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David "Dudu" Dahan (Hebrew: דודו דהאן; born 8 December 1971 in Jerusalem, Israel) is a sports agent working with football players and coaches. He has been involved in some of the most expensive transfers in Israel Football history.^{[citation needed]} Dahan is former football player who played center back for most of his career. Dahan developed his connection with football in his native Israel, beginning as an active player, and establishing a network of associations and friendships across the football world. He is licensed as a football agent from the Israel and Belgium Football Association, he holds a PRO coaching diploma.^{[citation needed]}

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Dudu Dahan

Personal information
Full name	David Dahan
Date of birth	(1971-12-08) 8 December 1971 (age 50)
Place of birth	Jerusalem, Israel
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1998	Hapoel Jerusalem	85	(3)
1998–1999	Hapoel Beit She'an
1999–2000	Hapoel Jerusalem	35	(2)
2000–2002	Hapoel Tel Aviv
2002–2004	Hapoel Jerusalem
Teams managed
2007–2009	Hakoah Ramat Gan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

In 2021, Dahan published his memoir, "The Agent," in Hebrew. The book is currently in translation and an English version will be published later in 2022.

Main activity as an agent (2007–present)

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In 2007, Dahan moved Gili Vermouth from Hapoel Tel Aviv FC to KAA Gent and Salim Tuama from the same team to Royal Standard de Liege. He continued to work mostly in Israel and Belgium and Rami Gershon (Royal Standard de Liege), Eytan Tibi (Charleroi SC) and Omer Golan (K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen) were all part of his early work days in Belgium. KAA Gent bought his representative, Shlomi Arbeitman on 2010 in the amount of €1.5 million. In the same year Lior Refaelov moved from Maccabi Haifa to Club Brugge K.V. on a €2.5 million transfer fee.^{[citation needed]} Beram Kayal also moved from Maccabi Haifa in 2010, joining Scottish club Celtic in a £1.2 million transfer deal.[1][2] [3]Nigerian international defender Efe Ambrose became the second player represented by Dahan to join Celtic, when he moved from SC Ashdod to Scotland in August 2012.[1][4]

This transaction built the trust of his scouting and manager skills and Dahan started working all around the continent. Wisla Krakow recruited the first Israeli player in Poland from Hapoel Beer Sheva in 2011, Maor Melikson, who was bought in 750,000 Euro. Later Dudu Biton joined the club, another representative of Dahan, who later moved to Royal Standard de Liege, Apoel Nicosia (Cyprus) and NK Maribor (Slovenia). Before Biton came to Wisla Krakow he was part of the "Hot winter" of Belgium club, Charleroi SC who took four Israeli players from Dahan, Tamir Kahlon, Matan Ohayon and Hatem Abd Elhamed.

In summer 2013, Dahan shocked Israel and Belgium when he managed to bring Israeli coach Guy Luzon from the U21 National team of Israel to Royal Standard de Liege alongside Center Bacl, Tal Ben Haim. The captain of the U21 National Team of Israel, Nir Biton, moved on a 1 million-euro deal from SC Ashdod to Celtic FC. In 2014 Sintayehu Sallalich became the first Israeli player in Slovenia, represented by Dahan to NK Maribor. Rami Gershon and Kenny Sayef moved to KAA Gent, the later on a 200,000-euro deal from Hapoel Ramat HaSharon.

Honours

As a player

• Israel State Cup:
  • Runner-up (1): 1998
• Toto Cup
  • Winner (1): 2001-02

As a manager

• Second Division
  • Winner (1): 2007-08
• Toto Cup Leumit
  • Runner-up (1): 2007-08
• Israel State Cup
  • Semifinalist (1): 2009

Managerial stats

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				P	W	D	L	Win %
Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan		July 2007	June 2009	91	35	25	31	038.46
Total				91	35	25	31	038.46

References

External links

• Profile at https://vod.sport5.co.il/?Vc=147&Vi=393032
• Client list at Agency Website
• Profile at Agency website

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