I was born in Israel in 1965. Football has always been my passion; however, it wasn’t enough for a career as a professional footballer. At the age of 21 I had already started training youth teams, but also continued to play football myself in amateur teams. Parallel to this I studied for a teaching diploma in sports and also took courses to become a qualified football coach.

In the year 2000, aged 35, I emigrated to Germany, where, having passed the second state exam, I graduated from the Johannes-Gutenberg-University in Mainz as a teacher of Sport and English at secondary school level. For 11 years I have been teaching at a comprehensive school in Offenbach. I also hold a UEFA-A-class football trainer's licence. I have continued to indulge my passion for football by playing as an amateur (until 40), coaching youth teams, accompanying my son to training and matches, and by writing this book.

Over time, the urge in me to write this book increased. I was fortunate enough to have had good teachers and mentors myself, and my many experiences as a coach and a teacher have shown me that good training units and good school lessons have a lot in common. Thus, universal maxims lead to a subject matter being taught successfully. In this book I explain them in the context of football training.

For the near future my goal is the publication of my book.

After that I plan to continue working on achieving my greatest dream, namely to found and run a football academy in Africa.