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Walid Badir

Walid Badir is an Israeli former footballer who won league titles with Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Tel Aviv and played 74 games for the Israel national team.

born 1974Captaining Hapoel Tel AvivFour league titles with Maccabi Haifa74 games for Israel531 Israeli Premier League appearances

Born: 12 March 1974, Kafr Qasim
Occupation: association football player, association football coach

Walid Badir was born in 1974 in Kafr Qasim

Walid Badir was born on 12 March 1974 in Kafr Qasim to an Arab Muslim family. He began playing in the youth department of Hapoel Kafr Qasim. He later moved to the youth department of Hapoel Petah Tikva.

He made his senior debut for Hapoel Petah Tikva in 1992 and played there for about 7 years. In the 1999/2000 season he played for Wimbledon in England, where he scored against Manchester United at Old Trafford. He then returned to Israel and won 4 league titles with Maccabi Haifa, which reached the Champions League group stage in 2002/2003.

In 2005 he joined Hapoel Tel Aviv and became captain before the 2007/2008 season. With the club he won the 2010 title and 5 State Cups. He played his last game in May 2013 and finished with 531 Premier League appearances.

For Israel he scored 12 goals in 74 games between 1997 and 2007, including a goal against France in 2006 World Cup qualifying. In 2015 he became assistant coach at Hapoel Tel Aviv and served as caretaker coach. He left the club in September 2016.