Orr Barouch

Orr Barouch

Personal information
Full name	Orr Barouch
Date of birth	November 29, 1991 (1991-11-29) (age 19)
Place of birth	Haifa, Israel
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Chicago Fire (on loan from Tigres)
Number	15
Youth career
2008	Chivas USA
2009–2011	Tigres
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2011–	Tigres	0	(0)
2011–	→ Chicago Fire (loan)	28	(2)
National team‡
2011–	Israel U21	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 23, 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of October 23, 2011

Orr Barouch (born 29 November 1991 in Haifa) is an Israeli footballer currently playing for the Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer, on loan from Primera División de Mexico side Tigres.

Career

Early life and career

Barouch was born in Haifa, Israel, but moved to the United States with his parents as a child. He grew up in Woodland Hills, California, attended El Camino Real High School and played in the youth ranks of Chivas USA. During the summer of 2009, Barouch was one of the athletes selected to tour Europe with the SuperElite Discover Europe team of top youth soccer players based in America.^[1] While with Chivas he drew the interest of Belgian side Club Brugge. However, in 2009 he elected to sign with Mexico’s Tigres de la UANL. While with the Monterrey based club, Barouch appeared in 24 youth team matches, scoring one goal, primarily as a left winger, and helped Tigres to a first place finish in the Mexican U-20 Apertura tournament^[2], but he never played for senior Tigres team.

Chicago Fire

During the 2011 Major League Soccer preseason Barouch joined Chicago Fire on trial. Barouch impressed during his trial stint and was signed on loan from Tigres on 10 March 2011, with the American side holding an option to purchase his contract.^[3][4][5]

He made his professional debut on 19 March 2011 in Chicago's 1-1 tie with FC Dallas on the opening day of the 2011 MLS season.^[6], and scored his first professional goal on 24 May in a 2-2 tie with Toronto FC.^[7]

International

According to Soccer By Ives, Barouch has received a call up to the Israeli U-21 National Team for a friendly against England U-21's on September 5, 2011.^[8]

See also

• List of current MLS players

References

1. ^ http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/superelite-soccer/united-states-football-club-archives/nid-8824/Each-player-brought-unique-ability-on-Discover-Europe-team
2. ^ http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/chicago-fire-confidential/2011/03/fire-sign-barouch-and-videira.html
3. ^ http://www.milenio.com/node/655905
4. ^ http://www.chicago-fire.com/news/2011/03/fire-ink-two-trialists
5. ^ http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/barouch-excited-about-chance-chicago
6. ^ Fire, FCD trade early goals en route to 1-1 draw
7. ^ http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2011-05-14-toronto-fc-vs-chicago-fire/recap
8. ^ http://twitter.com/#!/SoccerByIves/statuses/103869910865821696

External links

• MLS player profile
• Tigres.us
• Chicago Fire Profile

Persondata
Name	Barouch, Orr
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Date of birth	29 November 1991
Place of birth	Haifa, Israel
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