Marco Balbul

Marco Balbul
Personal information
Date of birth	13 July 1967 (age 56)
Place of birth	Tirat Carmel, Israel
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Zambia (assistant coach)
Youth career
0000–1986	Maccabi Haifa
Senior career*
Years	Team
1986–1998	Maccabi Haifa
1998–2000	Maccabi Tel Aviv
2000–2002	Maccabi Haifa
Total
International career
1990–1995	Israel
Managerial career
2002–2003	Maccabi Haifa (assistant)
2006	Maccabi Netanya (assistant)
2007–2008	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
2008–2009	Maccabi Tel Aviv (assistant)
2009–2010	Bnei Sakhnin
2011	Maccabi Petah Tikva
2012	Partizan (assistant)
2013–2014	Bnei Sakhnin
2014	BEC Tero Sasana (assistant)
2014–2015	Maccabi Haifa
2016–2018	Israel U21
2018–2020	Maccabi Haifa
2022	NorthEast United
2023–	Zambia (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marco Balbul (Hebrew: מרקו בלבול; born 13 July 1967) is an Israeli football manager and former player who is an assistant coach with the Zambia national football team.

Early life

Balbul was born in Tirat Carmel, Israel as the youngest child of Egyptian Jews immigrant parents who immigrated from Egypt to Israel in the 50s. Aged 9, he was accepted to the youth system of Maccabi Haifa.

Playing career

Babul made his first team debut for Maccabi Haifa in 1986. Spending most of his career at the club, he won several honours including the Israeli Premier League and the Israel State Cup.

He made his Israel national team debut against Greece in 1990. He has 5 appearance in the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying.^[1]

Managerial career

On 28 December 2014, Balbul was appointed the new manager of Maccabi Haifa, replacing Aleksandar Stanojević who resigned from the job.

On 11 August 2022, Balbul was announced as the head coach of Indian Super League club NorthEast United.^[2] But on 8 December 2022 he was sacked after the club failed to register a single win in the league. He is currently third assistant coach for the Zambia National team.