The 43-year old Georgian has arrived at Maccabi Tel Aviv and now’s the time to take a look back at his colorful career after having been one of his country’s greatest footballers. Arveladze started out at Dinamo Tbilisi where he played for four years making 69 appearances and scored 52 goals as he also captured four League and Cup titles over that time period.
After his successful stint in Georgia, Arveladze went to the Turkish League for four years and played with Trabzonspor winning one Cup during his time there. Holland and Ajax were next for the striker and he scored 37 goals in the 1997/98 Championship season. Following four years in the Eredivisie where he also took two Cups it was off to Scotland and Rangers for you guessed it, four more years. On the British Isle, Arveladze win two Championships before heading back to Holland and AZ where poured in 48 goals in 89 matches over the course of two seasons with the club.
The Georgian’s playing career was filled with many Championships and Cups and ended it off in Spain with Levante. However, immediately after his time on the pitch came to a close he returned to AZ Alkmaar and took up the assistant coaching position under Dutch legend Louis van Gaal followed by spells with Ronald Koeman and Dick Advocate until 2010.
From Holland, Arveladze moved to Turkey where he has served as a Head Coach for the past six years working at Kayserispor, Kasimpasa and Trabzonspor where he had starred as a player but left midway through this last season. In 2016/17 he will be wearing Yellow & Blue with his first challenge right around the corner as Europa League qualifying kicks off at the end of June.
The Georgian striker scored 291 goals in 410 matches during his 18 year playing career that also included 26 goals in 61 National Team appearances.
Yossi Benayoun joined Maccabi Tel Aviv in the summer of 2016 after two seasons with Maccabi Haifa. Benayoun, who grew up at Hapoel Beer Sheva, spent many glorious seasons in Europe after making his breakthrough with Maccabi Haifa at the beginning of the 2000’s. His first continental stop was at Racing Santander in La Liga, then he moved to West Ham United in the English Premier League where he also played for Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and Queens Park Rangers.
At the start of the 2016/17 campaign Benayoun joined Maccabi Tel Aviv and he scored his first goal in his Yellow & Blue debut against Gorica from Slovenia in the 90th minute of a 1:0 victory. He also helped Maccabi advance to the Europa League Group Stages and scored his only Derby goal in a Toto Cup 2:0 win.
By the end of the season, Benayoun made 46 appearances, scored 5 goals and assisted on 3. In April 2019, he retired from active play while with Beitar Jerusalem.
מגדולי החלוצים בהיסטוריה של מכבי תל אביב, לבש את החולצה עם המספר 15 על הגב וזכה לכינוי F-15 בזכות המהירות המסחררת שלו ויכולת כיבוש השערים המרשימה.
טבק היה ראש החץ של התקפת מכבי ת”א במשך 17 עונות והיה גורם משמעותי בכל התארים שהקבוצה זכתה בתקופתו. בסך הכול כבש החלוץ הדינאמי 121 שערי ליגה שהקנו לו את המקום השלישי ברשימת הכובשים הגדולים של המועדון בכל הזמנים.
לאחר ימיו כשחקן טבק חזר למועדון בתפקידים נוספים. חלוץ העבר שימש כמנהלה המקצועי של מחלקת הנוער (2004-2007) וחזר למועדון שוב לקראת עונת 2013/2014 כאשר מונה למנהל הקבוצה הבוגרת.
אחרי 3 שנים בתפקיד מנהל הקבוצה, שינה טבק את תפקידו והצטרף לצוות הסקאוטינג של המועדון.
The 32 year-old Ziv Arie continued his climb up the ladder of the Maccabi Tel Aviv Youth Division when he took on the head coaching duties with the Under-19s in the summer of 2013. He started his career at Maccabi in 2006 when he left his post as director of youth football at Hapoel Hod Hasharon to lead first Maccabi’s Under-16s and thereafter Under-17s to titles. In his first year with the Youth Division’s flagship side, the Under-19s got off to a slow start but improved as the season progressed. In the end Ziv lead Maccabi Tel Aviv “Shachar” to the league’s second spot, just two points shy of the title, having already promoted a player, strike Dor Jan, to the senior team.2
