Eric Alfasi is an Israeli

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

 professional basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 coach

Coach (sport)

In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...

, and a former professional basketball player. He is currently the head coach of Barak Netanya

Barak Netanya

Elitzur Maccabi Barak Netanya is a professional basketball team based in Netanya, Israel. The team qualified for the first Israeli league in 1985 under the name "Elitzur Netanya"...

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As a basketball player

In his youth he was a basketball player. He played for the team Maccabi Netanya

Barak Netanya

Elitzur Maccabi Barak Netanya is a professional basketball team based in Netanya, Israel. The team qualified for the first Israeli league in 1985 under the name "Elitzur Netanya"...

. He also played a number of seasons in the senior side of the team. He retired in his late 20s.

As a coach

In 2002 he began to coach the youth team of Maccabi Netanya

Barak Netanya

Elitzur Maccabi Barak Netanya is a professional basketball team based in Netanya, Israel. The team qualified for the first Israeli league in 1985 under the name "Elitzur Netanya"...

 and in 2008 he made his debut as a senior coach as Ironi Ashkelon

Ironi Ashkelon

Ironi "Eldan" Ashkelon is a professional basketball team based in Ashkelon in southern Israel. The club currently plays in Ligat HaAl, the top division of Israeli basketball. It was promoted to the division in 2004 after winning Liga Leumit. The team had a success in international level when they...

 appointed him as there head coach.

After an unsuccessful season with Ashkelon he made his return to Netanya, this time coaching the senior local team. In his first season with the team he won the Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit is the second tier in the Israeli football league system below the Premier League.-Structure:There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the lowest-placed team are relegated to Liga Alef while the highest-placed team from Liga Alef are promoted in their place...

 with a record of 33 wins and only 1 defeat. In his second season with the team he led them to the 2009–10 Israeli Final Four where they lost to Maccabi Tel Aviv

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Maccabi Tel Aviv is the biggest sports club in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs many sports club and teams in Tel Aviv, which compete in a variety of sports, such as football, basketball, judo, swimming, handball, and others....

 and finished 4th. In his third season he led the team to the Israeli Basketball State Cup 2010–11

Israeli Basketball State Cup 2010–11

The 2010–11 Israeli Basketball State Cup was the 51st edition of the Israeli Basketball State Cup, organized by the Israel Basketball Association. 26 teams toke part in the competition...

 finals where they again lost to Tel Aviv.

Honours

• Domestic Cup
  Israeli Basketball State Cup
  The Israeli Basketball State Cup is the second most important basketball competition in Israel, after Ligat HaAl. The tournament began in the 1955-56 season, and is run by the Israel Basketball Association....
  
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  • Runner-up (1): 2010-11

• Liga Leumit
  Liga Leumit (basketball)
  Liga Leumit is the second tier of league basketball competition in Israel, below the Israeli Basketball Super League.-League system:The league contains 14 clubs that compete in a home-and-away round-robin. At the end of the season, the top eight clubs advance to the play-offs. The first round is...
  
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  • Champion (1): 2008-09
  • Regular season champion (1): 2008-09

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