Tamir Linhart (; born 18 November 1968) is an Israeli-born American college soccer player and coach.

Career

Linhart played professionally for 7 years for

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 ...

of the

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 ...

and won two times the National Championships. He was a member of the two-time championship team and qualified with Hapoel Tel Aviv for the

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. He also played professionally for the

Washington Warthogs The Washington Warthogs were a professional indoor soccer team in the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL) from 1994 to 1997. They played their home games in the USAir Arena in Landover, Maryland, an arena they shared with the Washington Bull ...

of the

Continental Indoor Soccer League The Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL) was a professional indoor soccer league that played from 1993 to 1997. History In the summer of 1989 Dr Jerry Buss, the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers and California Sports, told his executive Vice ...

. From 1991 to 1994, Linhart played for

George Mason University George Mason University (GMU) is a Public university, public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Located in Northern Virginia near Washington, D.C., the university is named in honor of George Mason, a Founding Father ...

and was voted twice All American. Linhart was inducted into the Washington Sports Jewish Hall of Fame in 2002, and into the George Mason Soccer Hall of Fame.

Coaching career

In 1997, Linhart founded the Golden Boot Soccer Academy and works here currently as coach.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Linhart, Tamir 1968 births Living people Israeli men's footballers Washington Warthogs players Continental Indoor Soccer League players George Mason Patriots men's soccer players Soccer players from Virginia People from Netanya Men's association football midfielders 20th-century Israeli sportsmen