Full name Amir Schelach 1989-1990 Maccabi Herzliya Place of birth Tel Aviv, Israel Name Amir Schelach | Playing position Role Footballer Years Team Position Defender | |
Date of birth (1970-07-11) July 11, 1970 (age 45) | ||
Amir Schelach (Hebrew: אמיר שלח; born 11 July 1970) is a former Israeli footballer who represented the Israel national football team 85 times.
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Amir's parents were both basketball players, his father is Shimon "Zinga" Shelah, a legendary player and coach in Hapoel Tel Aviv who in 1960 took the Israeli Basketball championship as the head coach of Hapoel. Shimon was also capped 21 times for the Israel national basketball team and in 1965 was appointed as the head coach of the Israel national basketball team and under his guidance Israel qualified to 4 consecutive EuroBasket and finally in 1971 he left the national team.
Amir was married to Adi Shum, the daughter of Itzhak Shum.
These days Amir is working in architecture and design with Idan Shum.