Liran Strauber
לירן שטראובר
FullnameLiran Strauber
Birth date20 August 1974 (age 52)
Birth placeYagel, Israel
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
PositionGoalkeeper
Youthclubs 1Hapoel Tel Aviv
Years 11992–1993
Years 21993–1994
Years 31994–1995
Years 41995–1996
Years 51996–1997
Years 61997–1999
Years 71999–2006
Years 82006–2009
Years 92009–2011
Years 102011–2012
Clubs 1Hapoel Tel Aviv
Clubs 2Hapoel Kiryat Ono
Clubs 3Bnei Yehuda
Clubs 4Ironi Ashdod
Clubs 5Bnei Yehuda
Clubs 6Hapoel Jerusalem
Clubs 7Maccabi Tel Aviv
Clubs 8Maccabi Netanya
Clubs 9Maccabi Tel Aviv
Clubs 10Maccabi Petah Tikva
Caps 115
Caps 329
Caps 523
Caps 657
Caps 7199
Caps 896
Caps 965
Caps 1030
Goals 10
Goals 30
Goals 50
Goals 60
Goals 70
Goals 80
Goals 90
Goals 100
Nationalyears 11991
Nationalyears 21993–1995
Nationalyears 32002–2008
Nationalteam 1Israel U17
Nationalteam 2Israel U21
Nationalteam 3Israel
Nationalcaps 16
Nationalcaps 217
Nationalcaps 38
Nationalgoals 10
Nationalgoals 20
Nationalgoals 30
Pcupdate21 December 2010
Ntupdate21 December 2010

Liran Strauber (or Shtrauber,[1] Hebrew: לירן שטראובר; born 20 August 1974) is a former Israeli association footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[2][3] At international level, Strauber was capped at under-17 and under-21, and played eight times for the senior Israel national team.[4]

Early and personal life

Strauber was born in moshav Yagel, Israel, to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent.[citation needed]

In 2006, he married former Likud parliament member of the Knesset, Inbal Gavrieli.[5] The two divorced in 2009. In May 2011, he married Elinor Avigdol.

Sports career

Strauber began his career in the youth club of Hapoel Tel Aviv and was promoted to the senior squad in 1992. Strauber remained in Hapoel Tel Aviv for one season before moving to Hapoel Kiryat Ono for one season too. At the next season Strauber was playing in Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv where he stayed for one year. During playing in those three clubs Strauber was also the goalkeeper of the Israel national under-21 football team and had 17 international caps.[3][4]

At the 1995/96 season Strauber was a player of Maccabi Ironi Ashdod before returning to Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv for another season. The next season, he moved to Hapoel Jerusalem and played there for two seasons. After two seasons in Jerusalem Strauber moved to Maccabi Tel Aviv where he spent 7 seasons in his career[3] and was one of the leading players in this club, winning the Israeli Championship once in 2002/03 and playing with the club in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup. During the 2005–06 season Strauber had disputes with the fans and management[6] of Maccabi Tel Aviv, resulting in his transfer to Maccabi Netanya before the 2006–07 season. The club reached second place that season and qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying rounds, for the first time in its history. Strauber managed to have a clean sheet for 783 minutes (9 games) from 8 December 2007 to 16 February 2008, which is a record in the history of Israeli football.

After three seasons in Maccabi Netanya he made his return to Maccabi Tel Aviv.[3] He was Maccabi Tel Aviv's team captain. After a poor form in the last season of Maccabi Tel Aviv He left the club as a free agent and signed for Maccabi Petah Tikva.

He retired from football after getting relegated with Maccabi Petah Tikva to Liga Leumit.[7]

Strauber made 513 appearances in the Israeli Premier League which puts him in the 6th place of the league's all-time table.

Honours

Club

Bnei Yehuda
Maccabi Tel Aviv

Individual

  • Israeli Premier League Beast Goalkeeper of the Year: 2007–08

See also

References

  1. ^ "Liran Shtrauber (Player)"
  2. ^ "Player Details: Strauber Liran". The Israel Football Association. Archived from the original on 21 June 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  3. ^ "Shtrauber, Liran". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  4. ^ "National team player's details: Strauber Liran". The Israel Football Association. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  5. ^ Cashman, Greer Fay (18 June 2006). "Celebrity grapevine". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  6. ^ Ackerman, Assaf (27 December 2006). "Soccer / Netanya goalkeeper Strauber could be headed out after clash with coach". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  7. ^ "שטראובר נהנה מהחיים | אתר הבית של ספורט1 וספורט2". Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-16.