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Shmulik Brener

Shmulik Brener is an Israeli former professional basketball point guard and a basketball coach.

born 1981Point guard in Israeli Premier League2010 Premier League Quintet selectionCoaching Maccabi Ramat Gan to promotion

Born: 8 March 1981, Kiryat Bialik
Occupation: basketball coach, basketball player

Shmulik Brener was born in 1981 in Kiryat Bialik

Shmulik Brener was born on March 8, 1981, in Kiryat Bialik. As a youth he played for his school team, ORT Bialik, and won the high school league title with it in the 1998/1999 season.

He began his senior career at Hapoel Galil Elyon and later played for Ironi Kiryat Ata, Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Afula. At Afula he shared the National League player of the season award with Doron Kramer. He then spent 3 seasons at Ironi Ramat Gan, part of the time as captain.

In 2009 he joined Elitzur Netanya, reached the Final Four and was named to the Premier League Quintet in 2010. In his second season there he led the league in assists with 6.2 per game. He later played for BC Habikaa and Hapoel Gilboa Galil.

He retired in 2013 and became an assistant coach at Maccabi Rishon LeZion, where he was promoted to head coach during the 2016/17 season. He coached Maccabi Ramat Gan from 2021, returned in 2023 and led the team to the National League title and promotion. In 2026 he was appointed head coach of Hapoel Holon.