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Daniel Brailovsky

Daniel Brailovsky is an Argentine-born Jewish former footballer who played for the Israel national team and later worked as a football coach and broadcaster.

born 1958Playing for Israel's national teamThree championships with Club AméricaCoaching Maccabi Haifa to 1998 CupSpanish-language football commentary

Born: 18 November 1958, Buenos Aires
Occupation: association football player, journalist, association football coach

Daniel Brailovsky was born in 1958 in Buenos Aires

Brailovsky was born on November 18, 1958, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to a Jewish family. He played amateur football at Jewish clubs before going to Montevideo for a trial at Peñarol.

An attacking midfielder and striker, he won the 1978 championship with Peñarol and played for Uruguay's youth team. He then played in Argentina for All Boys and Independiente, and in 1982 joined Club América in Mexico, where he won 3 championships.

After the 1985 earthquake in Mexico he left the country, and Club América suspended him for breach of contract. He moved to Israel and joined Maccabi Haifa, and from 1986 to 1988 he played 18 games for Israel and scored 3 goals.

He began coaching in Israel with Maccabi Kfar Kana and Maccabi Herzliya, and Maccabi Haifa won the State Cup under him in 1998. In Mexico he coached Veracruz from 2002, Club América from 2007 to 2008 and Necaxa from 2010.

He also worked as a football commentator, on Israel's Channel 2 in 2000 and 2001 and later on ESPN Deportes and Fox Deportes.