Liran Strauber is an Israel

Israel

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i football goalkeeper. He currently plays for Maccabi Petah Tikva. At international level, Strauber was capped

Cap (sport)

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 at under-17

Israel national under-17 football team

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 and under-21

Israel national under-21 football team

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, and played eight times for Israel's senior team

Israel national football team

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.

Career

Strauber began his career in the youth club of Hapoel Tel Aviv and was promoted to the senior squad in 1992. Strauber remained in Hapoel Tel Aviv for one season before moving to Hapoel Kiryat Ono for one season too. At the next season Strauber was playing in Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv where he stayed for one year. During playing in those three clubs Strauber was also the goalkeeper of the Israel national under-21 football team

Israel national under-21 football team

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 and had 17 international caps.

At the 1995/96 season Strauber was a player of Maccabi Ironi Ashdod

Maccabi Ironi Ashdod F.C.

Maccabi Ironi Ashdod F.C. , commonly known as Ironi Ashdod, was an Israeli football club based in Ashdod. In 1999, it merged with local rivals Hapoel Ashdod to create F.C. Ashdod.-History:...

 before returning to Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv for another season. The next season he moved to Hapoel Jerusalem

Hapoel Jerusalem FC

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 and played there for two seasons. After two seasons in Jerusalem Strauber moved to Maccabi Tel Aviv where he spent 7 seasons in his career and was one of the leading players in this club, winning the Israeli Championship once in 2002/03 and playing with the club in the UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League

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 and the UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

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. During the 2005-06 season Strauber had disputes with the fans and management of Maccabi Tel Aviv, resulting in his transfer to Maccabi Netanya before the 2006–07 season. The club reached second place that season and qualified for the UEFA Cup qualifying rounds, for the first time in its history.Strauber managed to have a clean sheet for 783 minutes (9 games) from 8/12/07 to 16/2/08, which is a record in the history of Israeli Football.

After 3 seasons in Maccabi Netanya he made his return to Maccabi Tel Aviv. He was Maccabi Tel Aviv's team captain.
After a Poor form in the last season of Maccabi Tel Aviv He left the club as a free agent and signed for Maccabi Petah Tikva.

Honours

• Israeli Premier League (1):
  • 2002–03
• State Cup
  Israel State Cup
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   (3):
  • 2001, 2002, 2005
• Toto Cup
  Toto Cup
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   (1):
  • 1996–97

Personal life

He married former Likud

Likud

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 member of the Knesset

Knesset

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, Inbal Gavrieli

Inbal Gavrieli

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, in 2006.
The two divorced in 2009.
In May 2011 He married Elinor Avigadol.

External links

• National Football Teams