Former Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Tel Aviv Players Join Bosnian Club's Youth Staff
Translated & summarized from Mako by baba
FK Željezničar Sarajevo has appointed former Maccabi Haifa player Edin Cocalić as its new youth department manager. He will collaborate with former Maccabi Tel Aviv player Haris Medunjanin, who joins the youth management team. Both players have previously expressed pro-Palestinian sentiments. The collaboration marks a new partnership between ex-players from two major Israeli clubs.
The story in 4 lines · by baba
- Edin Cocalić, ex-Maccabi Haifa, named youth manager at FK Željezničar Sarajevo.
- Haris Medunjanin, ex-Maccabi Tel Aviv, joins the youth management team.
- The Bosnian club announced a new partnership between former Israeli league players.
- Both players have made pro-Palestinian statements since the war began.
FK Željezničar Sarajevo has announced a new collaboration between former players of Israel's Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Tel Aviv football clubs. Edin Cocalić, who previously played for Maccabi Haifa from 2012 to 2015 and made 10 appearances for the Bosnian national team, has been appointed as the new manager of the club's youth department. He will be working alongside Haris Medunjanin, another Bosnian footballer who played in Israel's Premier League for Maccabi Tel Aviv in two separate stints (2010-2012 and 2016-2017). Medunjanin will be part of the management team for the youth section. The article notes that both players have made statements against Israel and in support of Palestinians since the outbreak of the war.
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