Amit Ben-Shushan

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Amit Ben Shushan
Personal information
Full name	Amit Ben Shushan
Date of birth	20 March 1985
Place of birth	Jerusalem, Israel
Position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Beitar Jerusalem
Number	12
Youth clubs
2000–04	Beitar Jerusalem
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2004-present	Beitar Jerusalem
National team**
2006–present	Israel	3 (2)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 July 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 7 October 2006.

Amit Ben Shushan (Hebrew: עמית בן שושן) (born March 20, 1985 in Jerusalem) is an Israeli football player.

He has been playing for Beitar Jerusalem since Youth level.

Ben Shushan can play as a striker or as a supporting forward on the wing.

He made a name for himself after his series of goals during Beitar's Intertoto campaign in 2005.

He made his debut for the Israel national football team vs Estonia on September 2, 2006 when he came in as a sub for fellow team-mate Michael Zandberg. In the next match vs Andorra he played for 90 minutes scoring his first senior goal for his country and assisting for 2 more goals. On October 7, Ben Shushan scored Israel's only goal in the away match against Russia securing a vital draw for Israel.

Amit Ben Shushan is the second in line of three brothers. He grew up in the town Pisgat Zeev before moving to Kiryat-HaYovel in Jerusalem during his elementary school years. Amit and his three brothers attended Agron Elementary School just down the street from their house.

Ben Shushan is part of a group of young players who helped transfom Beitar Jerusalem's youth into a leading Israeli soccer academy. At the time he joined Beitar, city rival Hapoel Jerusalem was still the leading youth team in Jerusalem. Despite living less than 200 meters away from Hapoel Jerusalem's training facility in Kiryat-Hayovel, Ben Shushan opted for Beitar and has never looked back since.