 During his adolescence, he played football for the Maccabi Haifa youth club.For many, he is one of the greatest players to ever don the Haifa colors.After playing eight seasons for Maccabi Haifa and winning three titles for the club (The Toto Cup, and the Israeli Cup twice – one of which as both a Cup and a championship title at the same year), he joined the local rival team – Hapoel Haifa for four seasons, before being signed off to Beitar Jerusalem.