Meir Tapiro

Meir Tapiro was born in 1975 in Haifa

Meir Tapiro was born in Haifa on March 28, 1975. His parents were born to Jewish immigrants from Morocco. He attended ORT Kiryat Bialik high school and began playing basketball in the youth department of Elitzur Kiryat Ata.

He started his senior career at Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin and later played for clubs including Hapoel Tel Aviv, Hapoel Eilat, Maccabi Haifa, Hapoel Jerusalem, Bnei HaSharon, Maccabi Rishon LeZion and Maccabi Ashdod. In France he won the league cup with Nancy and reached the 2004-2005 championship final. On February 1, 1999, he became the first Israeli player to record a triple-double in the Israeli league.

He was named league MVP in 2002 and led the league in assists 5 times. With Hapoel Jerusalem he won the 2006-07 State Cup. He played for the Israeli national team at several EuroBaskets and retired from it on May 27, 2009.

He retired as a player on June 7, 2016, after 23 seasons, and became coach of Maccabi Ashdod Be'er Tuvia. In 2017 he coached Hapoel Eilat until he was dismissed in November. He later became CEO of Ironi Nes Ziona.