Marco Balbul

Marco Balbul
Personal information
Full name	Marco Balbul
Date of birth	13 July 1967 (age 54)
Place of birth	Tirat Carmel, Israel
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Maccabi Haifa
Senior career*
Years	Team
1986–1998	Maccabi Haifa
1998–2000	Maccabi Tel Aviv
2000–2002	Maccabi Haifa
National team
1990–1995	Israel
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
2012	Partizan (assistant)
2013–2014	Bnei Sakhnin
2014	BEC Tero Sasana (assistant)
2014–2015	Maccabi Haifa
2016–2018	Israel U21
2018–2020	Maccabi Haifa
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Marco Balbul (Hebrew: מרקו בלבול; born 13 July 1967) is an Israeli football manager and former player who manages Maccabi Haifa. He played as a defender spending most of his career with Maccabi Haifa.

Early life[]

Marco is the last child of Jewish immigrants from Egypt who arrived in Israel in 1950 and settled in Tirat Carmel. Aged 9, he was accepted to the youth system of Maccabi Haifa. Reuven Held, a coach of one of the youth teams, sent him to train in front of Lazar Steinberg, who allegedly said, on seeing him play, that both Balbul and would play for the full squad.

Managerial career[]

On 28 December 2014, Balbul was appointed the new manager of Maccabi Haifa, replacing Aleksandar Stanojević, who resigned from the job.

Honours[]

Israeli Premier League: 1988–89, 1990–91, 1993–94
State Cup: 1991, 1993, 1995

External links[]

Marco Balbul – Israel Football Association league player details

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