In October 2008, Bakhar was called up by national team manager, Dror Kashtan for the FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Luxembourg and Latvia.

This in turn embarrassed the Israel Football Association that they had missed all these items before announcing the pool of players called in for the qualification matches[3] On 3 October 2012, Bakhar was appointed manager of Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona.

Then, he got Be'er Sheva secured a Europa League group stage position by stunning Greek side Olympiacos 1–0 on aggregate, the furthest they ever reached.

In the playoff qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, Badkar's Be'er Sheva lost 5–4 on aggregate to Celtic despite winning 2–0 at Turner Stadium.

In May 2023, Bakhar was appointed manager of Serbian SuperLiga side Red Star Belgrade, and was released from the team in December 2023 after derby loss to Partizan including failure to qualify to UEFA Champion League top 16.