Amos Sassi

Football player infobox


playername = Amos Sassi
fullname = Amos Sassi
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1979|01|29
cityofbirth =
countryofbirth = Israel
currentclub = Retired
clubnumber = 18
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs = Maccabi Netanya Borussia Dortmund
years = 1998-2001 1999-2000 2000-2002
clubs = Borussia Dortmund → Maccabi Haifa (loan) Maccabi Netanya
caps(goals) = 1 (0) 38 (1)
pcupdate = 11 February, 2007

Amos Sassi (Hebrew: עמוס סאסי, born January 29, 1979) is a retired Israeli footballer. Sassi is often referred to as one of Israel's greatest wastes of talent and was the subject of a documentary in Israel on why Israel has yet to produce quality footballers and the hardships they face in improving in the Israeli system of football.

Playing career

Sassi was a product of the Maccabi Netanya youth system where he managed to catch the eye of a scout from German club Borussia Dortmund. He left Netanya for Dortmund along with Shlomi Dahan where the two enjoyed great success even capturing a world title in a tournemant for ORT high schools.

Both Dahan and Sassi excelled at Dortmund, even taking the German youth championship while there [ [http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Society_&_Culture/sports.html Sports in Israel ] ] . But in order to be able to play for Israel's full national team, they had to complete their mandatory service in the Israel Defence Forces. Both were loaned out to Maccabi Haifa where they languished on the bench. After a short period in Haifa, Sassi moved to Ironi Nir Ramat haSharon. Both he and Dahan are referred to as some of the greatest wasted talents ever in Israeli football.

Personal life

Amos enjoys playing ping pong, watching Family Matters on TV and his favourite ever football player is Diego Maradona.

External links

* [http://maccabi-haifafc.walla.co.il/ts.cgi?tsscript=player&id=1924 Profile and biography of Amos Sassi on Maccabi Haifa's official website]
* [http://www.one.co.il/siteCtr2.asp?categoryid=0&tableid=1&teamid=8&playerid=321&Season_ID=01-02 Profile and statistics of Amos Sassi on One.co.il]

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