Jordan Gruber ( he, ירדן גרובר; born September 12, 1983) is an American former professional soccer player.

Biography

He is the son of Avi, originally from Israel, and the owner of Avi's Auto Care, and Abby Gruber, and was born in

Beverly Hills, Michigan Beverly Hills is a village in Oakland County of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a northern suburb of Metro Detroit and is about north of the city of Detroit. As of the 2010 census, the population was 10,267. Located within Southfield Townsh ...

. He attended

Birmingham Groves High School Groves High School (Wylie E. Groves High School or Groves) is a public, magnet high school in Beverly Hills, Michigan, United States, in the Birmingham Public School District. Groves' colors are green, white, and yellow and its mascot is Fred ...

, for whom he played soccer. He set the Michigan State High School goal-scoring record with 69 goals as a senior, in addition to 21 assists. He was named ''

Oakland Press ''The Oakland Press'' is a daily newspaper published in Oakland County, Michigan with headquarters in Troy. It is owned by 21st Century Media, with which its parent company merged in 2013 after filing for bankruptcy. The local historical society tra ...

'' Player of the Year, and was named all-district, all-region, all-state, all-metro, and all-county. He also lettered in tennis as a senior. He played college soccer at forward for the

Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the fi ...

for the

Michigan State Spartans The Michigan State Spartans are the athletic teams that represent Michigan State University. The school's athletic program includes 23 varsity sports teams. Their mascot is a Spartan warrior named Sparty, and the school colors are green and whi ...

. In September 2004 he was named the

Big Ten The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representati ...

Offensive Player of the Week in men's soccer. In June 2005, he signed a six-month contract with

OFK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club'') is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade, more precisely in Karabur ...

straight out of university. He made ''

aliyah Aliyah (, ; he, עֲלִיָּה ''ʿălīyyā'', ) is the immigration of Jews from the diaspora to, historically, the geographical Land of Israel, which is in the modern era chiefly represented by the State of Israel. Traditionally descri ...

'' in 2007 via the

Law of Return The Law of Return ( he, חֹוק הַשְׁבוּת, ''ḥok ha-shvūt'') is an Israeli law, passed on 5 July 1950, which gives Jews, people with one or more Jewish grandparent, and their spouses the right to relocate to Israel and acquire Isr ...

, and played for Israel's Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Hen and Hapoel Marmorek. He played for the United States team at the

2005 Maccabiah Games The 17th Maccabiah Games ( he, המכביה ה-17 ישראל תשס"ה), held in Israel, were an incarnation of the 'Jewish Olympics.' They attracted the largest attendance of any Maccabiah Games, including more than 900 representatives from the Un ...

in Israel, winning a silver medal.Kirshner, U.S. Squad, Fall Short in Maccabiah Final
at goaztecs.com, 23-7-2005, retrieved 29-3-2015

Statistics

References

1983 births Living people Competitors at the 2005 Maccabiah Games Jewish American soccer players Maccabiah Games medalists in football Maccabiah Games silver medalists for the United States 21st-century Israeli Jews Maccabi HaShikma Ramat Hen F.C. players Hapoel Marmorek F.C. players American expatriate men's soccer players Soccer players from Oakland County, Michigan OFK Beograd players Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia and Montenegro Michigan State Spartans men's soccer players Flint City Bucks players USL League Two players American men's soccer players People from Beverly Hills, Michigan Men's association football forwards 21st-century American Jews American expatriate sportspeople in Serbia and Montenegro Naturalized citizens of Israel Naturalised association football players Jews from Michigan {{US-footy-forward-stub