Gil Vainshtein (born 29 October 1984 in

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) is a

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association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player who plays as a

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for the

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of the

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. In university he played for

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, with whom he was named to the 2005 NSCAA/Adidas

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All-Appalachian Region second team, and named 2005 First Team All- West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC). Professionally, he has played for the

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and the

. Vainshtein played for and was team captain of the Canadian football squad that competed at the

2009 Maccabiah Games The 18th Maccabiah Games ( he, המכביה ה-18 ישראל תשס"ט), were held in July 2009. According to the organizing committee these were the largest games held yet. These Games were the world's fifth-largest sporting event, behind the Ol ...

in Israel, and won a bronze medal, and also played for Team Canada in the

2013 Maccabiah Games The 19th Maccabiah ( he, המכביה התשע-עשרה) were held during July 18 to 30, 2013. The Games brought together 7,500 competing athletes, making it the third-largest international sporting event in the world after the Olympic Games and ...

, winning a second bronze medal.

Biography

Playing career

Vainshtein is a

. He attended

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, playing for its soccer team the Battlers, and graduating in 2007. In his junior year, Vainshtein was named by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America to the 2005 NSCAA/Adidas

All-Appalachian Region second team. He was also named 2005 First Team All- West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC). In 2007, he played for the

in Canada. In 2008 Vainshtein played for the

in Canada. In 2009, Vainshtein played for and was team captain of the Canadian football squad that competed at the

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 ...

, and won a bronze medal. He also played for Team Canada in the

, winning a second bronze medal.

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References

1984 births Living people Alderson Broaddus Battlers men's soccer players Association football defenders Association football midfielders Canadian soccer players Canadian people of Israeli descent Canadian people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players Competitors at the 2009 Maccabiah Games Competitors at the 2013 Maccabiah Games Jewish Canadian sportspeople North York Astros players Maccabiah Games bronze medalists for Canada Maccabiah Games medalists in football Ukrainian emigrants to Canada Ukrainian Jews York Region Shooters players {{Canada-footy-bio-stub