Eli Ohana

Quick Facts

Full Name	Eli Ohana
Occupation	association football player
Date Of Birth	Feb 1, 1964(1964-02-01)
Age	60
Birthplace	Jerusalem
Country	Israel
Horoscope	Aquarius

Eli Ohana Biography

Eli Ohana is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on February 1, 1964 in Jerusalem, Israel. Eliyahu “Eli” Ohana (Hebrew: אלי אוחנה ‎; born February 1, 1964) is an Israeli former football player, and the current Chairman of Israeli club Beitar Jerusalem. He played as forward or midfielder, and was considered one of Israel’s finest players.

Ohana secured himself a place in Israeli football history when the national team was in a crucial FIFA World Cup qualifier against Australia in 1989. Australia manager Frank Arok apparently had made antisemitic comments before the game. During the match, Ohana dribbled through two defenders and fooled the keeper, giving Israel a 1–0 lead. Ohana then ran up to the Australian manager and kissed the Star of David in front him.

In 1995/1996 Ohana had a weak season and decided to quit international football. The Uruguay national football team was invited to Israel for his testimonial match, which Israel won 3–1 with Ohana scoring the first goal.

In 1996–97 Ohana had an excellent season (he was chosen player of the year at the end of it) and Shlomo Sharf returned him to the team, with Ohana again scoring often.

Ohana was first invited to coach the Israel national football team in 1983. After a friendly match in which Israel lost to Argentina 7–2, Diego Maradona said there is one great player in Israel, Eli Ohana.

Eli Ohana Net Worth

Eli Ohana is one of the richest association football player from Israel. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Eli Ohana 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1977, Ohana led the youth league team of Beitar Jerusalem to the state youth title. He stood out for his ability to find the back of the net and was promoted to first team. Beitar played in the second league (Artzit) at the time. Although Ohana did not do well in his first matches, he and Uri Malmilian later pushed the club into the first league (Leumit), and helped to bring the club its first league title and two State Cups.

In 1982, Ohana’s girlfriend, Sarit Shwartz, was in a fatal car accident. Sarit’s death drove Ohana into depression and social seclusion.In December 1991, he married model Ronit Ben Basat, with whom he had a son, Tom. They separated in 2004 without filing for divorce.

In 1990 Ohana was called to the squad for a game against the Soviet Union national football team. Minutes before the game began, Ohana and the two other legionnaires of the Israeli team, Ronny Rosenthal and Shalom Tikva, realized that their insurance had not been arranged as promised, and they refused to go onto the pitch. All the players were punished, with Ohana receiving the worst punishment, banned from 10 league games and banned for four years from the national team.

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Who is Eli Ohana Dating?

According to our records, Eli Ohana married to Ronit Ben Basat. As of December 1, 2023, Eli Ohana’s is not dating anyone.

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On June 18, 2008 Ohana was appointed manager for Israel U19.

Facts & Trivia

Elian Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Israel. Eli Ohana celebrates birthday on February 1 of every year.

Ahead of the 2015 elections, Naftali Bennett, the head the right wing religious Zionist Jewish Home party, placed Ohana on position number ten of his party’s election list. After three days of harsh criticism from party members who were displeased by Bennett’s choice of an outsider who did not match the party’s religious character, Ohana withdrew “after being asked to do so by minister Bennett”.