Background
Levy was born in Jerusalem and in the beginning of the 1960s moved with his family to Beit She"an.
Levy was born in Jerusalem and in the beginning of the 1960s moved with his family to Beit She"an.
Player At the age of 11 he joined Hapoel Beit She"an children"s club He continued to play for them through the ranks when in 1974 he started playing with the senior squad. Levy played for Beit She"an for four years in third division, and another four years in second division Before he moved to first division team Maccabi Haifa.
In 1982-1983 Levy played as captain for Maccabi and reached State Cup semi final.
After coach Jack Mansell left Levy was put on the bench and in the following season he moved to Maccabi Petah Tikva. After playing for Petah Tikva for four seasons he decided to return to his youth club Hapoel Beit She"an.
He played for two season before he retired and was appointed as head coach of the team Coach Levy coached Bet She"an for six years in his first term.
The following year he made history when Beit She"an was promoted to the Liga Leumit, then the top division.
In season 1995-1996 he managed Maccabi Herzliya, but after a bad season opening he was fired. In the following year he was coach of Tzafririm Holon. In season 1997-1998 He returned for a 2nd term at Hapoel Beit She"an.
Two years later Levy was appointed coach of Ironi Rishon LeZion in 1998-1999 and lead the team to 6th place, a record position for the club
He continued to coach Rishon until he was fired at the end of 2000-2001 with new owners Lior Shahar arrival. Two weeks later he was announced as the new Hapoel Kfar Saba coach.
Kfar Saba were placed last, 7 points from staying in the league. Even after a series of impressive victories Levy could not save Kfar Saba from relegation.
In 2001-2002 as manager of F.C. Ashdod Levy managed to reach 4th place earning the Intertoto spot.
That year he reached the final of the Toto Cup but lost to Hapoel Tel Aviv. He was replaced half season in 2003-2004 by Yossi Mizrahi. Half way in the following season Levy resigned when Kfar Saba were at last place.
In 2006-2007 he managed Bnei Sakhnin, earning promotion to the Israeli Premier League.
In 2007-2008 Levy and Sakhnin reached record 4th place and the right to play in Intertoto Cup 2nd round. On 2 April 2008 it was announced that Levy would be the next Maccabi Haifa manager.