Yotam Halperin

Yotam Halperin was born in 1984 in Tel Aviv

Halperin was born in Tel Aviv on January 24, 1984. He played for the Maccabi Tel Aviv youth team and won 2 Israeli Youth League titles. He also led his high school team to a national title.

He made his debut for the Maccabi senior team at 17, in a EuroLeague game against Alba Berlin. He was mostly a bench player and won the EuroLeague with Maccabi in 2003-04 and 2004-05. In 2005 he moved to Union Olimpija in Slovenia, where he won the league and the cup.

The Seattle SuperSonics chose him with pick 53 in the 2006 NBA draft, but he returned to Maccabi. He was named to the All-EuroLeague Second Team for 2007-08. He then played for Olympiacos, Spartak Saint Petersburg and Bayern Munich.

In 2013 he joined Hapoel Jerusalem and became captain. He won the Israeli League with the club in 2014-15, its first title, and again in 2016-17. He also captained Israel's national team and played in 6 European Championships.

He retired as a player in 2018 and became Hapoel Jerusalem's sporting director. In 2021 he was named the team's interim head coach. In 2024 he became coach of the Maccabi Tel Aviv youth team.