Oded Kattash
Oded Kattash (Hebrew עודד קטש; born October 10, 1974 in Ramat Gan, Israel ) is a retired Israeli basketball player and current coach.
- 2.1 Achievements
Playing career
Club career
His professional career began Kattash, who played in the position of point guard, 1992 at Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan. After a season Hapoel Galil Elyon, he moved to the Galilee Kfar Blum. After two seasons, he moved to the dominant Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv, with which he was able to win three championships and a cup win. In 1998 Kattash the Greek top club Panathinaikos Athens. With the Greeks, he won two championships in a row and was in 2000, alongside players such as Fragiskos Alvertis, Dejan Bodiroga, Željko Rebrača, or Michael Koch, recorded with the European Champions Cup the most important of his career. After a serious knee injury Kattash had to end his career in 2001 at the age of only 27 years.
National
For the Israeli national Kattash was active from 1993 to 1999. During this period, he participated in the European Championships in 1997.
Achievements
- Israeli champion: 1996, 1997, 1998
- Greek champion: 1999, 2000
- Israel State Cup winner: 1998
- European Champion Clubs' Cup: 2000
Coaching career
Kattashs first as a coach Hapoel Gilboa Galil Elyon was that he took over at the start of the 2004/2005 season and coached for three years. In 2007 he was taken from Maccabi Tel Aviv under contract and made his debut with the multiple Europa League winner in the ULEB Euro League. After streaky performance in the National Championship and in the Euro League, he was released on 1 January 2008. For the following season Kattash was then manager of Hapoel Galil Elyon, which merged with Hapoel Gilboa and moved into the Gan Ner Sports Hall. In the second season they beat 2010 series champion Maccabi Tel Aviv in the championship finals and won for the fusion club championship. Then moved Kattash to Hapoel Jerusalem and took over as coach of the Israeli national team. In 2012, he finished after two seasons without significant successes for its commitment to the Jerusalem club and joined the Premiership returnees Hapoel Eilat.
Achievements
- Israeli champion: 2010