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Alon Hazan

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Alon Hazan
Hazan in 2013
Personal information
Full name Alon Hazan
Date of birth (1967-09-14) 14 September 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth Ashdod, Israel
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Israel (manager)
Youth career
1983–1984 Hapoel Ashdod
1984–1985 Hapoel Petah Tikva
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1989 Hapoel Petah Tikva 98 (12)
1989–1990 Hapoel Ashdod 24 (7)
1990–1992 Hapoel Petah Tikva 78 (9)
1992–1996 Maccabi Haifa 119 (20)
1996–1997 Hapoel Tel Aviv 23 (3)
1997–1998 Budapest 20 (2)
1998–1999 Watford 32 (2)
1999–2004 F.C. Ashdod 151 (20)
Total 54 (77)
International career
1990–2000 Israel 72 (5)
Managerial career
2006–2008 F.C. Ashdod
2008–2010 Israel U-16
2010 Maccabi Tel Aviv (youth)
2010–2018 Israel U-17
2016 Israel (caretaker)
2018 Israel (caretaker)
2018–2020 Israel (assistant)
2020–2021 Israel (caretaker)
2021–2022 Israel U-21
2022–2024 Israel
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Hazan in 1992

Alon Hazan (Hebrew: אלון חזן; born 14 September 1967) is an Israeli former footballer and manager As a player, he played as a midfielder.

Biography

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Alon Hazan was raised in Ashdod, Israel, to an observant Masorti Jewish family.[1]

Outside of football he studied for a degree in politics.[2][3]

Club career

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Hazan spent most of his playing career in Israel, but did spend 18 months with English club Watford, with whom he achieved two promotions – from Division Two to the English Premier League. In 1999 Hazan scored in the penalty-shootout semi-final play-off against Birmingham City to put Watford into the play-off final against Bolton Wanderers, which they won 2–0 at Wembley, to earn promotion to the Premier League.[4][5] He turned home to Israel, for personal reasons, before he could play a part in the top tier of English football.[6]

International career

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As a football player, Hazan capped 72 times and scored 5 goals for the senior Israel, between 1990 and 2000.[citation needed].

Managerial career

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As of 8 May 2022, Hazan is the official national head coach who manages the senior Israel national team.[7]

Honours

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See also

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Managerial Statistics

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As of Match played 21 March 2024
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Israel 8 May 2022 27 March 2024 18 7 5 6 038.89

References

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  1. ^ "אלון חזן: "אם אחשוב שאני מלך העולם עכשיו, אקבל בום לפנים" - ספורט 5".
  2. ^ "Croatia 4-2 Israel". Archived from the original on 5 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Media adds to England woes". 21 March 2007 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  4. ^ "Hornets sting the Blues". BBC. 20 May 1999. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Watford back in the big time". BBC Sport. 31 May 1999. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Blind, Stupid and Desperate - Watford FC site - Gone but not forgotten". www.bsad.org.
  7. ^ "כצפוי: הנהלת ההתאחדות אישרה את מינוי חזן - ספורט 5".
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