{{short description|Israeli footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Sun Menahem | image = Sun Menahem (cropped).jpg | caption = Menahem playing for Maccabi Haifa in 2015 | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|9|7|df=yes}} | birth_place = Tel Aviv, Israel | height = {{height|m=1.77}} | position = Left-back | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2006-2007 | youthclubs1 = Bnei Yehuda | youthyears2 = 2007-2011 | youthclubs2 = Shimshon Tel Aviv | youthyears3 = 2011–2013 | youthclubs3 = Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | years1 = 2013–2015 | clubs1 = Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | caps1 = 35 | goals1 = 1 | years2 = 2015–2024 | clubs2 = Maccabi Haifa | caps2 = 167 | goals2 = 10 | years3 = 2017–2018 | clubs3 = → Ironi Kiryat Shmona (loan) | caps3 = 31 | goals3 = 2 | nationalyears1 = 2019–2022 | nationalteam1 = Israel | nationalcaps1 = 19 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | totalcaps = 233 | totalgoals = 13 | pcupdate = 9 May 2024 | ntupdate = 9 May 2024 }} '''Sun Menahem''' (or '''Menachem''',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/clubs/players/250099175--sun-menachem/|title=Sun Menachem - - UEL}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.football.org.il/en/players/player/?player_id=60992|title = ההתאחדות לכדורגל בישראל - Sun MENACHEM}}</ref> {{langx|he|סאן מנחם}}; born 7 September 1993) is an Israeli professional footballer who played as a defender.
==Early life== Menahem was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a Jewish family.
==Club career== He made his professional Israeli Premier League debut for Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon on 11 May 2013 in a game against Bnei Yehuda.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2013/05/11/israel/ligat-haal/bnei-yehuda-tel-aviv-fc/ironi-ramat-hasharon-fc/1459433/|title=Bnei Yehuda v Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon game report|date=11 May 2013}}</ref>
On 21 June 2015 Menhem signed a four-year deal with Maccabi Haifa. On 8 October 2018 he extended his contract with the club for three more years.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2018-10-08|title=סאן מנחם חתם על חוזה חדש במכבי חיפה|url=https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5366215,00.html|access-date=2020-12-20|website=ynet|language=he |last1=אלבז |first1=שמעון }}</ref>
==International career== He received his first call-up to the Israel national football team in October 2019 for Euro 2020 qualifiers against Austria and Latvia. He made his debut on 15 October 2019 in a game against Latvia. He substituted Taleb Tawatha in the 79th minute as Israel won 3–1.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=ESPN|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/match?gameId=528898|title=Israel v Latvia game report|date=15 October 2019}}</ref>
==Honours== === Club === '''Maccabi Haifa''' * Israeli Premier League: 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23 * Israel State Cup: 2015–16 * Toto Cup: 2021–22 * Israel Super Cup: 2021, 2023
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|sun-menachem/293219}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Menahem, Sun}} Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:Israeli men's footballers Category:Jewish Israeli sportspeople Category:Footballers from Tel Aviv Category:Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon F.C. players Category:Maccabi Haifa F.C. players Category:Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C. players Category:Israeli Premier League players Category:Liga Leumit players Category:Israel men's international footballers Category:Men's association football defenders Category:21st-century Israeli sportsmen Category:Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium alumni
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