Eli Ohana
Ohana in 1991
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Eliyahu Ohana | ||
| Date of birth | February 1, 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Jerusalem, Israel | ||
| Playing position |
Attacking midfielder Second striker Striker |
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| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Israel U19 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1987 | Beitar Jerusalem | 172 | (70) |
| 1987–1990 | KV Mechelen | 51 | (10) |
| 1990–1991 | S.C. Braga | 25 | (3) |
| 1991–1999 | Beitar Jerusalem | 172 | (82) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1984–1997 | Israel | 50 | (17) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1999–2000 | Beitar Jerusalem | ||
| 2000–2001 | Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv | ||
| 2001 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | ||
| 2001–2003 | Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv | ||
| 2003–2005 | Beitar Jerusalem | ||
| 2006–2008 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | ||
| 2008–2016 | Israel U19 | ||
| 2010 | Israel U21 | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 9, 2006. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of March 21, 2010 |
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Eli Ohana (Hebrew: אלי אוחנה; born February 1, 1964 in Jerusalem, Israel) is the manager of the Israel U19 team. He is a former Israeli football player. He is considered to be one of the greatest Israeli players ever.
Ohana was born in Jerusalem to a traditional Jewish family who had moved to Jerusalem from the Wadi Salib ma'abara in Haifa. He has 7 brothers and two sisters (one from his father's previous marriage). The family struggled with financial problems.
At age eleven, Ohana joined the youth system of Beitar Jerusalem at the encouragement of his brother Yossi. His father, a traditional Jew, was initially opposed but allowed him to join with the condition he would visit a synagogue before practice every Saturday.
Although good on the field, Ohana had problems at school and Yossi advised him to choose between football and school. He chose football, despite his father's resistance, and went to live with Yossi, who had recently married.
In 1977, Ohana led the youth league team of Beitar Jerusalem to the state youth title.
Ohana stood out for his ability to find the back of the net and was quickly promoted to first team. Beitar played in the second league (Artzit) at the time. Although Ohana did not do well in his first matches, he and Uri Malmilian later pushed the club into the first league (Leumit), and helped to bring the club its first league title and two State Cups.
At age twenty-three, Ohana signed with KV Mechelen in Belgium. (The money Beitar gained from the Ohana sale paid for the Bayit VeGan pitches used since then for the team practice.) After one season, Ohana was instrumental in the club's winning the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. His goal in the semi-final and his assist on the game-winning goal in the final secured his place in Mechelen's history books. Italian magazine Guerin' Sportivo awarded Ohana with the Bravo Award, which is given to the best player under 23 in European competition. Ohana also took part in the testimonial match to Oleg Blokhin.
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