Career
Born in Safed, Maman"s family moved to the poor neighborhood of Stanton in downtown Haifa when he was just three years old. Living conditions were difficult for his five-person family living in a small apartment just 15 metres squared. Joining the youth ranks at Maccabi Haifa at the late age of 14, and enjoyed reasonable success on the Under-21 side scoring 12 goals in six matches.
Before his draft into the Israel Defense Forces, he was rewarded with his first ever minutes in a first team match against Hapoel Tel Aviv.
Maman didn"t get along with manager Ori Weinberg, and found himself staying at home for almost half a year until he returned to play for the Israeli Air Force football team in an Israel Defense Forces tournament. At 1982, the English Jack Mansell arrived to Maccabi Haifa and wished to get rid of Maman.
Luckily for Maman, Mansell was fully denied by "The barrings of Maccabi Haifa", Yochanan Vollach, which fought for Maman"s position at the club