Dudu Dahan

David "Dudu" Dahan (Hebrew: דודו דהאן; born 8 December 1971 in Jerusalem, Israel) is a sports agent working with football players and coaches. He has been involved in some of the most expensive transfers in Israel Football history. Dahan is former football player who played Center Back for most of his career. Dahan developed his connection with football in his native Israel, beginning as an active player, and establishing a network of associations and friendships across the football world. He is licensed as a football agent from the Israel and Belgium Football Association, he holds a PRO coaching diploma.

Dudu Dahan
Personal information
Full name David Dahan
Date of birth (1971-12-08) 8 December 1971
Place of birth Jerusalem, Israel
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Manager (former defender)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1998 Hapoel Jerusalem 85 (3)
1998–1999 Hapoel Beit She'an
1999–2000 Hapoel Jerusalem 35 (2)
2000–2002 Hapoel Tel Aviv
2002–2004 Hapoel Jerusalem
Teams managed
2007–2009 Hakoah Ramat Gan
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Main activity as an agent (2007–present)

In 2007, Dahan moved Gili Vermouth from Hapoel Tel Aviv FC to KAA Gent and Salim Tuama from the same team to Royal Standard de Liege. He continued to work mostly in Israel and Belgium and Rami Gershon (Royal Standard de Liege), Eytan Tibi (Charleroi SC) and Omer Golan (K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen) were all part of his early work days in Belgium. KAA Gent bought his representative, Shlomi Arbeitman on 2010 in the amount of €1.5 million. In the same year Lior Refaelov moved from Maccabi Haifa to Club Brugge K.V. on a €2.5 million transfer fee. Beram Kayal also moved from Maccabi Haifa in 2010, joining Scottish club Celtic in a £1.2 million transfer deal.[1][2] Nigerian international defender Efe Ambrose became the second player represented by Dahan to join Celtic, when he moved from SC Ashdod to Scotland in August 2012.[1][3]

This transaction built the trust of his scouting and manager skills and Dahan started working all around the continent. Wisla Krakow recruited the first Israeli player in Poland from Hapoel Beer Sheva in 2011, Maor Melikson, who was bought in 750,000 Euro. Later Dudu Biton joined the club, another representative of Dahan, who later moved to Royal Standard de Liege, Apoel Nicosia (Cyprus) and NK Maribor (Slovenia). Before Biton came to Wisla Krakow he was part of the "Hot winter" of Belgium club, Charleroi SC who took four Israeli players from Dahan, Tamir Kahlon, Matan Ohayon and Hatem Abd Elhamed.

In summer 2013, Dahan shocked Israel and Belgium when he managed to bring Israeli coach Guy Luzon from the U21 National team of Israel to Royal Standard de Liege alongside Center Bacl, Tal Ben Haim. The captain of the U21 National Team of Israel, Nir Biton, moved on a 1 million-euro deal from SC Ashdod to Celtic FC. In 2014 Sintayehu Sallalich became the first Israeli player in Slovenia, represented by Dahan to NK Maribor. Rami Gershon and Kenny Sayef moved to KAA Gent, the later on a 200,000-euro deal from Hapoel Ramat HaSharon.

Honours

As a player

As a manager

Managerial stats
Team Nat From To Record
PWDLWin %
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan July 2007 June 2009 91 35 25 31 038.46
Total 91 35 25 31 038.46

References
  1. Kyle, Gregor (3 January 2013). "Israeli centre-back Rami Gershon arrives for Celtic talks". Daily Record. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  2. "TKayal reports "inaccurate" - Celtic". The Telegraph. 5 October 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  3. "Celtic: Efe Ambrose completes move from Ashdod". BBC Sport. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
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