Ilan Bakhar

Ilan Bakhar was born in 1975 in Ramat Gan

Ilan Bakhar was born on May 17, 1975, in Ramat Gan. He started out in the youth team of Hapoel Ramat Gan and moved up to its senior side.

In 1995 he joined Maccabi Herzliya, where coach Shaya Feigenbaum moved him from striker to right back. He was later loaned to Beitar Jerusalem and reached the 1999 State Cup final with the club, which lost to Hapoel Tel Aviv.

Coach Dror Kashtan signed him to Hapoel Tel Aviv for the 1999/2000 season, and he won the league and cup double in his first year. In the 2001/2002 season the club reached the UEFA Cup quarterfinals and won the Toto Cup.

For the 2002/2003 season he moved to Racing Santander in Spain alongside Yossi Benayoun but did not win a regular place. He then played for F.C. Ashdod and later joined Sporting Braga in Portugal, where he also got little chance. After returning to Israel in 2005 he played for Maccabi Herzliya, Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan and Hapoel Nazareth Illit, and retired after an injury early in the 2007/2008 season with Hapoel Be'er Sheva.

He played 6 friendly matches for Israel, from April 26, 2000, against the Czech Republic to September 5, 2002, against Luxembourg. After retiring he lived in Miami and worked as a personal mental coach. Near the end of the 2015/2016 season he became the mental consultant of Hapoel Kfar Saba.