Shmulik Perlman (23 May 1926 – 24 September 2003) was an Israeli football player and manager.

Career

Perlman was born in Tel Aviv in 1926, he began his career in the youth ranks of Maccabi Ramat Gan. At the age of 14 he moved to

Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Netanya F.C. ( he, מועדון כדורגל מכבי נתניה, ''Football Club Maccabi Netanya'') is an Israeli football club based in Netanya. Established in 1934, the club was a founding member of the Israeli League in 1949. Aft ...

, Netanya paid Ramat Gan a transfer fee of £P30. He began playing for the senior side at the age of 16 and on 25 March 1944 scored his first goal in the first division, in a 0-2 victory over Maccabi Petah Tikva. Perelman played with Netanya in the State cup finals of 1954 against Maccabi Tel Aviv. His last game was on 18 January 1958, in a game where his team lost to Maccabi Tel Aviv 3-1 in the league. After retiring as a player, Perlman started his coaching career. After one season with Hapoel Even Yehuda he was appointed the youth coach of Maccabi Netanya. He remained with Netanya until 1968. In 1968, he coached the national youth team for one year and later on worked as the coach of

Hapoel Hadera Hapoel Hadera–Giv'at Olga "Shulem Schwarz" F.C. ( he, מועדון כדורגל הפועל חדרה–גבעת אולגה שולם שוורץ) is an Israeli football club from Hadera. They currently play in the Israeli Premier League, and have ...

and

Maccabi Herzliya Maccabi Herzliya F.C. ( he, מועדון כדורגל מכבי הרצליה, ''Moadon Kaduregel Maccabi Herzliya'') is an Israeli football club based in Herzliya. The club is currently in and plays at the Herzliya Municipal Stadium. History ...

. In 1971, he came back to work as the youth coach of Maccabi Netanya and four years later he became the coach of the senior side. In the 1977-78 season Perlman led the club to its finest hour as the club won all the titles in Israeli football as well as their group in the

UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup (from la, Inter, 'between' + german: toto, ' betting pool'),Most precisely, from ( football pool); cf. often abbreviated and more known in the German-speaking world as UI Cup and originally called the International F ...

. After his first term in Netanya, Perlman worked in such clubs as

Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Haifa Football Club ( he, מועדון הכדורגל הפועל חיפה, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Haifa'') is an Israeli football club located in the city of Haifa. The club won one championship (1998–99) and 4 Israeli cups ( ...

and

Maccabi Jaffa Maccabi Jaffa Football Club was one of the first football teams in Israel. It was founded in 1950 as "Zionist association of Maccabi Jaffa," by Jewish immigrants from Bulgaria. The Team played for 32 seasons in the Israeli Top Division, though ...

. He returned to coach Maccabi Netanya in the 1981-82 season, the season was highly successful yet Netanya finished only as the league runners-up, as they lost the title to Hapoel Kfar Saba by one point. From 1983 to 1985 Perlman worked as the coach of the

Israel national under-19 football team Israel's national under-19 football team ( he, נבחרת הנוער של ישראל בכדורגל עד גיל 19), also known as Israel Under-19s or Israel U19s, is regarded as the feeder team for the Israel national under-21 football team. ...

. After two years with the national under-19 he bounced around with a few clubs from the

Liga Leumit Liga Leumit ( he, ליגה לאומית, lit. ''National League'') is the second division of the Israeli Football League, and below its Premier League. Structure There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the two lowest-plac ...

and

Liga Artzit Liga Artzit ( he, ליגה ארצית, lit. ''Country League'') is the defunct third division of Israeli Football League, beneath its highest division Premier League and the second division Liga Leumit. Before being cancelled in 2009, it was run ...

. During the 1992-93 he was appointed coach of Maccabi Netanya again, and the following season led the team to sixth place in the table. Perelman did not go on for another season, but six games to the end of the 1994-95 season he returned. He wasn't able to keep the club in the league, and Netanya dropped to the second division. After this season Perelman did not return to coach again.

Managerial stats with Maccabi Netanya

Honours

As a player

State Cup The Israel State Cup ( he, גביע המדינה, ''Gvia HaMedina''), is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israel Football Association (IFA). The State Cup was first held in 1928 as the People's Cup. Because it involves ...

** Runner-up (1): 1954

As a manager

Championships In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion. Championship systems Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship. Title match system In this system ...

** Winner (1): 1977–78 ** Runner-up (1): 1981–82 *

** Winner (1):

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government). * January 6 – ...

Israeli Supercup The Israel Super Cup, also known as the Champion of Champions ( he, אלוף האלופים, Aluf HaAlufim), is an Israeli association football club competition played as a single match between the winner of the latest List of Israeli football cha ...

** Winner (1):

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Perlman, Shmulik 1926 births 2003 deaths Israeli Jews Israeli men's footballers Maccabi Netanya F.C. players Israeli football managers Hapoel Hadera F.C. managers Maccabi Herzliya F.C. managers Maccabi Netanya F.C. managers Hapoel Haifa F.C. managers Maccabi Jaffa F.C. managers Hakoah Ramat Gan F.C. managers Footballers from Tel Aviv Men's association football players not categorized by position