Yossi Mizrahi

Yossi Mizrahi was born in 1953 in Jerusalem

Yossi Mizrahi was born in Jerusalem on April 4, 1953. He grew up in the Katamon neighborhood and attended the Ma'aleh state religious school. As a teenager he played for the youth team of Hapoel Jerusalem.

At 17 he moved to Beitar Jerusalem and joined its senior team in 1974 as goalkeeper. With Beitar he won the State Cup 4 times and the league title in the 1986/1987 season. He made his debut for the Israel national team in 1981 against Portugal and played 9 games for it.

He later played for Hapoel Lod and Shimshon Tel Aviv and retired in 1991. He then began coaching at Hapoel Jerusalem. In 1994 he was assistant coach at Beitar Jerusalem under Amatzia Levkovic and later became head coach.

He coached clubs including Maccabi Petah Tikva, F.C. Ashdod, Apollon Limassol in Cyprus, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Maccabi Netanya and Bnei Yehuda. He was also assistant coach of the Israel national team under Avram Grant. He led Beitar Jerusalem to the league title in 2006/2007 but was not kept on after the season.

In 2020 he returned to Beitar Jerusalem as youth coach and later became professional director of its youth department. He also served as interim head coach of the senior team several times between 2020 and 2022.