Aviram Baruchian: "I want them to remember that I was a sergeant" - Walla! sport

2021-04-04T14:58:28.706Z

The former Betar captain retired with two championships and two trophies, but knows he was worth more: "I never wanted anything other than Betar. I preferred to be king rather than a prince elsewhere." The bet: "I made a mistake in choosing people around me, but I settled down." And also: Who is the most talented player to have played with him? Retirement interview

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Aviram Baruchian: "I want them to remember that I was a sergeant"

The bet: "I made a mistake in choosing people around me, but I settled down."

And also: Who is the most talented player to have played with him?

Retirement interview

Aviram Baruchian announced his retirement at the age of 36: "I was born and will die Betar"

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"Fans write to me that they do not believe I go back to them and thank them, but for me it is natural."

Baruchian (Photo: Shlomi Gabay)

Are you still excited by every fan message and responding to everyone?

"Obviously, this is the most important thing for me. It's something I learned from Mauri. Every time after big games I would get titles Uri would send me not to forget the last fans and last people in the club, not to forget the modesty of the last fans and club staff. No message I did not return and thanked, "I charged the phone four times and returned messages, because it's a candle at my feet, it's part of what Uri left me. Fans write to me that they do not believe I am going back to them and thank them, but for me it is natural."

You always gave the feeling that you are a player of yesteryear, who wants Betar with 11 Jerusalemites like in the 70s, that no one leaves

"I have always been like this, it's in my blood.

Maybe somewhere it was also a mistake, but the heart chose.

It may have cost me dearly, but that's who I am.

I grew up in Betar and never wanted to go anywhere else. I was a king here and I did not mind being a prince elsewhere. I am Betar Jerusalem.

My heart was alive from the love here.

From the fact that my grandfather goes to the market and tells him about me, from the fact that he calls me nervously because they give him vegetables and fruits for free and it is inconvenient for him, from all the connection with the city and the fans from all over the country.

"That you grew up in a real home, everything else seems unreal to you. You know that this is your place, and you do not leave home."

What was the most exciting moment?

"The moment we won the cup in 2008 and promised a double. We did something that bigger of us did not do here, it was history. I remember on the bus we would talk about it with Shimon Gershon and Michael Zandberg, we would tell the players that history could not be made here. I told them 'come Let's imagine that we fan, the biggest ones in Betar did not do it. '

Actors did not believe, laughed, the only one who understood me is Michael Zandberg.

If there had been a semi-final and a final with penalties against Hapoel, I also knew after the double that it was the end, that Arkady was no longer with us and selling players, we knew it was over.

A year later we brought another trophy that ended this period, 89 minutes in 0: 2 against Maccabi Haifa, Reuven Atar took me out so I could get my hands on it, we were sure of victory, and then Haifa made it 2: 1 and Itzik Kornfein wanted to kill me.

He yelled at me: 'What did you get out of?

Look what you did, you and your honor, you piece of beast, what did you do? '

There were a few minutes of pressure until it was all over. "

"The most exciting moment? The moment we won the cup in 2008 and promised a double" (Photo: Kobi Eliyahu)

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The injuries also hurt you.

Yes, I was a player who was marked and it was not easy.

I remember Ansombo would break me down, every game against him I would wear three bandages on my leg from what he would do to my ankle.

"As he came to Betar in the second training session, he disabled me for four months, dismantled me even when I returned. Twice he disabled me with his entries and it was difficult to return the same with the bandages and the pain."

You were the second signing in Spain.
Another mistake?

"It's me, I already had a signed contract, but I never wanted to leave Betar.

I always found an excuse: bad team, bad city, bad place, I never wanted to go.

Even when I went to Poland it was because Itzik Kornfein brought me into the room and said to me: 'Aviram, if you do not go the house will burn down, you will have nowhere to be.

The money we get on you and the savings of your contract will save Betar. 'He said:' Aviram, I beg, there will be no money for workers and salaries here ', so I had no choice. In Poland, after some bad game the owner came, some psychopath "And he says he is leaving, he does not want us and everyone is free. He wanted us to give up the contracts and ran us in the parks, until I broke down and returned to Israel, to Be'er Sheva."

Two championships, two trophies, and yet in terms of talent you are talked about as a miss.

I did a lot, but in terms of talent I also feel I was worth more.

Things have happened in life that have affected this, it's also time to give advice to young players and those who want an escort, I tell them: you will know how to choose the near and around, those who want good for your interest and not theirs. "

You talk about gambling.

" Sure about gambling.

I opened a door for everyone, whether they were good or bad for me or my family.

Whoever wanted to be close to me - was.

I could not say no and it hurt me a lot.

Today the gambling is behind me.

I am not a millionaire as I used to be and I have more commitments, but I have balanced, I have a livelihood and a family and I say thank you every day.

I hope one day I can give back to my kids for what I took from them, to have a more comfortable and easy life.

It's something I carry with me, but thank God it's behind me and not a part of me anymore. "

Were you afraid you wouldn't get out of it?

" Obviously, the pit I dug for myself was so deep that there was no more light at the end of the tunnel.

Financially I have not stabilized and I still carry things from the past, but thank God I have a family and good people around me, may God give me the strength to also know to give back to my children everything I want.

In my childhood we had no bread and there was no vehicle to take me to games, even to the young teams.

I had to travel with my mother on some buses, only Zevik Zeltzer helped when he heard the story.

I had no way to get there, my mom and I spent hours on buses, service taxis and patches to get there on time.

It was very difficult / in the end I also wanted to compensate myself and please everyone / The first shekel has not yet reached me and I distributed ten / I distributed to everyone, I helped everyone and released the money, but I am sure all is well / I believe that things will come back to me and the blessing will go to the children / I do not need much. "

Baruchian with Uri Melmillian (Photo: Meged Guzni)

How would you like to be remembered?

There is one degree for which you do not receive a trophy or a plate, a title that only the fans give and it is called whether you are a symbol or not.

It is important for me to know that everything I have in Betar's body: my blood, my organs and everyone I / I would like to be remembered / I am willing to do anything for Betar, always. "

The most exciting goal?

Against Hapoel Petah Tikva, the goal he promised The championship in 2007. A championship game, there were 20,000 people in Teddy, and we are not good.We did 0: 1 and we play badly, 90th minute Alberman put a ball in my direction towards the tip of the 16th and somehow I kicked such a full foul to connect, I do 0 : 2 And the crowd entered the field, police on me, they caught me, the game stopped, they waved us. I got pictures that my father was talking about the break-ins in the YMCA and in those days, there are pictures of policemen guarding me.

There was a danger to my life, organs were removed from my body to touch me.

I wanted to rejoice with the fans, but it lost control as a championship should be. "

The most exciting cooking?

There are several, I will mention one. In a less good year, in 2011 I think, we fought at the bottom and Hapoel Tel Aviv came to Teddy. Hapoel was a monster then. , With the Champions League and an amazing team. We were on the bus and all the players asked 'what do you give to give a 90 minute goal and a 0: 1 victory', without believing almost, and I told everyone it could be done. In the game we gave everything, we fought for every piece of grass, 75 minutes I put a chip from about half to Samuel Yeboah who made it 0: 1 and also brought us the victory and helped us stay. "

The most influential coach?

Luis Fernandez.

He taught me professionalism, how to prepare for the game, how to look at me.

And also the form of his training.

He would give us a hard morning workout on the day of a game, and would say, 'Play, all is well, there are 14 hours left in the game.'

After a few weeks we would not allow him to stop morning training.

We wanted to keep going and he would kick balls at us so we could fly out of the stadium and go rest.

I also learned a lot from Maroni Levy.

Personal conversations, direction, appreciation.

In conduct, he knows exactly what needs to be done. "

The most talented player you played with?

" I grew up with Amit Ben-Shoshan from the age of zero and he is the whole package - fighting, responsibility, fighting.

In terms of this talent, Barak Yitzhaki.

What he would do in training and games was inconceivable.

We would go up for a warm-up, before training or a game, and he knocks on barbershops and unbelievable exiles.

Anything he wanted he could do, an unimaginable level of talent. "

Will

you stay in football?

Yes, obviously, I want to pass on the knowledge and also the mistakes I made in life, I accompany a lot of active players in the Premier League and nationally who ask me. I will always be a part of football. Today, and until my last day, I will help those who have fallen into gambling and help them get out of it.

I have no expectations, but I will always remain a fan and it is clear to me that I will return to Teddy, whether it is as a fan or more down as part of the club. "

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