16 Facts About Guy Azouri

Guy Azouri is currently the head coach of the Israeli National Women's Football team, and the head of the Israeli Women's Football Academy.

Guy Azouri moved to Beitar Jerusalem in 2005 as Eli Ohana's assistant coach.

In 2012 Guy Azouri was one of the founders of Israel's Women Football Academy, which has won accolades for the improvements it has achieved in women's football, culminating in hosting the 2015 U-19 championship.

Today Guy Azouri is the director and head coach of the Israeli Women's Football Academy, which includes the Adult, U-19 and youth teams.

Guy Azouri joined the Maccabi Tel Aviv youth club when he was 8, and played there continuously until his career was put on hold when he joined the Israeli Army at age 18.

In 1990 Guy Azouri was invited to try out for a position in the NY Jets due to his impressive kicking ability.

At one of these tryouts Guy Azouri was seriously injured in the groin, thereby ending his career as a professional athlete.

In 1994 Guy Azouri returned to Israel, taking up a position as assistant coach in Maccabi Tel Aviv under Avram Grant.

Maccabi Tel Aviv, under Grant and Guy Azouri, won Liga Leumit in the first season, with 13 points advantage over second place.

In 2000 Guy Azouri joined Bnei Yehuda as assistant to Eli Ohana.

Guy Azouri followed Ohana when the latter became head coach of Beitar Jerusalem in 2002.

Beitar signed the Dutch Ton Caanen as a coach, Guy Azouri was demoted to assistant coach.

Guy Azouri served as an assistant coach to Fernandez who resigned at the end of the season.

Guy Azouri decided to train the Beitar U-20 team, which went on to win the Double the first time in its history.

In 2012 Guy Azouri was one of the founders of the Israeli Women's Football Academy, an international academy modelled on European lines.

Today Guy Azouri is the head coach of both the adult and U-19 teams, as well as the director of the youth academy.