Amir Shelach (; born ) is an Israeli former professional

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who played as a

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. He was capped 85 times for the Israel national team, from the early 1990s to the early 2000s; and the current co-assistant manager of Israel.

Early and personal life

Amir's parents were both basketball players: His father is Shimon Shelah, a player and coach in

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who in 1960 took the Israeli Basketball championship as the head coach of Hapoel. Shimon was also capped 21 times for the

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and in 1965 was appointed as the head coach of the Israel national basketball team and under his guidance Israel qualified to four consecutive

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and finally in 1971 he left the national team. Amir was married to Adi Shum, the daughter of Israeli former footballer and manager

Itzhak Shum Itzhak Shum (; born 1 September 1948 in Kishinev, Moldavian SSR) is a retired Israeli football player and manager, and currently the owner of Hapoel Kfar Saba. Playing career He played 78 times and scored 10 goals for Israel national footba ...

. Their son is Israeli Liga Leumit footballer Tom Shelach.https://www.football.org.il/en/players/player/?player_id=66289 These days Amir is working in architecture and design with his brother-in-law Idan Shum.

Honours

Maccabi Tel Aviv *

Israeli Premier League The Israeli Premier League (, Ligat HaAl, ) is a professional association football league in Israel and the highest level of the Israeli football league system. The league is contested by 14 clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and rele ...

: 1991–92, 1994–95, 1995–96 *

Israel State Cup The Israel State Cup (, ''Gvia HaMedina''), is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israel Football Association (IFA). The State Cup was first held in 1928 as the People's Cup. Because it involves clubs of all standards ...

: 1994, 1996, 2001 *

Toto Cup The Israel Toto Cup (, ''Gvia Ha'Toto'') is an association football tournament that features clubs in the two highest divisions in Israel: the Israeli Premier League Ligat ha'Al, Ligat Ha'Al; and the Israeli 2nd division Liga Leumit. Both of the ...

: 1992–93

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* * 1970 births Living people Israeli men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Israel men's international footballers Maccabi Herzliya F.C. players Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players Hapoel Haifa F.C. players Maccabi Netanya F.C. players Liga Leumit players Israeli Premier League players Footballers from Tel Aviv Jewish Israeli sportspeople Israeli people of Polish-Jewish descent Israeli people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent Israeli Ashkenazi Jews {{Israel-footy-defender-stub