Ofoedu made his first footballing steps at Nigerian outfit Enugu Rangers IFC where he made his senior debut at the age of 18. In 2012 and at the age of 20, Ofeodu, moved to Turkey and joined Trabzonspor on loan for which he scored 8 goals in 33 appearances in all competitions. A switch to Karsiyaka the following season (2013/14) saw Ofoedu score 11 goals in 42 appearances in all competitions which led to a January switch to Samsunspor.

The Nigerian forward enjoyed a successful 18-month long spell at Samsuspor where he scored 21 goals in 49 appearances which earned himself another move to his fourth Turkish club. Ofoedu began the 2016/17 campaign at Eskisehirspor and in two seasons notched 19 goals in 58 appearances in all competitions.

In the summer of 2018, Ofoedu joined Maccabi Tel Aviv FC on a free transfer and signed a 2-year-deal at the Club.

Shahar Piven grew up through the ranks of the Maccabi Tel Aviv Youth Department and after finishing his Under-19 career was loaned out to Beitar Tel Aviv/Ramle and Ashdod where he played in 2017/18.

 Piven returned to the club at the start of the 2018/19 season. The central defender scored his senior debut goal in the 4-1 Toto Cup victory over Hapoel Tel Aviv and made 30 appearances in all competitions before winning the championship. In 2019/20 Piven won his second championship in succession at Maccabi making 22 appearances during which he scored one league goal.

Ruslan Barsky grew up in Maccabi Tel Aviv’s youth department and shared in the junior team’s double title in 2010/11. That season, Barsky missed only two League games and scored one goal in the League and another in the junior national cup tournament. Bersky began the 2011/12 season as captain of Maccabi Tel Aviv’s junior team, scoring three goals in only 13 games. However, he was forced to take the bench due to a complex foot injury that immobilized him for many months.

Over the course of the last few seasons, Barsky was loaned to Bnei Yehuda, Maccabi Kabilyo Yaffo, Hapoel Jerusalem, Beitar Tel Aviv/Ramle and Hapoel Haifa where he was an integral part of the club for the 2017/18 season. In the summer of 2018, the midfielder returned to the Yellow & Blue and travelled with the Club to its preseason training camp.

The Congolese striker Mavis Tchibota came to Maccabi Tel Aviv as an 18-year old during the 2012/13 season and began to train with the Under-17s. His exceptional talents first emerged during an international Under-17 tournament in Germany, where Tchibota finished as the competition’s highest scorer with five goals and the title of the tournament’s outstanding player. In May of 2013, Tchibota helped his side finish third in a tournament attended by Under-17 teams from German sides Borussia Dortmund, Stuttgart and FC Cologne and Swiss champions FC Basel. In 2013/14 Tchibota played for Maccabi’s Under-19s and at the beginning of the 2014/15 season he joined the senior squad at their pre-season training camp in Austria.

During the 2015/16 and 2016/17 seasons, Tchibota was loaned to Hapoel Kfar Saba while in 2017/18 he was loaned out to Bnei Yehuda. The summer of 2018 saw the winger return to Maccabi and attended its preseason training camp.

The Spanish left-back, 187cm, joined Maccabi in the summer of 2018 from Athletic Bilbao, where he made 23 appearances last season in all competitions for the La Liga club he joined in 2010. Saborit, was loaned out by the Basque club in 2014/15 and spent a season with Mallorca for which he made 18 appearances in all competitions. The Barcelona born defender emerged from RCD Espanyol’s youth academy and represented his country at U19, U18 and U17 levels.

Immediately after joining Maccabi, Saborit, played a key role in Vladimir Ivic’s team. Saborit, won the league title at the end of the 2018/19 season after scoring 3 goals and 4 assists in 43 appearances in all competitions. The Spanish born left-back, maintained his good form during the 2019/20 season as well, scoring 1 goal and assisting three more in 37 appearances – to win his second league title.

 

Christos Kelpekis, who was also a member of Ivic’s coaching staff at PAOK for four years both at the Youth Academy and senior side, joined Maccabi as Goalkeeping Coach.

Kelpekis, who as a goalkeeper represented Greece at U-21 level, previously played for Iraklis Thessaloniki, Anagennisi Giannitsa, Makedonikos Neapolis, Apollon Pontou, PAE Veria and PS Kalamata before retiring in 2013 and began coaching.

Darko Obradovic, who began coaching at his hometown club of FC Obilic Belgrade, joined Maccabi as Fitness Coach, having worked in the past in no less than 7 other countries – FC BSK Borca Belgrade (Serbia), FC Budocnost (Montenegro), Al Ittihad Tripoli (Libya), FC Changsha Ginde (China), FC Shahrdari Tabriz (Iran), Najran SC (Saudi Arabia), CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria), Litex Lovech (Bulgaria), FC Guizhou Renhe (China), Ittifaq (Saudi Arabia) and FC Vozdovac.

Christos Kelpekis, who was also a member of Ivic’s coaching staff at PAOK for four years both at the Youth Academy and senior side, joined Maccabi as Goalkeeping Coach.

Kelpekis, who as a goalkeeper represented Greece at U-21 level, previously played for Iraklis Thessaloniki, Anagennisi Giannitsa, Makedonikos Neapolis, Apollon Pontou, PAE Veria and PS Kalamata before retiring in 2013 and began coaching.

Milos Veselinovic guided FK Vozdovac to fifth place in the Serbian top flight in the 2017/28 season as head coach and returns to work as Ivic’s Assistant Coach, a position he held at PAOK when the Thessaloniki side won the Greek Cup in 2017.

Veselinovic, who previously coached FK Javor Ivanjica, FK Indija, Srem-Sremska Mitrovica, had also several spells at his hometown club Radnicki Obrenovac, where he began his coaching career in the youth department before progressing all the way to coach the senior side. As a player, Veselinovic, had his career cut-short by an injury, but after making his early footballing footsteps at the Red Star academy, he represented Yugoslavia’s young national teams from U15’s to U19’s.

Darko Obradovic, 45, who began coaching at his hometown club of FC Obilic Belgrade, is joining Maccabi as Fitness Coach, having worked in the past in no less than 7 other countries – FC BSK Borca Belgrade (Serbia), FC Budocnost (Montenegro), Al Ittihad Tripoli (Libya), FC Changsha Ginde (China), FC Shahrdari Tabriz (Iran), Najran SC (Saudi Arabia), CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria), Litex Lovech (Bulgaria), FC Guizhou Renhe (China), Ittifaq (Saudi Arabia) and FC Vozdovac.