Eyal Berkovic

Eyal Berkovic (Hebrew: אייל ברקוביץ'; Born 2 April 1972) is a former Israeli football player and football manager. During his career he played for several clubs including Maccabi Haifa, Southampton, Celtic, Manchester City and West Ham United.

Eyal Berkovic

Berkovic in 2005
Personal information
Full name	Eyal Berkovic
Date of birth	(1972-04-02) 2 April 1972 (age 53)
Place of birth	Regba, Israel
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1982–1988	Maccabi Haifa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1996	Maccabi Haifa	128	(25)
1996–1997	→ Southampton (loan)	28	(4)
1997–1999	West Ham United	65	(10)
1999–2001	Celtic	32	(9)
2001	→ Blackburn Rovers (loan)	11	(2)
2001–2004	Manchester City	56	(7)
2004–2005	Portsmouth	22	(2)
2005–2006	Maccabi Tel Aviv	25	(2)
Total		367	(61)
International career
1990	Israel U18	1	(0)
1991–1993	Israel U21	11	(1)
1992–2004	Israel	78	(9)
Managerial career
2014–2015	Hapoel Tel Aviv (general manager)
2020–	Hapoel Petah Tikva (general manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Overseas career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Southampton	1996–97[2]	Premier League	28	4	1	0	6	2	—		35	6
West Ham United	1997–98[3]	Premier League	35	7	6	2	5	0	—		46	9
	1998–99[4]	Premier League	30	3	2	0	1	0	—		33	1
	Total		65	10	8	2	6	0	—		79	10
Celtic	1999–2000[5]	Scottish Premier League	28	9	1	0	1	0	3[a]	1	33	10
	2000–01[6]	Scottish Premier League	4	0	0	0	1	0	4[a]	3	9	3
	Total		32	9	1	0	2	0	7	4	42	13
Blackburn Rovers (loan)	2000–01[6]	First Division	11	2	3	0	0	0	—		14	2
Manchester City	2001–02[7]	First Division	25	6	3	1	3	0	—		31	7
	2002–03[8]	Premier League	27	1	1	0	1	1	—		29	2
	2003–04[9]	Premier League	4	0	0	0	1	0	2[a]	0	7	0
	Total		56	7	4	1	5	1	2	0	67	9
Portsmouth	2003–04[9]	Premier League	11	1	4	0	0	0	—		15	1
	2004–05[10]	Premier League	11	1	0	0	2	1	—		13	2
	Total		22	2	4	0	2	1	—		28	3
England & Scotland total			214	34	21	3	21	4	9	4	265	45

1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup

Honours

Maccabi Haifa

• Liga Leumit: 1990–91, 1993–94
• Israel State Cup: 1990–91, 1992–93, 1994–95
• Toto Cup: 1993–94

West Ham

• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1999

Celtic

• Scottish League Cup: 1999–2000

Blackburn Rovers

• Football League First Division runner-up: 2000–01

Manchester City

• Football League First Division: 2001–02

Individual

• Israel Footballer of the Year: 1994
• PFA Team of the Year: 2001–02 First Division^[11]