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Date of birth | (1943-01-01) 1 January 1943 (age 81) | ||
Place of birth | Biysk, Altai Krai, USSR | ||
Youth career | |||
Hapoel Kfar Saba | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1961โ1973 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | ||
Managerial career | |||
1974โ1976 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | ||
1976โ1978 | Hapoel Yehud | ||
1978โ1980 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | ||
1980โ1983 | Bnei Yehuda | ||
1983โ1987 | Maccabi Haifa | ||
1990โ1992 | Maccabi Haifa | ||
1992โ1999 | Israel | ||
2000 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||
2000 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Shlomo Scharf (Hebrew: ืฉืืื ืฉืจืฃ; born 1 January 1943) is an Israeli former football coach and player who works as a commentator on Israeli Sport 5 TV channel. Scharf managed Maccabi Haifa to three championships. And was Israel national team manager from 1992 to 1999.
Early lifeโป
Scharf was born in Biysk, Siberia in the Soviet Union (now part of Russia) to a Holocaust survivor family of Polish origin that was exiled there during World War II. He immigrated to Israel in 1949 and after spending year in an immigrant camp in Pardes Hanna, moved to veteran housing in Kfar Saba.
He began playing football for Hapoel Kfar Saba, and between 1961 and 1974 he coached the "youth department of Hapoel Kfar Saba," while also being an active player for the club.
Coaching careerโป
Hapoel Kfar Sabaโป
In 1974 Scharf was appointed coach of Hapoel Kfar Saba's senior team, which he led to its first State Cup win in 1975. After that he coached Hapoel Yehud for two years, "and when he returned to Hapoel Kfar Saba he won another State Cup with it in 1980." He then began coaching Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv, with which he won the State Cup in 1981.
Maccabi Haifaโป
His big breakthrough came when he started coaching Maccabi Haifa in 1983, "until then a team without ambition whose main goal was to play attacking and entertaining football." Scharf instilled a winning mentality in Haifa's talented squad and built an attacking team based on four forwards, including Ronny Rosenthal and Zahi Armeli. At the end of the 1983โ84 season, Maccabi Haifa won its first ever championship. The following year, under his guidance, the team won a second championship.
In 1990 Scharf returned to coach Maccabi Haifa and won the double with them in the 1990โ91 season. In addition to the double, Scharf built an excellent midfield spearheaded by Reuven Atar and two young talents: Eyal Berkovic and Tal Banin. Despite the publicized disputes between Scharf and the young Berkovic, the two later became friends, and Berkovic went on to become one of Scharf's biggest supporters.
Israel national teamโป
Following his success with Maccabi Haifa, Scharf was appointed coach of the Israel national team, leading it from 1992 to 2000. During his tenure, the national team improved its performances in Europe. But failed to qualify for any tournaments.
His main achievements with the national team were 3โ2 victory over France national team in 1993 at the Parc des Princes and a 5โ0 victory over Austria national team in 1999 at the Ramat Gan Stadium. In his final year as coach, the national team reached the play-off stage of UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying, its best achievement since beginning to compete in Europe in the early 1990s. However, in the play-offs, Israel lost to Denmark national team5โ0 and 3โ0, and Scharf was replaced by Danish coach Richard Mรธller Nielsen.
In Saul Eisenberg's book "Sodom and Gomorrah", the author accused Scharf of being the one who ordered escort girls to his room the night before the match against Denmark, in what later became known to the public in Israel as the "Escort Girls Affair".
After the national teamโป
After leaving the national team, Scharf was appointed coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv for the 2000โ01 season but was fired after just two league games due to a dispute with the team's star Avi Nimni. After leaving the club, Scharf was appointed coach of Hapoel Be'er Sheva, then playing in the second division. But resigned after just one game due to disagreements with the club's management.
In 2015 Scharf appeared on reality TV show MasterChef VIP.
Punditryโป
Since his retirement from managing Scharf works as a pundit on Israeli football for local media and national television. In November 2020, he was suspended by Sports Channel for saying the black Panamian footballer Abdiel Arroyo "should go home and eat bananas" after missing shot.
This comment was notably criticized by Culture and Sports Minister Chili Tropper, who said "racism must be directly addressed. Shlomo Sharafโs statement is inappropriate and has no place in Israeli sports/society in general."
Scharf in turn denied his comment was racist, saying "This isnโt racism. I said he should go home to eat bananas. If I sent you home to eat cholent, is that racism?"
Scharf returned to the channel in early 2021.
Honoursโป
As a playerโป
- Israeli Second Division: 1966โ68; runner-up 1965โ66
As a managerโป
- Israeli Premier League: 1983โ84, 1984โ85, 1990โ91; runner-up 1980โ81, 1985โ86
- Israel State Cup: 1975, 1980, 1981, 1991; runner-up 1985, 1987
- Israeli Supercup: 1985
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1985
Referencesโป
- ^ "ืืคืืขื ืืคืจ ืกืื".
- ^ http://dribblist.com/israel/teams/hapoel_kfar_saba/1970โ1971
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Shlomo Scharf, Sports Commentator". Israel Hayom. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
- ^ Cazal, Jean-Michel; Bleicher, Yaniv (19 February 2010). "Israel Official Games 1990โ1999". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 27 December 2010.
- ^ ""ืืื ื ืืคืฃ ืืืื ืืฉืจืื ืืืืจ ืื ืืืืขืืช: 'ืืืจืชื ืืืื ืืืชื, ื ืืฆืืชื ืืืชื'" - ืืืืื! ืกืคืืจื". ืืืืื! (in Hebrew). 20 April 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ "ืืืกืืจ ืฉืจืฃ - ืืืืื! ืกืคืืจื". ืืืืื! (in Hebrew). 31 December 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ ""ืื ืืืืชื ืืงืืจืื ื ืืื ืืื ืขื 11 ืื ื ืืฉืคืืชื. ืืื ืื ืืืื ืจืืฉ ืืืืืื. ืืืื 77 ืืฉ ืื ื ืืืื ืื ืืืงืืื ืฉืื ื ืื ืืืื ืืืืืืง ืฉืื"". ynet (in Hebrew). 19 August 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ "ืืืืื ืืื ืืืืืชื ืฉื ืฉืจืฃ, ืืืคื ืขืจืื ืืฉืืง ืจืืืื". ONE - ืืกืคืจ ืืืช ืืกืคืืจื. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ "ืืืืจืื ืื ืืื ืืฆืื: ืืกืืคืืจืื ืฉืื ืกืืคืจื ืขื ืืืืื ืฉื ืืืื ืืืคื - ืขืจืืฅ ืืกืคืืจื". Sport5.co.il - ืืชืจ ืขืจืืฅ ืืกืคืืจื (in Hebrew). 21 December 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ ""ืืืื ืืจืงืืืืฅ' ืฆืจืื ืืืืืช ืืืื ืื ืืืจืช"". www.israelhayom.co.il. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ "ืฉืืื ืฉืจืฃ ืืจืืืื ืืื ืืืื". www.israelhayom.co.il. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ "ืฉืชื ื ืขืจืืช ืืืืื ืืื ืื"ื ืืืขืชื ืืื". mako. 29 March 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ "ืฉืืื ืฉืจืฃ l ื ืืืจืช ืืชืืืืื ืืืกืืจ ืฉืฃ VIP". mako. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ "Soccer commentator suspended for saying Black player 'should go eat bananas'". The Times of Israel. 1 November 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
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