Mairav Shamir

Mairav Shamir
Personal information

Full name	Mairav Shamir
Date of birth	(1988-01-18) 18 January 1988
Place of birth	Netanya, Israel
Height	1.84 m (6 ft ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	FC Lübars
Number	1
Youth career
2006–2009	Boston College
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2009–2012	ASA Tel Aviv
2012-2014	Telstar
2014-	FC Lübars
National team^‡
2009–	Israel	22	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Mairav "Merav" Shamir (Hebrew: מירב שמיר‎; born 18 January 1988 in Israel) is an Israeli American soccer goalkeeper currently playing for the German 2nd Bundesliga club FC Lübars (Hertha BSC) and is the starting goalkeeper for the Israel women's national football team.

Biography

Shamir was born in Israel and grew up in the city of Netanya until she moved to the United States when she was two years old. Shamir started playing soccer when she was just four years old and as a young child her dream was "to play soccer collegiately and eventually play for the national team."^[1]

Professional football

Shamir signed for the Dutch club Telstar in 2012. Telstar is in the Eredivisie (first league) in the Netherlands.

In August 2014, Shamir signed with the German club FC Lübars in the 2nd Bundesliga.

Club career

After competing with the United States side at the 2009 Maccabiah Games, Shamir was approached by the staff of the national team about joining them in their campaign to qualify for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[1] Shamir subsequently left Boston College to join the national team and complete her degree at Tel Aviv University while playing for ASA Tel Aviv domestically. After 3 years in ASA Tel Aviv, taking three top league Championships and Israeli Cup, Mairav joined Telstar FC http://www.dewitteleeuwinnen.nl/. After a successful two seasons with Telstar, Shamir made the move to Germany and signed with the 2nd Bundesliga club, FC Lübars, also known as the club Hertha BSC.

International career

Shamir made her national team debut in a 1-0 win on 24 October 2009 in a 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying match against Kazakhstan in Ness Ziona.^[2]

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