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Eyal Berkovic

Eyal Berkovic is an Israeli former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder in Israel, England and Scotland, and later became a club manager, team owner and radio and television presenter.

born 1972Attacking midfielder in the Premier League78 games for IsraelCo-hosting Ofira and Berkovic

Born: 2 April 1972, Regba
Occupation: association football player, association football coach, radio personality, television presenter

Eyal Berkovic was born in 1972 in Regba

Berkovic was born in 1972 in moshav Regba and grew up in Nahariya. His family is of Hungarian-Jewish descent, and he is the older brother of footballer Nir Berkovic. His father Zeev, who came from Romania, worked in vehicle protection and pushed his son's football career.

He came up through the Maccabi Haifa youth system and joined the senior team in 1989. With Haifa he won 2 league titles and 3 State Cups, and he was named Israeli Footballer of the Year in 1994. He played 78 games for Israel and scored 9 goals.

In 1996 he moved on loan to Southampton, then played for West Ham United, Celtic, Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City and Portsmouth. He helped Blackburn and Manchester City win promotion to the Premier League. He returned to Israel to play for Maccabi Tel Aviv and retired on 7 May 2006.

After retiring he was general manager of Maccabi Netanya in 2006 and of Hapoel Tel Aviv from 2014 to 2015. In 2015 he bought Hapoel Rishon LeZion. From 2007 to 2023 he hosted a sports radio show with Ofira Asayag, and from 2017 the two presented a weekly TV show on Keshet Channel 12, which he left in 2023 before signing with Reshet 13.