–06), oneToto Cup Al (2006), and a qualification to theUEFA cup group stage in 2006–07.[5]
In 2006, Levy received a "manager of the year" award from both major Israeli newspapers,Yedioth Ahronoth andMaariv.[6] After seasons2006–07 and2007–08.[7]
Levy then signed withMaccabi Petah Tikva for a year and a half. After less than a year there, Levy resigned.[8]
On 31 December 2009, Levy signed a year and a half contract, worth $600,000, to manageUnirea Urziceni.[9] His first game on 18 February 2010 was againstLiverpool atAnfield in theUEFA Europa League, where the visitors lost 1–0.[10]
On 17 January 2011, Levy signed forBeitar Jerusalem.[11] On 10 June 2011,Steaua Bucharest presented Ronny Levy as the new head coach of the team.[12] He was fired on 30 September 2011 after a draw againstAEK Larnaca in theUEFA Europa League. The next day, 1 October, he signed a year contract withAnorthosis Famagusta.[13]
On 6 December 2013, Levy made his return toBeitar Jerusalem.[citation needed] On 14 January 2015, Levy signed withMaccabi Netanya.[14][better source needed] On 18 May 2015, Levy returned toMaccabi Haifa, signing a three-year contract.[citation needed] On 26 October 2016, Levy made his return to Anorthosis Famagusta after signing an 18-month contract.[citation needed] He left the club in September 2018.[15][16]
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