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Klemi Saban

Klemi Saban is an Israeli former football defender who played 25 matches for Israel's national team and later worked as a coach.

born 1980Defender for Maccabi Netanya25 caps for IsraelPlaying for Steaua București

Born: 17 February 1980, Netanya
Occupation: association football player, association football coach

Klemi Saban was born in 1980 in Netanya

Rahamim (Klemi) Saban was born in Netanya in 1980. His father played midfield for Beitar Netanya, and his younger brother Avi also played football in the lower Israeli divisions.

Saban began his career at Maccabi Netanya in the 1998/1999 season, when the club won promotion from the second division. In 2001 he moved to Hapoel Tel Aviv, then played for Hapoel Petah Tikva and Maccabi Haifa, winning the league title with Haifa in 2005/2006. In 2006 he joined Steaua București in Romania and reached the Champions League group stage.

After one season he returned to Maccabi Netanya, which finished second in the league in 2007/2008. He later played for Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Be'er Sheva and Hapoel Acre, and retired after the 2013/2014 season. For Israel he won 25 caps between 2004 and 2010.

As a coach he was an assistant and then head coach at Hapoel Petah Tikva in 2021 and at Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam. He was later an assistant at Bnei Sakhnin and at F.C. Ashdod, which he briefly coached in 2025.