The search committee recommended Yossi Benyon as a professional manager for the Israeli team
With the appointment expected to be confirmed in a week, Benayoun will join the team already in the upcoming friendly matches against Germany and Romania: "It is a huge challenge and an unparalleled honor. I will do everything for the benefit of our football, which has given me so much."
Yaniv Tuchman
09/03/2022
Wednesday, 09 March 2022, 16:55 Updated: 17:04
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The Football Association announced today (Wednesday) that the search committee has unanimously decided to bring the appointment of Yossi Benyon to the professional management of the Israeli national team for approval by the management.
The association's management will convene to discuss the issue on the 16th of the month at 16:00, and with Benyon's expected appointment to the position, he will join the team already in the pair of friendly matches against Germany away (26.3) and Romania at home (29: 3).
The search committee included the association's chairman Oren Hasson, board member Eli Ohana and football coach Eli Cohen.
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Hasson said in the announcement of the appointment: "Yossi Benyon, one of the greatest Israeli footballers, the top performer in the Israeli national team and who was part of huge European clubs and a leading player in local football, is wonderful news for the senior Israeli team and our aspirations to see it succeed in the upcoming Nations League. Benyon expresses the great appreciation of the committee members for being one of the most prominent players of the Israeli national team in the last two decades and being part of the future generation that will lead in key roles in the development and nurturing of the national team. To national team football, the commitment to provide it with the best tools and resources needed to continue to advance, specialize, meet the highest international standards and qualify for Euro 2024. Benyon, who graduated with honors from the last pro course,"I know the Israeli team and European football well and I hope that as a professional manager he will be able to lead the team to participate in the Euro and World Cup finals."
Yossi Benyon himself responded to the appointment: "I thank the committee for choosing me and its recommendation to the management of the Football Association to appoint me to the position. It is a huge challenge and honor that is unparalleled and from the moment I am elected I will do everything I can for the Israeli team and our football."
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Benyon in national team uniform (Photo: Berni Ardov)
Yossi Benyon has been mentioned in the context of the Israeli national team since his retirement from active play in 2019.
In addition, his name was also raised as a candidate to serve as the team's coach after the end of Andy Herzog's career in the summer of 2020. Benyon has 102 appearances for the Israeli team between 1998 and 2017, in which he scored 24 goals.
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