Nir Berkovic

Nir Berkovic

Personal information
Date of birth	(1982-11-16) 16 November 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Regba, Israel
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm (manager)
Youth career
	Maccabi Haifa
1998–1999	Arsenal
1999–2001	Maccabi Haifa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2003	Hapoel Rishon LeZion	–	(–)
2003–2004	Hapoel Haifa	–	(–)
2004	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	1	(0)
2004–2006	Hapoel Ra'anana	–	(–)
2006	Maccabi Netanya	0	(0)
Managerial career
2008–2015	Ironi Nesher (youth)
2015–2016	Hapoel Rishon LeZion (U-20)
2016–2018	Hapoel Rishon LeZion
2018–2019	Hapoel Ramat Gan
2019	Hapoel Rishon LeZion
2019–2020	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm
2020	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth
2020	Bnei Yehuda
2021	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm
2021–2022	Sektzia Ness Ziona
2022–2023	Ironi Kiryat Shmona
2023	Hapoel Umm al-Fahm
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nir Berkovic (Hebrew: ניר ברקוביץ'; born 16 November 1982) is an Israeli football coach and a former player who is the head coach of Hapoel Umm al-Fahm. He is the younger brother of former Manchester City player Eyal Berkovic.

Berkovic born in Regba, Israel, and when he was 2 years old his family moved to the city of Nahariya. Started his career with Maccabi Haifa. At age 16, following disputes at Haifa, he was signed on a two-year contract as a youth player for English club Arsenal in December 1998.^[1] He spent four months at Arsenal, but could not obtain a work permit in England.

External links

• Stats at IFA

References

1. GUNNERS SIGN BERKOVIC JUNIOR Archived 2007-10-23 at the Wayback Machine, 4thegame.com, 7 December 1998