1. Yotam Halperin is an Israeli former professional basketball player.
18 Facts About Yotam Halperin
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Yotam Halperin is currently the sporting director for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Premier League and the Champions League.
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Yotam Halperin played in the Maccabi Tel Aviv youth team and won two Israeli Youth League titles.
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Yotam Halperin debuted in Maccabi senior team at the age of 17 in a EuroLeague game against Alba Berlin.
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Yotam Halperin scored 7 points and passed 4 assists in the final against Skipper Bologna.
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On June 25,2008, Yotam Halperin signed a deal with EuroLeague team Olympiacos Piraeus.
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In Olympiacos Yotam Halperin joined his former teammate Nikola Vujcic, and former EuroLeague MVP Theodoros Papaloukas.
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On June 20,2011, Maccabi Tel Aviv announced the return of Yotam Halperin, who signed a contract for three years.
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Yotam Halperin has awarded a place in the All-Eurocup 2nd Team, with his teammate Patrick Beverley gaining the MVP award.
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Yotam Halperin was released from Spartak at the end of the season.
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On July 17,2012, Yotam Halperin signed a one-year contract with Bayern Munich of the Basketball Bundesliga.
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Yotam Halperin finished a disappointing season with Bayern, averaging only 6.3 point per game.
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Yotam Halperin was a member of the Israel national U-21 team leading the team to the second place of the 2004 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship.
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Yotam Halperin finished as the 2nd best scorer with an average of 20.4 points per game.
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At the 2005 FIBA Under-21 World Championship Yotam Halperin finished as the top scorer, averaging 23.5 points per game as Israel finished at 10th place.
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Yotam Halperin served as the captain of the Israeli national basketball team.
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Yotam Halperin competed in 6 European Championships:2003,2005,2007,2009,2011,2013.
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Yotam Halperin served in this post until he was hired as the team's new interim head coach following the firing of Oren Amiel in 2021.