Amit Ben Shushan

Amit Ben Shushan

Ben Shushan with Beitar Jerusalem in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Amit Ben Shushan
Date of birth	(1985-05-23) May 23, 1985
Place of birth	Jerusalem
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Striker / Winger
Youth career
2000–04	Beitar Jerusalem
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2013	Beitar Jerusalem	237	(41)
2013–2014	Anorthosis Famagusta	14	(1)
2014–2015	Maccabi Netanya	20	(1)
2015–2016	Hapoel Jerusalem	8	(1)
National team‡
2005–2007	Israel U-21	9	(1)
2006–2008	Israel	12	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 June 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2013

Amit Ben Shushan (Hebrew: עמית בן שושן‎‎; born May 23, 1985) is an Israeli football player.

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 draw that could have turned vital for Israel.

Ben Shushan is part of a group of young players who helped transform 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.

Anorthosis Famagusta

On 10 of July 2013, Shushan signed 2 years contract^[1] with yearly wages close to 140,000 euro. ^[2]

References

• Amit Ben Shushan at National-Football-Teams.com