Nir Berkovic

Nir Berkovic (Hebrew: ניר ברקוביץ‎; born 16 November 1982) is a former Israeli football player and currently the Hapoel Rishon LeZion head coach. He is the younger brother of former Celtic FC player Eyal Berkovic. Berkovic born in Regba and when he was 2 years old moved to Nahariya. started his career with Maccabi Haifa. At age 16, following disputes at Haifa, he was signed on a two-year contract as a youth player for English club Arsenal F.C. in December 1998. He spent four months at Arsenal, but could not obtain a work permit in England.