Bryan Man

Bryan Man
בריאן מן
Personal information
Date of birth8 December 1983
Place of birthArgentina
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current team
free agent
Youth career
Hapoel Ra'anana
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2000-2002Maccabi Tel Aviv2(0)
2002-2003Hapoel Ra'anana-(-)
2005Bnei Yehuda0(0)
2006Hapoel Ramat Gan1(0)
2006-2007Hapoel Ra'anana17(2)
2007-2008Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Hen30(8)
2008-2010Hapoel Ashkelon56(13)
National team
1999Israel U163(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:49, 23 March 2008 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 08:49, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Bryan Man (Hebrew: בריאן מן; born December 8, 1983) is an Argentine-Israeli professional football (soccer) player.

Biography

Early life

Man made aliyah with his family in 1998 under the Law of Return. His parents had a difficult time adapting to live in Israel, so they returned to Argentina. Bryan and his sister Michelle returned to Israel though.[1]

Playing career

After going through the ranks of Maccabi Tel Aviv's youth academy, Man did not get a lot of playing time under Nir Klinger. Man himself attributes this to Klinger's preference of foreign strikers and not domestic strikers from the youth ranks.[1] Later he played with small scale clubs, and in June 2010 was released from Hapoel Ashkelon. He is a free agent and lives in Ashkelon.

National team career

Man made his debut for a national side when he appeared for the Israel national under-16 football team on December 29, 1999 when they played their Swiss counterparts in a locally organized tournament. He ended up playing two more games in the following two days against the Turkish and Austrian sides. He is eligible to play for Israel and Argentina national teams.

Personal life

Man has five tattoos, including a tattoo of the number 7 (his preferred shirt number) and of the crest of his favorite football club, Boca Juniors.[1]

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Levi, Eli (2008-07-24). הארגנטינאי החדש של הפועל אשקלון (in Hebrew). Yedioth Ahronoth. Retrieved 2008-10-10.