Bakhar signs three-year contract with Red Star Belgrade

BELGRADE - Israeli coach Barak Bakhar signed a three-year contract with Serbian football powerhouse Red Star Belgrade on Friday.

In a statement published on its website, the club said it was delighted to announce that Bakhar was its new head coach and added that it hoped to achieve "great results" under his stewardship.

As head coach, Bakhar has so far been in charge at Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona, Hapoel Be'er Sheva as well as Maccabi Haifa, with whom he knocked out Olympiacos Piraeus, Apollon Limassol and Red Star Belgrade in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers earlier this season.