The club's past player closes in circle and will be responsible for locating and enhancing young talents: "Realize my two big loves" • Club CEO: "Happy to bring Yossi home"

• Yossi Mizrahi, closing a circle in the capital

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  Betar spokeswoman for Jerusalem

Reorganization in the Betar youth department for the upcoming season: Yossi Mizrahi, a Betar legend who is considered one of the club's biggest icons, returns to Beit Vagan. Mizrahi signed on Sunday as the club's youth group coach and will also be responsible for identifying and enhancing young talents, as part of the policy to build and promote the club's future generation and raise quality home-grown players for the adult group.

Mizrahi played in Betar for 14 years (371 appearances), from which he even reached the Israeli national team. He won with Betar in one championship and 4 trophies, and in turn coach won the championship with Betar in 2006. Yossi's coaching career includes Among other things, adult and youth groups.

Meanwhile, Youth Department Manager Tomer Carmel is continuing to build the department's new flagship project, which is expected to bring together the select players and enrich them. In addition, a professional committee will be set up for the youth department, which will include, among others, the club's chairman, Eli Ohana, the professional director of the alumni group, Yossi Bennyon and Tomer Carmel, the department's director. The committee will outline the department's professional strategy, examine the department's achievements and closely follow the generation players. Future.

In addition to the establishment of the professional committee, a strong emphasis was placed on strengthening the relationship between the adult group and the youth department. Youth goalie coach Moshe Ben David, alumni fitness coach Telmo de Andres, and some of the older team players will work with the youth department players this season to continue to improve them.

Yossi Mizrahi with Eli Ohana. Together again // Photo: Betar spokesmen

Club CEO Mooney Brosh said after the signing: "We are delighted to bring Yossi Mizrahi home and confident that he will make a significant contribution to youth group training and growth and to praise the younger generation I have no doubt that Mizrahi's appointment with the additional changes we plan for next season will consolidate the status of Department and lead her to beautiful days. "

Yossi Mizrahi added: "I thank the owners and the team management for the opportunity to realize two loves in my life. The first is to close a circle, because I started my coaching career in the Betar youth group and today I return to this department and the second is to work with young people and try to help them fulfill The dream as it was for Yossi Mizrahi, when he was 16-17.

"I believe that we will move this department forward and make every effort to bring the youth department back to its proper place and give the players the Betar legacy."