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Eli Guttman

Eli Guttman is an Israeli former football player and coach who managed the Israel national team from 2011 to 2015.

born 1958Hapoel Haifa's league titleHapoel Tel Aviv's 2010 doubleCoaching the Israel national team

Born: 24 February 1958, Haifa
Occupation: association football player, association football coach, association football coach

Eli Guttman was born in 1958 in Haifa

Guttman was born in Haifa on 24 February 1958, to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. As a teenager he played in the youth ranks of Hapoel Haifa but never reached its senior team.

He played in the lower divisions for Beitar Netanya, Maccabi Neve Sha'anan and Maccabi Kiryat Bialik. He also worked as a physical education teacher in schools and at the Wingate academic college.

He began coaching at Maccabi Kiryat Bialik and then led several northern clubs. As assistant to Shlomo Scharf at Maccabi Haifa, he won the double in the 1990/1991 season. He won the State Cup with Hapoel Be'er Sheva in 1997 and the league title with Hapoel Haifa in the 1998/1999 season.

He later coached Beitar Jerusalem, Hapoel Petah Tikva, Paralimni and AEL Limassol in Cyprus, and Maccabi Netanya. He took over Hapoel Tel Aviv in December 2007, won the double in 2010 and reached the UEFA Champions League group stage the next season.

He was appointed Israel national team manager on 27 December 2011 and left on 14 October 2015 after the Euro 2016 qualifying campaign. He last managed Maccabi Haifa before retiring, citing health issues.