Itamar Shviro (or Shwiro, ; born 17 June 1998) is an Israeli professional

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player who plays for

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club

Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv () is a sports club in Israel, founded in the 1920s, and part of the Hapoel association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as football, basketball, w ...

and the Israel national team.

Early life

Shviro was born and raised in

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Shoval Shoval () is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located in the northern Negev desert near the Bedouin city of Rahat, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bnei Shimon Regional Council. In it had a population of . Etymology The kibbutz founders wanted t ...

, Israel, to an Israeli family of

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descent.

International career

Shviro made his senior debut for the Israel national team on 27 September 2022 in a friendly game against

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. He scored his first goal (90'+3') for the Israeli squad on 17 November 2022 in a 4–2 victory against Zambia in a home friendly match.

International goals

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* * 1998 births Living people Jewish Israeli sportspeople Israeli men's footballers 21st-century Israeli sportsmen Footballers from Southern District (Israel) People from Shoval Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. players Hapoel Rishon LeZion F.C. players Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C. players Maccabi Netanya F.C. players Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players Ironi Tiberias F.C. players Israeli Premier League players Liga Leumit players Israel men's under-21 international footballers Israel men's international footballers Men's association football forwards {{Israel-footy-forward-stub