Daniel Brailovsky

Daniel Brailovsky

Brailovsky playing for Maccabi Haifa
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Alberto Brailovsky Poliak
Date of birth	(1958-11-18) November 18, 1958
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1976–1978	Peñarol
1980	All Boys	26	(7)
1980–1982	Independiente	75	(27)
1982–1985	América	87	(37)
1986–1988	Maccabi Haifa	56	(11)
Total		244	(82)
International career
1977–1978	Uruguay U20
1981–1982	Argentina
1986–1988	Israel	18	(3)
Managerial career
	Maccabi Kfar Kana
	Maccabi Herzliya
1998–1999	Maccabi Haifa
2002	Veracruz
2007–2008	América
2010–2011	Necaxa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Alberto Brailovsky Poliak (Hebrew: אלברטו דניאל בריילובסקי, sometimes spelled Brailovski, born November 18, 1958) is an Argentine-born Israeli former professional footballer and manager.

He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and is Jewish. Though he was born and raised in Argentina, he only played officially for the Israel national team. He had previously represented Uruguay at the youth level as well as Argentina.

Playing career

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In 1982, he signed with Mexican Club América, and helped Las Águilas to win three championships. Those championships were the 1983–1984 season (when defeated Chivas Guadalajara), then the 1984–1985 (when defeated UNAM Pumas in a controversial decisive 3rd match held in Santiago de Querétaro), his last one with the team was the 1985 summer tournament once known as the " Prode '85 "- a short tournament where they defeat the then team known as los Jaibos Tampico Madero.

After the earthquake suffered by Mexico in 1985, his wife was afraid something worse might happen, so Brailovsky left the country without notifying Club América officials. As a result he was suspended for breach of contract by America for about a year with FIFA's consent. He then immigrated to Israel and joined Maccabi Haifa. He was capped 18 times for Israel from 1986 to 1988, scoring three international goals during his career. He said about living in Israel, "I have played in Argentina, Mexico, Uruguay and Israel, but only Israel feels like home."

Honours

As a player

Season	Club	Title
1978	Peñarol	Primera División Uruguaya
1983–1984	Club América	Primera División de México
1984–1985	Club América	Primera División de México
Prode 1985	Club América	Primera División de México

Coaching career

Brailovsky began coaching in Israel in 1996 with Maccabi Kfar Kana in the Second Division and that year, he led them to the title. Daniel moved to Maccabi Herzliya the following year and then to Maccabi Haifa in 1998. In September 2002, Brailovsky became the head coach of Veracruz in Mexico.

In October 2007, Brailovsky became the head coach of Club América in Mexico until fired in February 2008.

In August 2010, he became the head coach of Club Necaxa in Mexico.

Broadcasting

After leaving Veracruz, Brailovsky took a job at a local show in Mexico city called "Super Estadio." in the Estadio W company. After the show cancelled, Brailovsky took a job offering from ESPN Deportes, the Spanish-language version of ESPN. He was then a correspondent for SportsCenter and Fútbol Picante, as well as the radio/TV show ESPN Radio Formula. He also had his own show that aired Sunday nights on ESPN Deportes called "La Ruleta Rusa." After his firing in Necaxa, he was not asked to return to ESPN soon enough and opted to join Fox Deportes where he is one their main contributors for their new show La Ultima Palabra.

See also

• List of select Jewish football (association; soccer) players
• List of Jews in sports (non-players)

External links

• Jews In Sports
• ESPN Deportes Profile Page (in Spanish)