Avi Strool
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Avraham Strul | ||
| Date of birth | 18 September 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Tel Aviv, Israel | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Center Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–1999 | 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) |
| 2010–2013 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 19 | (1) |
| 2013–2015 | Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon | 43 | (1) |
| 2015– | Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 69 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2001 | Israel U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2002–2010 | Israel | 15 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 December 2009 | |||
Avraham "Avi" Strul (or Strool, Hebrew: אבי סטרול; born 18 September 1980) is a retired Israeli footballer who currently works as the CEO of Hapoel Rishon LeZion.[1]
Early life
Strul was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a Jewish family.[2]
Being of Romanian-Jewish descent, Strul has two passports, Israeli and Romanian.[citation needed]
Career
Strul grew up in the youth system of Maccabi Tel Aviv and 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.
KSC Lokeren
In just his second game at Lokeren, Strul 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 at the Wayback Machine (archived 25 September 2012)
- Avi Strool at National-Football-Teams.com
Honours
- Israeli Premier League (2):
- 2002–03, 2012–13
- State Cup (3):
- 2001, 2002, 2005
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