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Tal Banin
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “retired israeli footballer”. Today it says “israeli football manager and former player who most recently was the manager of maccabi ahi nazareth”.
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Tal Banin ( ; born March 7, 1971) is an Israeli retired football player and currently the manager of Maccabi Ahi Nazareth .1 Banin played as a defensive midfielder . A captain for the Israeli National Team for many years, Banin was also the only Israeli player to ever play in the Italian Serie A until 2011, when Palermo signed Eran Zahavi .
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retired israeli footballer
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israeli football manager and former player who most recently was the manager of maccabi ahi nazareth
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