Matan Naor
Israeli basketball player (born 1980)
Matan Naor (Hebrew: מתן נאור; born 3 November 1980) is an Israeli former basketball player.
Professional career
Naor grew up in the Maccabi's Rehovot youth league. He started playing in Irony Ramat Gan's Premier League in 2000.
2001 was a breakthrough season for Naor, playing in 28 games while training under Arik Shivek.
During the 2002 season, under the direction of Erez Edelstein, Naor took part in Ramat Gan's record season. The team reached the finals, but lost to Maccabi Tel Aviv 3-0 in the series. In the basketball National Cup Ramat Gan made the semi-finals, they were eliminated by Hapoel Jerusalem.
Naor signed to Hapoel Tel Aviv at the end of the season. That year, Naor played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, and opened one game as part of its the starting lineup in the pre-European Basketball Championship held in Sweden.
Naor continued the following season with Hapoel Tel Aviv, and played a number of games in the Premier League and in Europe.
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