Barak Bakhar

Barak Bakhar (Hebrew: ברק בכר‎; born September 21, 1979) is an Israeli former football player and manager of Hapoel Beer Sheva.

Biography

Bakhar's uncle was Rehavam Ze'evi.<ref name=Ze'evi>Sardis, Adi (2008-10-06). ברק בכר: מוצדק לא לזמן שחקנים שהשתמטו (in Hebrew). Yedioth Ahronoth. Archived from the original on 9 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-06. </ref>

Football career

After going through the ranks of the youth system of Neve Yosef, Bakhar transferred to Liga Artzit side, Hakoah Ramat Gan. After four seasons in the second tier of Israeli football, he made the jump to Hapoel Petah Tikva.

In 2004, Bakhar joined Liga Leumit side, Ironi Kiryat Shmona. He established himself in the starting line up on the right side of their defense and helped them gain promotion to Israeli Premier League, the highest tier of Israeli football. During the 2007–08 season, Bakhar played all but one league match for Kiryat Shmona, due to yellow card accumulation.

In October 2008, Bakhar was called up by national team manager, Dror Kashtan for the FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Luxembourg and Latvia. His call up was canceled though, being that he never completed his service in the IDF, a requirement of all Jewish players in order to represent Israel on the national side, and Eyal Meshumar was called up in his place.