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Eliyahu Offer

Eliyahu Offer was an Israeli footballer who spent his playing career at Hapoel Be'er Sheva and later coached several Israeli clubs.

1944 to 2022Captain of Hapoel Be'er ShevaHapoel Be'er Sheva's first 2 titlesCoaching Beitar Jerusalem to 1988 title

Born: 1 January 1944, Beersheba
Died: 15 December 2022, Omer
Occupation: association football player, association football coach

Eliyahu Offer was born in 1944 in Beersheba

Eliyahu Offer was born in Libya as Eliyahu Dabash, to Bechor and Olympia Dabash. He grew up in a religious home in Israel and attended a religious school. When press coverage of his football angered his teachers, the club changed his playing name from Dabash to Offer so he could continue his studies.

Coach Yechiel Mor spotted him in his neighborhood and brought him to the senior team of Hapoel Be'er Sheva. He played mainly as a midfielder, took the team's penalty kicks and corners, and served as captain in the 1970s. He played 450 games and scored 64 goals for the club, winning its first 2 league titles, and retired in the 1976/1977 season.

As a coach he led Hapoel Be'er Sheva in several stints, as well as Beitar Jerusalem, Maccabi Sha'arayim, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Jerusalem. He won the Israeli championship with Beitar Jerusalem in 1988. He was known for insisting on discipline.

After leaving professional coaching, he coached children and scouted talent in the Bedouin community in the Negev. In 2012 he became professional director of Maccabi Be'er Sheva. He also owned a restaurant in Be'er Sheva, and he died on 15 December 2022 and was buried in Omer.