Nir Berkovic (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. Started his career with Maccabi Haifa. 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. He spent four months at Arsenal, but could not obtain a work permit in England.