Ori Uzan

Ori Uzan was born in 1978 in Netanya

Ori Uzan was born on 27 December 1978 in Netanya to a Tunisian Jewish family. He came up through the youth department of Maccabi Netanya.

He joined the Maccabi Netanya senior team in the 1997/1998 season, when the club was in the second division, and helped it move up to the Premier League. He was called up to the Israel national team in 2003 and played 4 friendly matches until 2004. After the 2003/2004 season, when he was team captain, he moved to Maccabi Haifa.

He later played for Hapoel Petah Tikva, Maccabi Netanya again, Hapoel Kfar Saba and Ashdod. He moved to Maccabi Petah Tikva in 2010 and retired in 2012 because of a spine injury.

In 2012 he became assistant coach of Maccabi Haifa, and later assisted Menachem Koretzki at Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Petah Tikva. He then coached youth teams at Maccabi Tel Aviv, Maccabi Petah Tikva and Hapoel Tel Aviv, winning the youth State Cup with Hapoel. He also works as a commentator on Charlton channels and Kan 11, and wrote on football for Haaretz from 2012 to 2014.

Uzan spoke at protests against the judicial reform and wrote opinion columns on the subject. He lives in Tel Aviv, is a marathon runner, and ran the 2025 Berlin Marathon in 2:46:21.