Uri Malmilian

Uri Malmilian was born in 1957 in Jerusalem

Uri Malmilian was born on April 24, 1957, in the Mamilla neighborhood of Jerusalem. His parents, Haim and Dina, were Kurdish Jews who came to Israel from Iran in 1950. He first played for Hapoel Jerusalem and later joined the Beitar Jerusalem youth team.

He joined the Beitar senior team in the 1973/1974 season, at 16, and played as a midfielder wearing number 8. In 1976 he scored the winning goal in the Israel State Cup final and was named Israeli player of the season. In 1979 he turned down a move to Paris Saint-Germain.

In the 1985/1986 season he scored 14 goals and finished as the league's goal scoring leader. He won the league with Beitar in 1986-87 and 5 State Cups. In 1989 he moved to Maccabi Tel Aviv, won the league in 1991-92, and retired in 1993.

He played 62 games for the Israel national team and scored 16 goals. As a coach he led Hapoel Jerusalem, Maccabi Netanya, Hakoah Ramat Gan and Hapoel Ashkelon to promotion to the Israeli Premier League. He coached Beitar Jerusalem in 2010 and resigned on January 17, 2011.