Roy Fink

Infobox Football biography
playername = Roy Fink
רועי פינק


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dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1977|5|9|df=yes
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countryofbirth = Israel
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currentclub = Colorado Rapids U23's (Assistant Coach)
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youthclubs = Maccabi Tel Aviv Hapoel Kfar Saba Bnei Yehuda
years = 1996-1997 1997-1998
1998-2001 2002
clubs = Hapoel Ramat Gan
Hakoah Ramat Gan
University of Tampa Cape Cod Crusaders
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Roy Fink ( _he. רועי פינק, born 9 May 1977) is a former Israeli football player and currently a coach at the Colorado Rapids U-23s.

Biography

Fink was born into a sporting family; his grandfather, Perry Neufeld, was a professional footballer with Maccabi Tel Aviv and was capped by the Palestine/Eretz Israel national team during the Mandate era. His mother, Thelma, held Israeli swimming records, and his sister, Tal, reached the ATP's top 100 in the youth ranks.

Playing career

Fink started his career playing for Maccabi Tel Aviv where he played for the U9-U12 Boys teams. He then transferred to Hapoel Kfar Saba, where he played all the way from U12-U16, and also played for the Israeli under-16 team.

At the age of 16 Fink was purchased by Bnei Yehuda and led the team to a second place in the under-18 league and the youth cup final, and was capped by the under-18 team.

In 1996 he moved to Hapoel Ramat Gan, before signing for city rivals Hakoah Ramat Gan in 1997. Afterwards, he joined the University of Tampa where he was a standout. In his career at the University of Tampa fink led the Spartans to a National Championship as a captain (2001). Fink was awarded as 4 years All-Conference first team as well as four years South Region First team selection. Fink was awarded as 2000 and 2001 All-America and in 2001 National College Soccer Player of the Year. Fink was also awarde as the Jewish All American at the University of Tampa. [cite web |url=http://www.sunshinestateconference.com/aow0102.htm |title=Sunshine State Conference Athletes of the Week |accessdate=2007-07-07 |accessmonthday= |accessdaymonth = |accessyear= |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] . Fink also played for the Cape Cod Crusaders in the summer of 2000 and the Colorado Rapids under-23 in the summers between the years 2001-2004.

Managerial career

Fink is currently the Assistant Director of coaching at Strictly Soccer Futbol Club in St. Petersburg, Florida as well as the Assistant Coach for the Colorado Rapids U-23. [cite web |url=http://tampaspartans.athleticsite.com/article.asp?articleID=441 |title=Former UT Soccer Star Roy Fink Named to Colorado Rapids U-23 Coaching Staff |accessdate=2007-07-07 |accessmonthday= |accessdaymonth = |accessyear= |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2007-05-23 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=University of Tampa]

References

Persondata
NAME = Fink, Roy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Fink, Roei
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Football (soccer) player
DATE OF BIRTH = 9.5.1977
PLACE OF BIRTH = Israel
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