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Dani Bondar

Dani Bondar is an Israeli former footballer who played as a right-back for Hapoel Tel Aviv and the Israel national team, and later became a coach.

born 1987Right-back for Hapoel Tel AvivThe 2009/2010 doubleIsrael national team defender

Born: 7 February 1987, Moscow
Occupation: association football player, association football coach

Dani Bondar was born in 1987 in Moscow

Bondar was born in Moscow in 1987 as Dmitry Bondarev. In 1990 his family moved to Israel and settled in Yehud, then moved to Kibbutz Gazit in the Jezreel Valley. He began playing football with the kibbutz children's team.

He later played in Kafr Kama and at Hakoah Afek, then joined the Hapoel Tel Aviv youth department. He made his senior debut in November 2004 and joined the first team in the summer of 2006 under coach Itzhak Shum. He played in European matches and won the State Cup in 2006/2007.

After knee injuries he was loaned to Ironi Kiryat Shmona, then returned to Hapoel in 2009/2010, when the club won the double. He also won the State Cup in 2010/2011. He earned 7 caps for Israel, the first on 2 September 2010 against Malta.

In 2011 he joined Volga Nizhny Novgorod in Russia and was released in 2013. He retired on 4 September 2014 because of repeated injuries. He then coached youth teams and served as interim coach of Hapoel Ra'anana in 2017.