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Reuven Atar

Reuven Atar is an Israeli former football midfielder, mainly with Maccabi Haifa, who later became a manager and coached Maccabi Netanya in 5 separate spells.

born 1969Midfielder for Maccabi HaifaWinning goal against France in 19935 spells managing Maccabi Netanya

Born: 3 January 1969, Tirat Carmel
Occupation: association football player, association football coach

Reuven Atar was born in 1969 in Tirat Carmel

Atar was born in 1969 in Tirat Carmel. His parents were Sephardic Jewish immigrants from Iraq. He began playing in the Maccabi Haifa youth teams at age 8.

He joined the Maccabi Haifa senior team at 17 and won league titles in the 1988/1989, 1990/1991 and 1993/1994 seasons. He also won the State Cup in 1991 and 1993. In 1993 he scored a late winning goal for Israel against France in a 3-2 World Cup qualifier.

In 1994 he moved to rival club Hapoel Haifa for a fee of 550,000 dollars. He later played for Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Petah Tikva. He returned to Maccabi Haifa in 2000 and won 2 more championships.

He joined Maccabi Netanya for the 2002/2003 season and retired after a knee injury in March 2003. He then became an assistant coach and later head coach at Netanya. He also coached Maccabi Herzliya, Beitar Jerusalem, Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Haifa, and won the State Cup with Beitar in 2009.