Guy Luzon
Luzon as the head coach of Standard Liège in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-08-07) 7 August 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth Petah Tikva, Israel
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Team information
Current team
 Israel under-21
Youth career
1985–1995 Maccabi Petah Tikva
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1996 Maccabi Petah Tikva[1][2][3] 11 (0)
Managerial career
2001–2007 Maccabi Petah Tikva
2007 Hapoel Tel Aviv
2008 Maccabi Petah Tikva
2008–2010 Bnei Yehuda
2010–2013 Israel U-21
2013–2014 Standard Liège
2015 Charlton Athletic
2016–2017 Hapoel Tel Aviv
2017 Maccabi Haifa
2018 Beitar Jerusalem
2019–2021 Maccabi Petah Tikva
2022– Israel U-21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Guy Luzon (Hebrew: גיא לוזון; born 7 August 1975) is an Israeli former footballer and manager, currently managing the Israel national under-21 football team.

Club career

Guy Luzon was a graduate of the Maccabi Petah Tikva youth program, joining Maccabi Petah Tikva at the age of 10. Luzon started playing for the first team at the age of 18, making his debut against Beitar Tel Aviv in 1992. He played for Maccabi Petah Tikva for 3 years, until an injury caused him to retire at the age of 21 in 1996.

Managerial career

After Luzon's retirement from football, he was offered a job to coach the Maccabi Petah Tikva youth team, under head coach Eli Ohana. Luzon took over as manager after Ohana in the 2001–02 Israeli Premier League season, leading Maccabi to finish in 8th place. Luzon's biggest success at Maccabi was winning the Toto Cup in 2004 along with placing second in the 2004–05 Israeli Premier League and qualifying for the UEFA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round. Luzon was appointed by Hapoel Tel Aviv before the beginning of the 2007–08 Israeli Premier League season, however he resigned on 25 November 2007 when Hapoel was bottom of the league with only 6 points. Luzon returned to coach Maccabi Petah Tikva, however he resigned after only a few months, on 6 April 2008, because of several losses. On 12 June 2008 Luzon was appointed as manager of Bnei Yehuda, leading them to the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League, where they had several victories before being knocked out by PSV Eindhoven in the play-off round.

On 4 August 2010 Luzon was appointed to coach the Israel national under-21 football team, with which he competed at the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship because Israel qualified automatically as hosts. Luzon led the Israeli U-21 team to a 3rd-place finish in Group A, including a victory against the England U-21's. Luzon was appointed by Standard Liège on 27 May 2013.[4] Luzon exceeded expectations, leading Standard to a second-place finish in the 2013–14 Belgian Pro League and qualifying for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, where they lost in the play-off round to Zenit Saint Petersburg. On 20 October 2014 Luzon was left his job at Standard because of the poor results in the beginning of the season.

On 13 January 2015 Luzon was appointed as head coach of the English club Charlton Athletic.[5] His first game in charge of Charlton Athletic was a 0-0 tie with Wolverhampton Wanderers on 24 January 2015. Luzon's first win as Charlton Athletic's coach was a 3-0 win against Brentford on 14 February 2015.

Luzon was dismissed by Charlton on 24 October 2015.[6]

On 13 February 2017, Luzon was appointed the manager of Maccabi Haifa.[7]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 19 March 2017
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref
P W D L Win %
Standard Liège 1 July 2013 20 October 2014 69 35 15 19 050.7 [8]
Charlton Athletic 22 January 2015 24 October 2015 36 12 9 15 033.3 [8]
Maccabi Haifa 13 February 2017 9 December 2017 5 3 0 2 060.0 [7][9]
Total 110 50 24 36 045.5 —

Honours

As a player

As a manager

References

  1. ^ "מכבי פתח תקוה | עונת 1993-1994 | דריבליסט". Archived from the original on 2015-02-18. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
  2. ^ a b "מכבי פתח תקוה | עונת 1994-1995 | דריבליסט". Archived from the original on 2015-02-18. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
  3. ^ "מכבי פתח תקוה | עונת 1995-1996 | דריבליסט". Archived from the original on 2015-02-18. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
  4. ^ "5000 fans of Liege protest against appointment of Guy Luzon". sports.co.il. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Guy Luzon: Charlton Athletic appoint Israeli as head coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Charlton terminate contract of Guy Luzon". Charlton Athletic FC. Archived from the original on 24 October 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Guy Luzon gaat aan de slag bij Maccabi Haifa" [Guy Luzon starts off Maccabi Haifa]. Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). Brussels. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Managers: Guy Luzon". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Maccabi Haifa FC: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  10. ^ "מכבי פתח תקוה | עונת 2003-2004 | דריבליסט". Archived from the original on 2015-02-18. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
  11. ^ "מכבי פתח תקוה | עונת 2004-2005 | דריבליסט". Archived from the original on 2015-02-18. Retrieved 2015-02-18.
  12. ^ "The Israel Football Association". football.org.il.
  13. ^ "אנדרלכט זכתה באליפות בלגיה, גיא לוזון רק במקום השני - וואלה! ספורט". וואלה! ספורט. 18 May 2014.

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