Eliran Hudeda

Eliran Hudeda was born in 1981 in Haifa

Eliran Hudeda was born on 3 October 1981 in Haifa. He is of Tunisian Jewish descent and a third-generation resident of Kiryat Tivon. He began playing football at age 7 in the youth teams of Maccabi Haifa and Neve Yosef.

He made his senior debut in 2002 with Kiryat Ata. He later played for Beitar Jerusalem, Bnei Sakhnin, Hapoel Haifa, Maccabi Ahi Nazareth and Hapoel Nazareth Illit. In 2016 he joined Hapoel Hadera and won promotion with the club, and in 2019 he retired because of an injury.

He started coaching in 2019 at Baqa al-Gharbiyye and then moved to Iksal, which he took up to the National League. After a spell at Hapoel Ra'anana, he joined Ironi Tiberias and won promotion to the National League. After the 2023/2024 season he led the club into the Premier League.

In the summer of 2026 he was removed from the club over the transfusions affair. On 18 October 2026 he was arrested with the club's owners in connection with another affair. He is married to Dana and has 3 daughters.