Sun Menahem

Sun Menahem (or Menachem,[1][2] Hebrew: סאן מנחם‎; born 7 September 1993) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a defender for Maccabi Haifa and the Israel national team.

Sun Menahem
Menahem playing for Maccabi Haifa in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-09-07) 7 September 1993
Place of birth Tel Aviv, Israel
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Maccabi Haifa
Number 12
Youth career
Bnei Yehuda
Shimshon Tel Aviv
0000–2013 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Hapoel Ramat HaSharon 35 (1)
2015– Maccabi Haifa 60 (4)
2017–2018 → Ironi Kiryat Shmona (loan) 26 (2)
National team‡
2019– Israel 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 October 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2020

Early life

Menahem was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a Jewish family.

Club career

He made his professional Israeli Premier League debut for Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon on 11 May 2013 in a game against Bnei Yehuda.[3]

On 21 June 2015 Menhem signed a four year deal with Maccabi Haifa. On 8 October 2018 he extended his contract with the club for three more years.[4]

International career

He received his first call-up to the Israel national football team in October 2019 for Euro 2020 qualifiers against Austria and Latvia. He made his debut on 15 October 2019 in a game against Latvia. He substituted Taleb Tawatha in the 79th minute as Israel won 3–1.[5]

References
  1. http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2020/clubs/player=250099175/
  2. http://www.football.org.il/en/players/player/?player_id=60992
  3. "Bnei Yehuda v Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon game report". Soccerway. 11 May 2013.
  4. "סאן מנחם חתם על חוזה חדש במכבי חיפה". ynet (in Hebrew). 2018-10-08. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  5. "Israel v Latvia game report". ESPN. 15 October 2019.
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