Ram Strauss (Hebrew: רם שטראוס; born 28 April 1992) is an Israeli former professional association footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[3]

Ram Strauss
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-04-28) 28 April 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Yokneam Moshava, Israel
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Maccabi Haifa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Maccabi Ironi Bat Yam 35 (0)
2012–2013 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 36 (0)
2013–2014 Hapoel Ramat Gan 20 (0)
2014–2015 Nea Salamina[2] 14 (0)
2015 Hapoel Tel Aviv 1 (0)
2016 Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona 1 (0)
2016 Poli Timișoara 10 (0)
2016 OH Leuven 0 (0)
2017 Hapoel Nazareth Illit 16 (0)
2017–2018 Hapoel Acre 31 (0)
2019–2020 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 29 (0)
International career
2008 Israel U-16[1] 1 (0)
2008–2009 Israel U17 3 (0)
2009 Israel U18 3 (0)
2010–2011 Israel U19 12 (0)
2011–2013 Israel U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2019

Early and personal life

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Strauss was born in moshav Yokneam Moshava, Israel, to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. His brother Sagi Strauss is a former association footballer as well.

His sister Alvit Strauss married Argentine footballer Roberto Colautti in 2005, and on account of their marriage Colautti became an Israeli citizen in 2007 and played for the Israel national team, as well as four daughters together.

Strauss retired from playing in 2020 after an injury in the back led to two injuries that failed.

In 2024, Strauss competed along with his friend, the tennis player Tal Eros, competed in the Israeli format of Peking Express, "Peking Express - The Dragon Road". The two reached the finale and won the competition.

References

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  1. ^ "National team stats from IFA". Archived from the original on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Israel - R. Strauss - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
  3. ^ רם שטראוס: "מרגיש שאני מתפספס כל שנה מחדש" ynet.co.il
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