Boaz Kofman

Boaz Kofman (Hebrew: בועז קופמן‎) is a former Israeli footballer and football manager who played for Hapoel Petah Tikva, where he also served as manager, and for the Israel national football team.

Boaz Kofman
Personal information
Full name Boaz Kofman
Date of birth (1935-03-29) March 29, 1935
Place of birth Petah Tikva, Israel
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1944–1953 Hapoel Petah Tikva
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1953–1968 Hapoel Petah Tikva 310 (121)
1968–1969 SK Nes Tziona
1969–1970 Hapoel Petah Tikva 0 (0)
1970 Beitar Tel Aviv
1970–1971 Beitar Lod
National team
1956–1965 Israel 8 (1)
Teams managed
1968–1969 SK Nes Tziona
1970–1971 Beitar Lod
1971–1972 Hapoel Mahane Yehuda
1973–1975 Hapoel Petah Tikva
1976–1977 Hapoel Petah Tikva
1978 Hapoel Ashdod
– Maccabi Sha'arayim
– Hapoel Lod
1982 Hapoel Petah Tikva
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Playing career

Kofman joined Hapoel Petah Tikva at the age of 9 and graduated to the senior team in 1953, where he played until the end of the 1966–68 season, winning 6 league titles and one cup. During his Time with the club, Kofman scored 121 league goals and 29 cup goals, including scoring in three cup finals. After Kofman's departure from Hapoel Petah Tikva, he served as player-manager at SK Nes Tziona for one season, before returning to Hapoel Petah Tikva at the beginning of the 1969–70 season.[1] However, Kofman didn't play during the first half of the season, and in February 1970, Kofman was transferred to Beitar Tel Aviv[2] Kofman retired from active play in 1971, after a season at Beitar Lod, where he served as player-manager.[3]

In 1956, Kofman made his debut for Israel, in an Olympic qualifying match against USSR. Kofman played a total of 8 matches for the national team, scoring one goal, against Cyprus, in 1960.[4]

Managing career

Kofman started his coaching career with stints as player-manager at SK Nes Tziona and Beitar Lod, and, after retiring from active play, in 1971, Kofman served as manager for Hapoel Mahane Yehuda. In 1973, Kofman replaced Rehavia Rozenboim as head coach at Hapoel Petah Tikva, where he led the club to the 1974 cup final, in which the team lost to Hapoel Haifa. Kofman left Hapoel Petah Tikva at the end of the 1973–74 season, but returned to the club later in the next season, as a replacement manager, in an effort to save the club from relegation to Liga Artzit, which proved unsuccessful. Kofman guided the club during its first season in Liga Artzit, and left the coaching position at the end of the season, after failing to gain promotion back to Liga Leumit. Kofman returned for a third spell in Hapoel Peath Tikva as a replacement manager during the 1981–82 season, but didn't manage to save the club from relegating.

Honours

References
  1. Hapoel Petah Tikva – Yugoslavian Emphasis on Physical Form Menashe Nehorai, Ma'ariv, 28 September 1969, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  2. Belanero Got Sick and Didn't Practice; Boaz Kofman – in Beitar T.A. Ma'ariv, 3 February 1970, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  3. Outrage in Rehovot: Referee Moshe Ashkenazi Was Beaten and the Match Abandoned Baruch Dagon, Davar, 27 December 1970, Historical Jewish Press (in Hebrew)
  4. Boaz Kofman – National Team Player Details IFA (in Hebrew)
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