Sun Menahem (or Menachem, ; born 7 September 1993) is an Israeli professional

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who played as a defender.

Early life

Menahem was born in

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, to a

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family.

Club career

He made his professional

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debut for Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon on 11 May 2013 in a game against Bnei Yehuda. On 21 June 2015 Menhem signed a four-year deal with Maccabi Haifa. On 8 October 2018 he extended his contract with the club for three more years.

International career

He received his first call-up to the

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in October 2019 for Euro 2020 qualifiers against Austria and Latvia. He made his debut on 15 October 2019 in a game against Latvia. He substituted

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in the 79th minute as Israel won 3–1.

Honours

Club

Maccabi Haifa *

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, 2021–22,

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: 2015–16 *

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 ...

: 2021–22 *

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* 1993 births Living people Israeli men's footballers Jewish Israeli sportspeople Footballers from Tel Aviv Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon F.C. players Maccabi Haifa F.C. players Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C. players Israeli Premier League players Liga Leumit players Israel men's international footballers Men's association football defenders 21st-century Israeli sportsmen {{Israel-footy-defender-stub