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Israeli football manager and former player (born 1966)

Ronny Levy
Personal information
Date of birth (1966-11-14) 14 November 1966 (age 57)
Place of birth Netanya, Israel
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
Maccabi Netanya
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1992 Maccabi Netanya 156 (12)
1990–1991 → Bnei Yehuda (loan) 20 (3)
1992–1997 Maccabi Haifa 144 (18)
International career
1993–1995 Israel 16 (0)
Managerial career
1999–2000 Maccabi Haifa (assistant)
2000 Maccabi Haifa (caretaker)[1]
2000–2003 Maccabi Haifa (youth)
2003–2008 Maccabi Haifa
2008–2009 Maccabi Petah Tikva
2009–2010 Unirea Urziceni
2010–2011 Beitar Jerusalem
2011 Steaua București
2011–2013 Anorthosis Famagusta
2013–2014 Beitar Jerusalem
2015 Maccabi Netanya
2015–2016 Maccabi Haifa
2016–2018 Anorthosis Famagusta
2019–2020 Beitar Jerusalem
2021–2022 Hapoel Be'er Sheva
2022– Hapoel Haifa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ronny Levy (Hebrew: רוני לוי; also spelled Roni; born on 14 November 1966) is an Israeli football manager. As an Israeli international, Levy played primarily as a defensive midfielder. He won championships with both Bnei Yehuda and Maccabi Haifa.

Levy started his career as a striker in the youth team of Maccabi Netanya. He was promoted to the first team in 1985. After five seasons, he was loaned to Bnei Yehuda where he won his first championship title.[2]

After returning to Maccabi Netanya, Levy transferred to Maccabi Haifa in 1992, where he played as a defender. After a few games, his role was changed to defensive midfielder, the position he would occupy until the end of his playing career. He retired from playing in 1997 due to a serious knee injury.[_citation needed_]

International career

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Levy earned sixteen international caps with the Israel national team.[3]

After retirement, Levy coached one of Maccabi Haifa's youth teams. After two years with the youth academy, he was made the first team's assistant manager under management of Eli Cohen. When Cohen resigned at the end of the 1999–2000 season, Levy replaced him, managing the last few games of the season. Once the season was over, Levy returned to the youth academy as head coach of the first youth team. He continued in this role for the next three years.[_citation needed_]

As the season of 2002–03 ended, and manager Itzhak Shum left the club for the Greek club Panathinaikos, Levy once again became the first team manager. Levy won three domestic championships in a row in his first three years of managing Maccabi Haifa (2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06), one Toto Cup Al (2006), and a qualification to the UEFA cup group stage in 2006–07.[4][_additional citation(s) needed_]

In 2006, Levy received a "manager of the year" award from both major Israeli newspapers, 'Yedioth Ahronoth and Maariv.[5] After seasons 2006–07, 2007–08 which were considered as failure after finishing 5th in both seasons, he left the club and was replaced by Elisha Levy.[6]

On 22 December, Levy signed with Maccabi Petah Tikva for a year and a half. After less than a year with the Petah Tikva side, Levy quit.[7]

On 31 December 2009, Levy signed a year and a half contract, worth $600,000, to manage Unirea Urziceni.[8] His first game on 18 February 2010 was against Liverpool at Anfield in the UEFA Europa League, where the visitors lost 1–0.[9]

On 17 January 2011, Levy signed for Beitar Jerusalem.[10]

On 10 June 2011, Steaua Bucharest presented Ronny Levy as the new head coach of the team.[11] He was fired on 30 September 2011 after a draw against AEK Larnaca in the UEFA Europa League. The next day, 1 October, he signed a year contract with Anorthosis Famagusta.[12] He was sacked on 1 April 2013.[13][_better source needed_]

On 6 December 2013, Levy made his return to Beitar Jerusalem.[_citation needed_]

On 14 January 2015, Levy signed with Maccabi Netanya.[14][_better source needed_]

On 18 May 2015, Levy returned to Maccabi Haifa, signing a three-year contract.[_citation needed_]

On 26 October 2016, Levy made his return to Anorthosis Famagusta after signing an 18-month contract.[_citation needed_] He left the club in September 2018.[15][16]

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  2. ^ "Ligat ha'Al - Champions". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  3. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Roni Levi". www.national-football-teams.com.
  4. ^ Online, FOCUS. "Levy übernimmt Trainerposten bei Unirea Urziceni".
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  6. ^ "Official: Unirea Urziceni Appoint Ronny Levy As New Head Coach - Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  7. ^ "Ronny Levy neuer Coach in Urziceni".
  8. ^ GmbH, Perform Media Deutschland (1 January 2010). "Levy neuer Trainer bei Unirea Urziceni".
  9. ^ "Levy gets another crack at Liverpool". UEFA.com. 10 January 2010. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
  10. ^ "Ronny Levy signed with Beitar Jerusalem" (in Hebrew). . ONE. 17 January 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  11. ^ "Ronny Levy noul antrenor al Stelei" (in Romanian). steauafc.com. Archived from the original on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
  12. ^ "Signed by Ronny Levy" (in Greek). anorthosis.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
  13. ^ "פרסום ראשון: רוני לוי פוטר". 1 April 2013.
  14. ^ "חוזר לקווים: רוני לוי המאמן החדש של מכבי נתניה".
  15. ^ ספורט, ynet (26 September 2018). "רוני לוי פוטר מאנורתוזיס פמגוסטה". Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  16. ^ "Λύση συνεργασίας με Ρόνι Λέβι". Αnorthosis Famagusta FC. 26 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.