Shai Biruk

Football player infobox
playername = Shai Biruk
fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1984|02|15
cityofbirth =
countryofbirth = Ethiopia
currentclub = Flagicon|ISR -
clubnumber = 8
position = Midfielder
youthyears = 1999–2003
youthclubs = Flagicon|ISR Beitar Nes Tubruk Flagicon|NED Ajax Amsterdam Flagicon|ISR Maccabi Haifa
years = 2003–2006 2006-2007 2008-
clubs = Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Netanya Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C.
caps(goals) = 45 (7) 20 (0)
nationalyears = 2004-2005
nationalteam = Flagicon|ISR Israel U21
nationalcaps(goals) = 3 (0)
pcupdate = 1 July, 2006
ntupdate = 1 July, 2006

Shay Biruk ( _he. שי בירוק; born February 15, 1984) is an Israeli football (soccer) player of Ethiopian Jewish descent. He moved to Israel at the age of six with his family. While playing for the Israeli youth academy, Beitar Nes Tubruk his footballing talent was noticed by scouts from the Dutch football club Ajax. Biruk accepted an offer to join the youth system in Amsterdam only to come back to Israel six months later citing homesickness. During his time at Ajax, he met a fellow Jewish Israeli footballer named Daniël de Ridder and was the first to report on Ajax having a Jewish Israeli on their books to the Israel Football Association.

He was the subject of a short tug of war between Tottenham Hotspur, Ajax Amsterdam and Maccabi Haifa FC. He decided to commit to Haifa and joined their youth team before making a call up to the full side about two seasons later. After three years in the full side, his contract was not renewed so he left on a free transfer. On August 21, 2006 he agreed to a one year deal with Maccabi Netanya, but left after this year to Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C..