After ten years, Maccabi Haifa received a significant boost this morning (Wednesday) in preparation for winning the championship: Omar Atzili signed with his agents, Gilad and Ronen Katsav, in the green ranks for two and a half years with an option to extend the season. The connection returns to Israeli football, five months since he was released from Maccabi Tel Aviv due to the suspicions associated with his name. The 27-year-old nobleman left Apoel Nicosia after an unsuccessful half-season in the team uniform from Cyprus, and arrives in Israel with one goal – to win a third championship title in his career, and this time – in Carmel.
For Noble, this will be the sixth team in his career as a senior player. The footballer who was born in Holon began his career at a young age in the ranks of Maccabi Tel Aviv, until as a teenager he moved to Hapoel Rishon Lezion, where he also played in his early years. At the age of twenty he moved to Betar Jerusalem, then under Eli Tabib, played there for three years, recorded 78 appearances and 19 goals, and reached with the team the playoffs of the Europa League qualifiers (then Betar was eliminated against Saint-Etienne).
In August 2016, Noble left for Europe for the first time: he left Betar for the Spanish Granada, but did not find his place there – and after only one season, and only nine appearances in the team uniform, he was released and came to Maccabi Tel Aviv – as a replacement for Eran Zehavi, who left That very summer in favor of the Chinese adventure, Noble even literally stepped into Zehavi’s shoes when he received the No. 7 jersey.
Even at Maccabi Tel Aviv, the third team he played for in Israel, it ended after three years. In his first two seasons, Azili was one of the leading players on the team, but did not win the championship – these were the big years for Hapoel Beer Sheva. In the summer of 2018, Vladimir Ivitch arrived at Maccabi, with whom Noble won the championship at the end of that season. He did start the 2019/20 season injured, but as soon as he returned to play – he was at his peak, with 8 goals and 8 assists in only 18 appearances. But then, the affair came.
In June 2020, Noble – along with Dor Micha – was questioned as a suspect in having sex with two 15-year-old girls. Immediately afterwards, he was taken on leave by Maccabi Tel Aviv, and in July the two players were permanently released from the club. In September, the case against them was closed out of innocence. Meanwhile, Noble has signed for Apoel Nicosia.
Noble’s tenure in the Cypriot team was not a great success, to say the least: he only had 11 appearances in the team uniform, and he did not find the net in the league (he only had two goals in the Europa League qualifiers). Not in good shape, but with a lot of hunger and a desire to prove it, he returns to Israeli football – when, as mentioned, only one degree is in front of his eyes. championship.
