# Sun Menahem

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{{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](/source/Tel_Aviv), Israel
| height      = {{height|m=1.77}}
| position    = [Left-back](/source/Left-back)
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber  = 
| youthyears1 = 2006-2007 | youthclubs1 = [Bnei Yehuda](/source/Bnei_Yehuda_Tel_Aviv_F.C.)
| youthyears2 = 2007-2011 | youthclubs2 = [Shimshon Tel Aviv](/source/Shimshon_Tel_Aviv_F.C.)
| youthyears3 = 2011–2013 | youthclubs3 = [Hapoel Ramat HaSharon](/source/Hapoel_Nir_Ramat_HaSharon_F.C.)
| years1 = 2013–2015 | clubs1 = [Hapoel Ramat HaSharon](/source/Hapoel_Nir_Ramat_HaSharon_F.C.)         | caps1 = 35  | goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2015–2024 | clubs2 = [Maccabi Haifa](/source/Maccabi_Haifa_F.C.)                             | caps2 = 167 | goals2 = 10
| years3 = 2017–2018 | clubs3 = → [Ironi Kiryat Shmona](/source/Hapoel_Ironi_Kiryat_Shmona_F.C.) (loan) | caps3 = 31  | goals3 = 2
| nationalyears1 = 2019–2022 | nationalteam1 = [Israel](/source/Israel_national_football_team) | 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](/source/association_football) who played as a [defender](/source/Defender_(association_football)).

==Early life==
Menahem was born in [Tel Aviv](/source/Tel_Aviv), [Israel](/source/Israel), to a [Jewish](/source/Jewish) family.

==Club career==
He made his professional [Israeli Premier League](/source/Israeli_Premier_League) debut for [Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon](/source/Hapoel_Nir_Ramat_HaSharon_F.C.) on 11 May 2013 in a game against [Bnei Yehuda](/source/Bnei_Yehuda_Tel_Aviv_F.C.).<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](/source/Israel_national_football_team) in October 2019 for [Euro 2020 qualifiers](/source/UEFA_Euro_2020_qualifying_Group_G) against Austria and Latvia. He made his debut on 15 October 2019 in a game against Latvia. He substituted [Taleb Tawatha](/source/Taleb_Tawatha) in the 79th minute as Israel won 3–1.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[ESPN](/source/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](/source/Israeli_Premier_League): [2020–21](/source/2020%E2%80%9321_Israeli_Premier_League), [2021–22](/source/2021%E2%80%9322_Israeli_Premier_League), [2022–23](/source/2022%E2%80%9323_Israeli_Premier_League)
* [Israel State Cup](/source/Israel_State_Cup): [2015–16](/source/2016_Israel_State_Cup_Final)
* [Toto Cup](/source/Toto_Cup): [2021–22](/source/2021%E2%80%9322_Toto_Cup_Al)
* [Israel Super Cup](/source/Israel_Super_Cup): [2021](/source/2021_Israel_Super_Cup), [2023](/source/2023_Israel_Super_Cup)

==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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