Ronny Levy

Ronny Levy

Personal information
Date of birth	(1966-11-14) 14 November 1966
Place of birth	Netanya, Israel
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
	Maccabi Netanya
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1985–1992	Maccabi Netanya	156	(12)
1990–1991	→ Bnei Yehuda (loan)	20	(3)
1992–1997	Maccabi Haifa	144	(18)
International career
1993–1995	Israel	16	(0)
Managerial career
1999–2000	Maccabi Haifa (assistant)
2000	Maccabi Haifa (caretaker)
2000–2003	Maccabi Haifa (youth)
2003–2008	Maccabi Haifa
2008–2009	Maccabi Petah Tikva
2009–2010	Unirea Urziceni
2010–2011	Beitar Jerusalem
2011	Steaua București
2011–2013	Anorthosis Famagusta
2013–2014	Beitar Jerusalem
2015	Maccabi Netanya
2015–2016	Maccabi Haifa
2016–2018	Anorthosis Famagusta
2019–2020	Beitar Jerusalem
2021–2022	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
2022–	Hapoel Haifa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ronny Levy (Hebrew: רוני לוי; also spelled Roni; born on November 14, 1966) is an Israeli football manager. As an Israeli international player, Levy played primarily as a defensive midfielder. He won Israeli football championships with both Bnei Yehuda and Maccabi Haifa.

Club career

Levy started his career as a striker in the youth team of Maccabi Netanya. He was promoted to the first team in 1985. After five seasons, he was loaned to Bnei Yehuda where he won his first championship title.

After returning to Maccabi Netanya, Levy transferred to Maccabi Haifa in 1992, where he played as a defender. After a few games, his role was changed to defensive midfielder, the position he would occupy until the end of his playing career. He retired from playing in 1997 due to a serious knee injury.

International career

Levy earned sixteen international caps with the Israel national team.

Managerial career

As the season of 2002–03 ended, Levy returned to be first team manager. Levy won three domestic championships in a row in his first three years of managing Maccabi Haifa (2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06), one Toto Cup Al (2006), and a qualification to the UEFA cup group stage in 2006–07.

In 2006, Levy received a "manager of the year" award from both major Israeli newspapers, Yedioth Ahronoth and Maariv. After seasons 2006–07 and 2007–08.

Levy then signed with Maccabi Petah Tikva for a year and a half. After less than a year there, Levy resigned.

On December 31, 2009, Levy signed a year and a half contract, worth $600,000, to manage Unirea Urziceni. His first game on February 18, 2010 was against Liverpool at Anfield in the UEFA Europa League, where the visitors lost 1–0.

On January 17, 2011, Levy signed for Beitar Jerusalem. On June 10, 2011, Steaua Bucharest presented Ronny Levy as the new head coach of the team. He was fired on September 30, 2011 after a draw against AEK Larnaca in the UEFA Europa League. The next day, October 1, he signed a year contract with Anorthosis Famagusta.

On December 6, 2013, Levy made his return to Beitar Jerusalem. On January 14, 2015, Levy signed with Maccabi Netanya. On May 18, 2015, Levy returned to Maccabi Haifa, signing a three-year contract. On October 26, 2016, Levy made his return to Anorthosis Famagusta after signing an 18-month contract. He left the club in September, 2018.

Honours

As player

• Israeli Premier League (2):
  • 1989–90, 1993–94
• Israel State Cup (2):
  • 1993, 1995
• Toto Cup (1):
  • 1993–94

As manager

• Israeli Youth Championship (1):
  • 2002–03
• Youth State Cup (1):
  • 2003
• Israeli Premier League (3):
  • 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06
• Toto Cup (3):
  • 2005–06, 2007–08, 2019
• Liga I:
  • Runners-up (1): 2009–10
• Israel State Cup (1):
  • 2016