Amir Taga

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Amir Taga
Personal information
Full name	Amir Taga
Date of birth	1 February 1985
Place of birth	Unknown, Ethiopia
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Maccabi Netanya
Youth clubs
	Maccabi Netanya
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004–-present	Maccabi Netanya	? (?)
National team2
2005-present	Israel U-21	2 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 August 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Amir Taga (Hebrew: אמיר טגה), (born February 1, 1985) is an Israeli footballer of Ethiopian descent, currently plying his trade at Maccabi Netanya.

Amir Taga was born in the Beta Israel community in Ethiopia and his family emigrated to Israel in 1991 during the Operation Solomon.

Taga grew up through the ranks at Netanya, he played throughout the youth system and currently turns out for the first team as well as the Israel national under-21 football team. He made his first team debut for them in 2004.

[edit] Personal life

Amir attended the ORT boarding school in Netanya where he was discovered by scouts of the local side^[1]. On August 11, 2006 Amir's younger brother, Avi, was found dead by his oldest brother and the Israeli Police in Qiryat Eqron. Avi Taga had been missing from home since Wednesday, August 9. Club officials went to visit the player at his family residence to console him during the traditional Jewish mourning period^[2].

[edit] Notes

1. ^ The tragic glory of Amir Tega. Ha'aretz. (Retrieved on 2006-10-28).
2. ^ (Hebrew) Amir Taga's little brother found dead. Sport5.co.il

Maccabi Netanya - Current Squad
1 Strauber | 3 Marín | 5 Strool | 7 Uzan | 8 Biruk | 9 Shechter | 10 Okocha | 11 Yampulski | 14 Fadlon | 15 Taga | 16 Jano | 17 Halabi | 18 Haim | 19 Ben Dayan | 20 Bundea | 21 T. Cohen | 23 Mesika | 24 Nsumbu | 25 Hermon | 27 Nir | 28 Zviti | 29 A. Cohen | 30 Sanogo | 26 Ben Dahan | Coach: Atar