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Mairav Shamir
מירב שמיר
Personal information Full name Mairav Shamir Date of birth 18 January 1988 Place of birth Netanya, Israel Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) Playing position Goalkeeper Club information Current club ASA Tel Aviv Youth career 2006–2009 Boston College Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2009– ASA Tel Aviv National team‡ 2009– Israel 5 (12) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 September 2010 (UTC)Mairav "Mae" Shamir (Hebrew: מירב שמיר; born 18 January 1988 in Israel) is an Israeli American soccer goalkeeper currently playing for the Israeli club team ASA Tel Aviv and is the starting goalkeeper for the Israel women's national football team.
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Biography
Shamir was born in Israel and grew up in the city of Netanya until she moved to the United States when she was two years old. Shamir started playing soccer when she was just four years old and as a young child her dream was to "to play soccer collegiately and eventually play for the national team."[1]
Professional football
Club career
After competing with the United States side at the 2009 Maccabiah Games, Shamir was approached by the staff of the national team about joining them in their campaign to qualify for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.[1] Shamir subsequently left Boston College to join the national team and complete her degree at Tel Aviv University while playing for ASA Tel Aviv domestically.
International career
Shamir made her national team debut in a 1-0 win on 24 October 2009 in a 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying match against Kazakhstan in Ness Ziona.[2]
Footnotes
- ^ a b Weiss, Ari (2009-12-02). "How a U.S. college student came to play women's soccer for Israel". Ha'aretz. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1132266.html. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
- ^ "Shamir Mairv". The Israel Football Association. http://eng.football.org.il/NationalTeam/Pages/NationalTeamPlayerDetails.aspx?PLAYER_ID=109418&NATIONAL_TEAM_ID=377. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
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Categories:- 1988 births
- Living people
- Israeli Jews
- Israeli emigrants to the United States
- Boston College Eagles women's soccer players
- American Jews
- Jewish footballers
- Jewish American sportspeople
- American women's soccer players
- Association football goalkeepers
- Maccabiah soccer players of the United States
- Footballers at the 2009 Maccabiah Games
- Israeli women's footballers
- Israel women's international footballers
- People from Netanya
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