Ronny Levy

Ronny Levy was born in 1966 in Netanya

Ronny Levy was born on 14 November 1966 in Netanya. He grew up in the city and joined the youth team of Maccabi Netanya, where he started as a striker.

He moved up to the Maccabi Netanya first team in 1985. He was later loaned to Bnei Yehuda and won his first league title with the club. In 1992 he joined Maccabi Haifa, where he became a defensive midfielder and won a second championship.

Levy played for the Israel national team from 1993 to 1997. He retired from playing in 1997 because of a serious knee injury.

In 1999 he became assistant coach at Maccabi Haifa, and from 2001 to 2003 he coached its youth team. He was then named head coach and won three league titles in a row. In 2006 two Israeli newspapers named him manager of the year.

He later coached Maccabi Petah Tikva, Unirea Urziceni, Beitar Jerusalem, Steaua Bucharest and Anorthosis Famagusta. He returned to Maccabi Netanya and Maccabi Haifa in 2015. He coached Anorthosis again from 2016 and left in 2018.