Nir Berkovic (Hebrew: ניר ברקוביץ'; born 16 November 1982) is an Israeli football coach and a former player who is the head coach of Hapoel Umm al-Fahm.
He is the younger brother of former Manchester City player Eyal Berkovic.
Berkovic born in Regba, Israel, and when he was 2 years old his family moved to the city of Nahariya.
At age 16, following disputes at Haifa, he was signed on a two-year contract as a youth player for English club Arsenal in December 1998.
[1] He spent four months at Arsenal, but could not obtain a work permit in England.