Eli Ohana

Eli Ohana was born in 1964 in Jerusalem

Ohana was born in Jerusalem in 1964 to a family that came to Israel from Morocco in 1955. The family lived in Haifa and Kiryat Shmona before settling in Kiryat HaYovel in Jerusalem. His younger brother Zion Ohana also played football.

He joined the Beitar Jerusalem youth team and was moved up to the senior side while the club played in the second league. He helped Beitar return to the first league and won the State Cup with the club in 1985 and 1986. In 1987 he was part of the club's first league title.

In Belgium he won the 1988 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 1988 European Super Cup with KV Mechelen, and received the Bravo Award. He later played for S.C. Braga in Portugal, then returned to Beitar and won league titles in 1993, 1997 and 1998. He played for the Israel national team from 1983 and was named Israeli player of the year in 1984 and 1997.

As a coach he led Beitar Jerusalem, Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv, Maccabi Petah Tikva and Hapoel Kfar Saba, and was named coach of the year in 2007. In 2008 he was appointed coach of an Israel youth national team, and in 2010 he served as caretaker coach of the senior national team.

In 2004 he lit a torch at the Independence Day ceremony. Ahead of the 2015 elections he was placed on the Jewish Home list and withdrew after criticism within the party. He works as a football commentator on television and radio.