Marco Balbul

Marco Balbul

Personal information
Full name	Marco Balbul
Date of birth	July 13, 1967 (1967-07-13) (age 44)
Place of birth	Israel
Playing position	Manager (former Defender)
Club information
Current club	Maccabi Petah Tikva
Youth career
	Maccabi Haifa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1986-1998	Maccabi Haifa	213	(2)
1998-2000	Maccabi Tel Aviv	-	(-)
2000-2002	Maccabi Haifa	3	(0)
National team
1990-1995	Israel	9	(0)
Teams managed
2002-2003	Maccabi Haifa (assistant)
2006	Maccabi Netanya (assistant)
2007-2008	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
2008-2009	Maccabi Tel Aviv (assistant)
2009-2010	Bnei Sakhnin
2011	Maccabi Petah Tikva
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Marco Balbul, (born July 13, 1967), is a former Israeli football defender and manager.

Early life

Marco is the last child of Jewish immigrants from Egypt who arrived in Israel in 1950 and settled in Tirat Carmel. By age 5, Marco was excited to wake up every morning in order to play football against the big kids in his neighborhood. Four years later he asked to be accepted to the youth system of Maccabi Haifa. Reuven Held, a coach of one of the youth teams, immediately sent him to train in front of Lazar Steinberg, who allegedly said at that moment that both Marco Balbul and Ofer Mizrahi would play for the full squad.

Honours

• Israeli Premier League (3):
  • 1988-89, 1990-91, 1993-94
• State Cup (3):
  • 1991, 1993, 1995

External links

• Profile of Marco Balbul at Maccabi Haifa's official website
• National team stats at IFA

Persondata
Name	Balbul, Marco
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	13 July 1967
Place of birth	Israel
Date of death
Place of death