Ronny Levy (; also spelled Roni; born on 14 November 1966), is an Israeli

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. As an Israeli international player, Levy played primarily as a

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. He won Israeli football championships with both Bnei Yehuda and

Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa () is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football, Basketball, Weightl ...

Club career

Levy started his career as a striker in the youth team of

Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Netanya F.C. () is an Israeli professional football club based in Netanya. Established in 1934, the club was a founding member of the Israeli League in 1949. After winning their first championship in 1971, the club's golden period last ...

. He was promoted to the first team in 1985. After five seasons, he was loaned to Bnei Yehuda where he won his first

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title. After returning to Maccabi Netanya, Levy transferred to

in 1992, where he played as a defender. After a few games, his role was changed to

, the position he would occupy until the end of his playing career. He retired from playing in 1997 due to a serious knee injury.

International career

Levy earned sixteen international caps with the Israel national team.

Managerial career

As the season of 2002–03 ended, Levy returned to be first team manager. Levy won three domestic championships in a row in his first three years of managing

( 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06), one

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(2006), and a qualification to the

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group stage in 2006–07. In 2006, Levy received a "manager of the year" award from both major Israeli newspapers, ''

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'' and ''

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''. After seasons 2006–07 and 2007–08. Levy then signed with Maccabi Petah Tikva for a year and a half. After less than a year there, Levy resigned. On 31 December 2009, Levy signed a year and a half contract, worth $600,000, to manage

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. His first game on 18 February 2010 was against

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in the

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, where the visitors lost 1–0. On 17 January 2011, Levy signed for

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. On 10 June 2011, Steaua Bucharest presented Ronny Levy as the new head coach of the team. He was fired on 30 September 2011 after a draw against

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in the

. The next day, 1 October, he signed a year contract with

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. On 6 December 2013, Levy made his return to

. On 14 January 2015, Levy signed with

. On 18 May 2015, Levy returned to

, signing a three-year contract. On 26 October 2016, Levy made his return to Anorthosis Famagusta after signing an 18-month contract. He left the club in September 2018.

Honours

As player

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(2): ** 1989–90, 1993–94 *

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(2): **1993, 1995 *

Toto Cup The Israel Toto Cup (, ''Gvia Ha'Toto'') is an association football tournament that features clubs in the two highest divisions in Israel: the Israeli Premier League Ligat ha'Al, Ligat Ha'Al; and the Israeli 2nd division Liga Leumit. Both of the ...

(1): **1993–94

As manager

* Israeli Youth Championship (1): **2002–03 *Youth State Cup (1): **2003 *

(3): ** 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06 *

(3): ** 2005–06, 2007–08,

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: ** Runners-up (1): 2009–10 *

(1): **

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

References

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