Reuven Atar

Football manager infobox
playername = Reuven Atar
fullname = Reuven Atar
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1969|01|3
cityofbirth = Haifa
countryofbirth = Israel
currentclub = Beitar Jerusalem
position = Manager (former Midfielder)
years = 1986-1994 1994-1997 1997 1998-1999 1999 2000 2000-2002 2002-2003
clubs = Maccabi Haifa FC Hapoel Haifa Beitar Jerusalem FC Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Haifa Beitar Jerusalem FC Maccabi Haifa FC Maccabi Netanya
caps(goals) = 198 (49) 69 (37) 1 (0) 27 (5) 5 (2) 16 (5) 66 (6) 21 (9)
nationalyears = 1989-1999
nationalteam = Israel
nationalcaps(goals) = 32 (3)
manageryears = 2002-2003
2003-2006
2006
2007-2008
2008-present
managerclubs =Maccabi Netanya (Assistant)
Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Herzliya
Maccabi Netanya
Beitar Jerusalem
pcupdate = June 2007
ntupdate = June 2007

Reuven Atar ( _he. רְאוּבֵן עטר; born January 3 1969) is a former Israeli football player, and currently manager of Israeli football club Beitar Jerusalem.

Early years

A first generation Israeli to Moroccan immigrants who settled in Tirat Carmel. He grew up in the youth system of Maccabi Haifa and is considered one of the greatest all time players to don the Haifa kit.

His Professional Career

After playing in Maccabi Haifa for eight seasons, winnig with the club three championships, once the Toto Cup and two trophies, once as a Double, he moved to the second greatest club in Haifa - Hapoel Haifa. In Hapoel Haifa he played for four seasons before moving to Beitar Jerusalem. In Beitar he played only one match before getting injured and being unable to play during the whole season. After one season in Jerusalem he moved to Hapoel Petah Tikva and played there for one season before moving back to Hapoel Haifa and then moving during the season back to Beitar Jerusalem where he became one of the loved players by the club's fans. in 2000 he returned to Maccabi Haifa, winning two championships with the club but left a the 2002/03 season to Maccabi Netanya.

Coaching career

During the season in Netanya he was injured and decided to retire from playing football and was employed as the assistant of the coach in Netanya, first of Gili Landau and later on of Eli Cohen. At the end of the 2003/04 season, after Cohen has left the club, Atar was chosen to be the club's head-coach but the club was relegated at the end of that season to the second league in Israel, "Liga Leumit". Atar remained in his position and helped the club return to the Premier League after only one season. Atar then stayed the club's coach but was sent home by the new manager, Eyal Berkovich at the year 2006, so Atar moved to be the coach of Maccabi Herzliya but was sent home after 8 matches only before returning to Netanya a few months later and taking the club to the UEFA Cup Qaulifying rounds from the second place in the League Table.He was dismissed from Netanya coaching position after they signed Lothar Matthäus.In September 2008, he signed for Beitar replacing Shum.