Barak Bakhar

Infobox Football biography
playername = Barak Bakhar
ברק בכר


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dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1979|09|21|df=y
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countryofbirth = Israel
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position = Defender
currentclub = Ironi Kiryat Shmona
clubnumber = 2
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youthclubs = Neve Yosef
years = 1998-2002
2002-2004
2004-present
clubs = Hakoah Ramat Gan
Hapoel Petah Tikva
Ironi Kiryat Shmona
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- (-)
- (-)
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Barak Bakhar ( _he. ברק בכר; born September 21, 1979) is an Israeli professional football (soccer) player who currently plays for Ironi Kiryat Shmona of the Israeli Ligat ha'Al (Premier League).

Biography

Playing career

Liga Artzit to Ligat ha'Al

After going through the ranks of the youth system of Neve Yosef, Bakhar transferred to Liga Artzit side, Hakoah Ramat Gan. [Up until 1999, the top division of Israeli football was the Liga Leumit; since then, it has been Ligat ha'Al.] After four seasons in the second tier of Israeli football, he made the jump to Hapoel Petah Tikva.

Kiryat Shmona

In 2004, Bakhar joined Liga Leumit side, Ironi Kiryat Shmona. He established himself in the starting line up on the right side of their defense and helped them gain promotion to Ligat ha'Al, the highest tier of Israeli football. During the 2007/08 season, Bakhar played all but one league match for Kiryat Shmona, due to yellow card accumulation.

National team

In October of 2008, Bakhar was called up by national team manager, Dror Kashtan for the FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Luxembourg and Latvia. His call up was canceled though, being that he never completed his service in the IDF, a requirement of all Jewish players in order to represent Israel on the national side, and Eyal Meshumar was called up in his place. [cite news |first=Adi |last=Sardis |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=זימונו של ברק בכר בוטל, בגלל שלא השלים צבא: זימונו של ברק בכר בוטל |url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3605583,00.html |format= |work= |publisher=Yedioth Ahronoth |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date=2008-10-05 |accessdate=2008-10-05 |language=Hebrew |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= ]

Bakhar cited that the IDF did not suit him as to why he didn't complete his service. He told Israeli Yedioth Ahronoth, "they wanted to send me to a combat unit in the armor corps." He does not Additionally, Sport 5 pointed out that Bakhar was not match fit and was expected to undergo surgery soon. This in turn embarrassed the Israel Football Association that they had missed all these items before announcing the pool of players called in the for the qualification matches [cite news |first=Motti |last=Shifchotzky |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=ברק בכר נכלל בסגל של דרור קשטן למרות שלא שירת בצה"ל |url=http://www.sport5.co.il/HTML/Articles/Article.285.47694.html |format= |work= |publisher=Sport 5 |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date=2008-10-05 |accessdate=2008-10-05 |language=Hebrew |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= ] Bakhar has pledged to do sherut leumi or any other kind of national service in order to be called up for future matches. [cite news |first=Joup |last=Zioni |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=זימונו של ברק בכר בוטל, משומר זומן במקומו |url=http://www.one.co.il/Article/124750.html |format= |work= |publisher=One.co.il |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date=2008-10-05 |accessdate=2008-10-05 |language=Hebrew |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= ]

Personal life

Bakhar's uncle was Rehavam Ze'evi.cite news |first=Adi |last=Sardis |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=ברק בכר: מוצדק לא לזמן שחקנים שהשתמטו |url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3605987,00.html |format= |work= |publisher=Yedioth Ahronoth |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date=2008-10-06 |accessdate=2008-10-06 |language=Hebrew |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= ]

Honours

* With Hakoah Maccabi Ramat Gan:
** Toto Cup Artzit: 1998/99
* With Ironi Kiryat Shmona:
** Liga Leumit (National League): 2006/07
** Toto Cup Leumit: 2006/07

References

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Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.iturank8.co.il/emall/shopSport.asp?sc=1895&id=385&pg=PD Barak Bakhar's profile on Ironi Kiryat Shmona's official website]

Persondata
NAME = Bakhar, Barak
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Football (soccer) player
DATE OF BIRTH = September 21, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH = Israel
DATE OF DEATH =
PLACE OF DEATH =