Avi Strool

Avi Strool
אבי סטרול

Personal information
Full name	Avraham Strool אברהם סטרול
Date of birth	18 September 1980 (1980-09-18)
Place of birth	Israel
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Number	26
Youth career
1997–99	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1999–2006	Maccabi Tel Aviv	126	(1)
2006-2008	Maccabi Netanya	53	(0)
2008-2010	Lokeren	48	(1)
2010-	Maccabi Tel Aviv	9	(1)
National team‡
2001	Israel U21	1	(0)
2002-present	Israel	15	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 September 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 December 2009

Avi Strool (Hebrew: אבי סטרול‎; born 18 September 1980) is an Israeli footballer, currently playing for Maccabi Tel Aviv and is also a member of the Israel national football team.

Career

Strool grew up in the youth system of Maccabi Tel Aviv and has spent 7 years there. During the summer of 2006 he transferred to Maccabi Netanya. After 2 successful years in Maccabi Netanya Strool moved to Lokeren for a 3 years contract worth $750,000.

Being of Romanian descent, the player holds two passports, Israeli and Romanian.

KSC Lokeren

In just his second game at Lokeren, Strool scored a memorable goal against A.F.C. Tubize, when he scored the second goal of the match, capitalising on a goalkeeper mistake to take a free-kick quickly and score from long range.

Maccabi Tel Aviv

On June 2010 Strul signed a 3 year contract with his youth club Maccabi Tel Aviv which he left 4 years before.

References

• Guardian Football
• National Football Teams

Honours

• Israeli Premier League (1):
  • 2002/03
• State Cup (3):
  • 2000/01, 2001/02, 2004/05