Nir Klinger

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Nir Klinger
Personal information
Date of birth	May 25, 1966 (1966-05-25) (age 42)
Place of birth	Israel
Playing position	Manager (former player)
Club information
Current club	AEK Larnaca
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1984-1990 1990-1998	Maccabi haifa Maccabi tel aviv	? (?) ? (?)
National team2
1987-1997	Israel	83 (-)
Teams managed
1998-2000 2000-2002 2002-2005 2006-2007 2007-present	Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. (assistant) Beitar Be'er Sheva Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. Enosis Neon Paralimni FC AEK Larnaca
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 1, 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of July 1, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Nir Klinger (born May 25, 1966) is an Israeli football (soccer) manager and a former player. He was manager of Maccabi Tel Aviv, before resigning under pressure on 5 December 2005. He currently coaches the cypriot team, AEK Larnaca.

A product of the Maccabi Haifa F.C. youth team, he was a defensive player. He spent six seasons with Maccabi Haifa before he moved to Maccabi Tel Aviv for eight seasons. He won two Israeli championships with Maccabi Haifa and three championships and another two Israeli cups with Maccabi Tel Aviv.

He achieved 83 caps for the Israel national football team between the years of 1987 and 1997, and captained the team from August 1992 to March 1997. He retired due to injury during the 1997/98 season.

• First league appearance: November 3, 1984 (Maccabi Haifa against Hakoah Ramat Gan, brought in 10 minutes to the end).
• First national team appearance: February 18, 1987 (Israel against Northern Ireland, ended 1-1).
• First goal for Israel: February 8, 1989 (Israel against Wales, ended 3-3).
• Last Israeli national appearance: March 31, 1997. (Israel against Luxemburg, ended 3-0 for Israel.

[edit] Career as Player

• Maccabi Haifa (1984-1990)
  • 2 championships (1984/95), (1988/89)
  • 2 cup finals (1986/87), (1988/89)
• Maccabi Tel Aviv (1990-1998)
  • 3 championships (1991/92), (1994/95), (1995/96)
  • 2 Israeli cups (1993/94), (1995/96)
  • 1 Toto Cup (1992/93)
  • 3 cup finals (1991/92), (1992/93), (1996/97)

[edit] Career as Manager

• 1998/99
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv (assistant manager for Avraham Grant)
    • Won the Toto Cup.
• 1999/00
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv (assistant manager for Avraham Grant)
• 2000/01
  • Beitar Beer Sheva (manager)
    • Final positioning - 3rd, lost promotion in the last game (Second League).
• 2001/02
  • Beitar Beer Sheva (manager)
• 2002/03
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv (manager)
    • Won the title, cup - semi-finals.
• 2003/04
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv (manager)
    • Final positioning - 2nd, Champions League second qualification.
• 2004/05
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv (manager)
  • Won the Israeli cup, UEFA Champions League group stage.
• 2005/06
  • Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (manager) - Resigned December 5, 2005.
• 2006/07
  • Paralimni (manager) - Resigned September, 2007.
• 2007/08
  • AEK Larnaca (manager) - As of October 3nd 2007.