Avraham Grant

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Personal information
Avraham Grant
Full name	Avraham Grant
Date of birth	May 6, 1955
Place of birth	Petah Tikva, Israel
Position	Technical Director
Club information
Current club	Portsmouth Football Club
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
	None
Teams managed
1972-1986 1986-1991 1991-1995 1995-1996 1996-2000 2000-2002 2002-2006 2006-present	Hapoel Petah Tikva (Youth) Hapoel Petah Tikva Maccabi Tel-Aviv Hapoel Haifa Maccabi Tel-Aviv Maccabi Haifa Israel Portsmouth (Technical Director)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ** National team caps and goals correct as of June 27, 2006.

Avraham Grant (Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם גְרַנט), (born May 6, 1955 in Petah Tikva) is the Technical Director of Portsmouth Football Club.

Once coach of both Maccabi Tel-Aviv (twice, from 1991-1995 and less successfully from 1997-2000) and Maccabi Haifa F.C. (2000-2002), Grant was formerly the national team coach of Israel, taking the position in May 2002 when he replaced Dane Richard Møller Nielsen. Israel finished third in 2006 World Cup qualifying Group 4 behind winners France and runners-up Switzerland. They were unbeaten in the group, having won four and drew six of their ten matches but it was not enough to take them to the finals. He announced on 26 October 2005 that he would step down when his contract expired in June 2006, and once that date had passed he immediately took up his new position at Portsmouth.