Avraham "Avi" Strul (or Strool, he, אבי סטרול; born 18 September 1980) is a retired

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

i footballer who currently works as the CEO of Hapoel Rishon LeZion.

Early life

Strul was born in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

, to a

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

family. Being of

Romanian-Jewish The history of the Jews in Romania concerns the Jews both of Romania and of Romanian origins, from their first mention on what is present-day Romanian territory. Minimal until the 18th century, the size of the Jewish population increased after ...

descent, Strul has two passports,

i and

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

Career

Strul grew up in the youth system of

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...

and spent 7 years there. During the summer of 2006 he transferred to

Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Netanya F.C. ( he, מועדון כדורגל מכבי נתניה, ''Football Club Maccabi Netanya'') is an Israeli football club based in Netanya. Established in 1934, the club was a founding member of the Israeli League in 1949. Afte ...

. After 2 successful years in

, Strool moved to

Lokeren Lokeren () is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality located in the Belgian Provinces of Belgium, province of East Flanders, and belongs to the Waasland, also called ''Land van Waas'', of which it is the second ...

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 Royale Union Tubize-Braine, also known as Tubize-Braine or RUTB, is a Belgian football club based in the cities of Tubize and Braine-le-Comte Braine-le-Comte (; nl, ’s-Gravenbrakel, ; wa, Brinne-e-Hinnot) is a city and municipality of Wal ...

, 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

In June 2010 Strul signed a 3-year contract with his youth club

which he left 4 years before.

References

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Honours

Israeli Premier League The Israeli Premier League ( he, ליגת העל, ''Ligat Ha`Al'', ), is a professional association football league which operates as the highest division of the Israeli Football League – the state's league of Israel. The league is contested b ...

(2): **2002–03, 2012–13 *

State Cup The Israel State Cup ( he, גביע המדינה, ''Gvia HaMedina''), is a Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in Football in Israel, Israeli football, run by the Israel Football Association (IFA). The State Cup was first he ...

(3): **2001, 2002, 2005 1980 births Living people Israeli Jews Israeli men's footballers Israel men's international footballers Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players Maccabi Netanya F.C. players K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon F.C. players Hapoel Rishon LeZion F.C. players Israeli expatriate men's footballers Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Belgian Pro League players Israeli Premier League players Liga Leumit players Footballers from Tel Aviv Israeli people of Romanian-Jewish descent Men's association football defenders {{Israel-footy-defender-stub