Alon Stein (; born January 4, 1978) is an Israeli-German professional

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coach and former player. He is currently working as

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for Maccabi Rishon Lezion of the

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Biography

Alon Stein was born in

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, Israel. He scored 60 points at the State Youth Cup final in 1992, when he was 14 years old.

Sports career

He played for the Israeli U22 National Team in 1996–98, alongside Oded Kattash. His first professional team was

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, which he joined in 1995, at the age of 17. In 2011, Stein signed with

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. On June 27, 2019, Stein was named Hapoel Hevel Modi'in new head coach.

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Alon Stein
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Alon Stein
at maccabi.co.il 1978 births Living people Amsterdam Basketball players Eisbären Bremerhaven players Elitzur Yavne B.C. players Dutch Basketball League players German men's basketball players Hapoel Be'er Sheva B.C. players Hapoel Galil Elyon players Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C. players Israeli basketball coaches Israeli men's basketball players Lions de Genève players Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin basketball players Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. players People from Hadera Sportspeople from Haifa District Point guards Ratiopharm Ulm players {{Israel-basketball-bio-stub