Guy Azouri

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Guy Azouri (Hebrew: גיא עזורי; born 2 June 1963) is an Israeli football manager. He is currently the head coach of the Israeli National Women's Football team, and the head of the Israeli Women's Football Academy. After playing as a youth in the Maccabi Tel Aviv youth team, Azouri spent most of his football career as a player in the United States. After an injury Azouri turned to coaching, serving as assistant coach under Avram Grant and Eli Ohana. Azouri moved to Beitar Jerusalem in 2005 as Eli Ohana's assistant coach. After Ohana's departure he became interim head coach for 5 months, proving to be very successful. After Luis Fernández was brought in as head coach Azouri returned to the assistant coach position, and finally following Fernandez's departure Azouri took over as the coach of Beitar's under-20 team, winning an historic Double in the 2006–07 season and another Championship the following year. Beginning in 2008 Azouri served as head coach of several teams in the Israeli Premier League, including Beitar Jerusalem, Hapoel Be'er Sheva and Maccabi Petach-Tikvah. In 2012 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 Azouri is the director and head coach of the Israeli Women's Football Academy, which includes the Adult, U-19 and youth teams.