Barak Badash

Barak Badash
ברק בדש
	Badash playing for Hapoel Ra'anana in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Barak Badash
Date of birth	30 August 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Netanya, Israel
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Maccabi Netanya
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2004	Maccabi Hadera
2004	Maccabi Ramat Amidar
2005	Hapoel Tel Aviv
2005–2007	Bnei Yehuda
2007–2009	Hakoah Ramat Gan
2009–2010	F.C. Ashdod
2010	→ Hapoel Be'er Sheva (loan)
2010–2014	Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona
2012–2013	→ Waasland-Beveren (loan)
2014–2015	Maccabi Tel Aviv
2015–2016	Hapoel Ra'anana
2016–2018	Maccabi Netanya
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2016

Barak Badash (Hebrew: ברק בדש) is an Israeli former footballer who played as a striker. He is of a Tunisian-Jewish descent.

Career

Badash began his senior career with the semi-professional team of Maccabi Hadera, from there he transferred to Maccabi Ramat-Amidar, there he played one year and transferred to Hapoel Tel Aviv. Badash played 14 matches with Hapoel and scored two goals. At the end of the season, he was transferred to Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv, where he played for two years.

In the summer of 2007, he transferred to Hakoah Amidar Ramat-Gan, where he scored 18 goals in 58 appearances. After two years with the club, he transferred to Ashdod and in the middle of the season to Hapoel bear-Sheva, where he scored 7 goals in 13 matches.

On 5 July 2010, he signed with Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona, where he won the Toto Cup in his first season with the club. In the next season, he won the Israeli Championship with Kiryat Shmona, the club's first title. On 30 August 2012, he played on loan in Belgium for Waasland-Beveren. After one season, he returned to Kiryat Shmona.

On 30 January 2014, he moved to Maccabi Tel Aviv after Maccabi paid a $150,000 transfer fee to Kiryat Shmona.^[1]

In the 2015–16 season, Badash played for Hapoel Ra'anana.

After 13 years since he left the youth ranks of Maccabi Netanya, Badash returned to his home club and made his senior debut for Netanya on 12 September 2016.

Personal life

On 17 May 2009, Badash married girlfriend Sharon in a Jewish ceremony at Trask, a wedding hall in the Tel Aviv Port area.^[2] He is also known by his uncanny resemblance to Swedish international footballer Zlatan Ibrahimović.