Eli Guttman

Eli Guttman

Gutman in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Israel Guttman
Date of birth	(1958-02-24) 24 February 1958
Place of birth	Israel
Youth career
	Hapoel Haifa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1980	Beitar Netanya
1980–1984	Maccabi Neve Sha'anan
1984–1985	Maccabi Kiryat Bialik
Managerial career
1985–1986	Maccabi Kiryat Bialik
1986–1987	Beitar Haifa
1988–1989	Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel
1989–1990	Maccabi Tamra
1990–1992	Maccabi Haifa (assistant manager)
1992–1994	Hapoel Tzafririm Holon
1994–1995	Maccabi Herzliya
1995	Hapoel Beit She'an
1996–1997	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
1997–2000	Hapoel Haifa
2000–2001	Beitar Jerusalem
2001–2002	Hapoel Petah Tikva
2002–2003	Hapoel Haifa
2003–2005	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
2005–2006	Paralimni
2006–2007	Maccabi Netanya
2007	AEL Limassol
2007–2011	Hapoel Tel Aviv
2011–2015	Israel
2016	Hapoel Tel Aviv
2018	Maccabi Haifa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Israel "Eli" Guttman (or Gutman, Hebrew: אלי גוטמן; born 24 February 1958) is an Israeli former football player and manager who most recently managed Maccabi Haifa, before officially announcing his retirement from the football world, stating health issues as the main reason.

Career

Guttman was born in Israel, to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. He started playing football as a teenager in the youth ranks of Hapoel Haifa but never managed to play for the senior team. He moved to play for Beitar Netanya in Liga Alef and later played in Liga Bet for Maccabi Neve Sha'anan and Maccabi Kiryat Bialik.

After six years of playing in the lower divisions in Israeli football he retired from playing and the following season started to work as a manager. His first club as a manager was the club where he last played - Maccabi Kiryat Bialik. The next season, he moved to manage Beitar Haifa in Liga Alef. A year later he worked as the manager of Hapoel Tirat HaCarmel and in 1989–90 he managed Maccabi Tamra in Liga Artzit, Tamra got relegated in the end of the season.

In 1990 Guttman worked as the assistant manager of Maccabi Haifa. Guttman worked under Shlomo Scharf for two seasons, winning both the Israeli championship and the state cup in the 1990–91 season. In 1992 Guttman left Haifa to work as the manager of Tzafririm Holon, later on he managed Maccabi Herzliya and Hapoel Beit She'an.

He won his first Israeli title in 1997, winning the Israel State Cup with Hapoel Be'er Sheva.

He coached Hapoel Haifa during the 1998–99 season, in which the club won their first Liga Leumit title.

In 2001, he became coach of Hapoel Petah Tikva. In the 2001–02 season the team finished sixth; Gutman resigned in May immediately following the season's conclusion. He subsequently returned to Hapoel Be'er Sheva, and later spent two years coaching Paralimni in Cyprus.

At the start of the 2006–07 season he became coach of Maccabi Netanya, but was sacked in January 2007 following a dispute with team captain Liran Strauber.

From February 2007 until early December 2007 he coached AEL Limassol before joining Hapoel Tel Aviv as successor to Guy Luzon. He helped the team escape relegation, gradually building the team until they won the Israeli double – Israeli Premier League championship and Israel State Cup – in 2010. The following season, he coached the team to its first-ever qualification to the UEFA Champions League group stage. In May 2011, after winning the 2011 Israeli State Cup, he left Hapoel Tel Aviv.

On 27 December 2011, he was appointed manager of the Israeli national football team. On October 14, 2015 after the Euro 2016 qualifying campaign was highly unsuccessful, Guttman decided to leave his position as the manager of the national side.

Honours

Manager

• Israel State Cup:
  • 1997, 2010, 2011
• Israeli Premier League:
  • 1998–99, 2009–10

Managerial statistics

As of 26 March 2016

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Hapoel Tel Aviv		December 4, 2007	May 21, 2011	101	60	23	18	059.41
Israel		December 27, 2011	October 13, 2015	31	10	7	14	032.26
Hapoel Tel Aviv		January 12, 2016	Present	6	1	3	2	016.67
Total				138	71	33	34	051.45