Place of birth Bat Yam, Israel Name Yossi Abukasis 1987–1993 Hapoel Tel Aviv Position Midfielder | Years Team Height 1.78 m Playing position Role Football manager | |
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Full name Yosef Abukasis
יוסף אבוקסיס Date of birth (1970-09-10) 10 September 1970 (age 45) Team coached Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. (Manager, since 2013) Similar People Dele Aiyenugba, Pedro Joaquin Galvan, Eli Guttman, Avi Nimni, Dror Kashtan | ||
Manages Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. | ||
Yosef "Yossi" Abukasis (Hebrew: יֹוסֶף "יֹוסִי" אָבּוּקָסִיס; born September 10, 1970) is a former Israeli football Midfielder and manager of Bnei Yehuda.
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Career
Abukasis played in the youth team of Hapoel Tel Aviv, and in 1987/1988 season arrived to the first team. In that year Hapoel won the championship and Abuhashissigned in the team for the next 5 years. In 1994/1995 season Abukasis played in Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv. A season after he played in Tzafririm Holon and in the next season he moved to Beitar Jerusalem FC. Abukasis played in Beitar from 1995/1996 until 2000/2001, and in his time Beitar won two championships and the Toto Cup. Abukasis also participated in the 2000 2000 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying with the Israel national football team.
In 2001/2002 season Abukasis came back to his youth team, Hapoel Tel Aviv, and won the Toto Cup. During 2003/2004 season he played half a year in F.C. Ashdod, but after that he went back to Hapoel Tel Aviv, where he completed his career.
On 14 June 2011, Abukasis was appointed as the manager of Bnei Yehuda.
On 27 September 2012, Abukasis was appointed as the manager of Hapoel Tel Aviv due to hapoel manager Nitzan Shirazi health.