- Barak Bakhar
Infobox Football biography
playername = Barak Bakhar
ברק בכר
fullname =
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1979|09|21|df=y
cityofbirth =
countryofbirth =Israel
height = Height|m=1.84
position = Defender
currentclub = Ironi Kiryat Shmona
clubnumber = 2
youthyears =
youthclubs = Neve Yosef
years = 1998-2002
2002-2004
2004-present
clubs = Hakoah Ramat Gan
Hapoel Petah Tikva
Ironi Kiryat Shmona
caps(goals) = - (-)
- (-)
- (-)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 20:59, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate =Barak Bakhar ( _he. ברק בכר; born
September 21 ,1979 ) is anIsrael i professionalfootball (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 theLiga Leumit ; since then, it has beenLigat 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 toLigat 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 allJew ish players in order to represent Israel on the national side, andEyal 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 theIsrael 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 dosherut 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: 2006/07References
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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 =
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