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Erez Edelstein

Erez Edelstein is an Israeli basketball coach who led Israel's national team and several Israeli clubs, including Hapoel Tel Aviv and Hapoel Jerusalem.

born 1961Coaching the Israel national teamHapoel Tel Aviv's 2003/04 seasonCoaching Hapoel Jerusalem

Born: 23 August 1961
Occupation: basketball coach, basketball player

Erez Edelstein was born in 1961

Erez Edelstein was born on August 23, 1961. He began playing basketball at Hapoel Afula as a point guard, and he also played that position on the youth national team.

He started coaching in the 1990/91 season as an assistant to Boaz Yanai at Hapoel Gvat, and became head coach the next season. He later coached Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin and Maccabi Hadera. In 1995/96 he was Pini Gershon's assistant at Hapoel Jerusalem, which won the State Cup that year.

He then coached Bnei Herzliya, Galil Elyon from 1999/00, and Maccabi Ramat Gan from 2001, which finished second in the league. In 2003/04 he led Hapoel Tel Aviv to the league final and the Euroleague semifinal, then worked as a commentator on the Sport Channel. He returned to Hapoel Jerusalem in 2005/06 and reached the ULEB Cup semifinal before being dismissed.

In 2007/2008 he assisted Pini Gershon at Olympiacos. In 2014 he became head coach of the Israel national team, and in 2016 he briefly coached Maccabi Tel Aviv. He left the national team in 2017 after the Eurobasket tournament.