Amos Sassi

Amos Sassi (Hebrew: עמוס סאסי‎, born January 29, 1979) is a retired Israeli footballer. Sassi is often referred to as one of Israel's greatest wastes of talent and was the subject of a documentary in Israel on why Israel has yet to produce quality footballers and the hardships they face in improving in the Israeli system of football.

Amos Sassi
Personal information
Full name Amos Sassi
Date of birth (1979-01-29) January 29, 1979
Place of birth Israel
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Defender
Youth career
Maccabi Netanya
Borussia Dortmund
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Borussia Dortmund 0 (0)
1999–2000 → Maccabi Haifa (loan) 6 (0)
2000–2002 Maccabi Netanya 38 (1)
2002–2004 Borussia Dortmund II 65 (1)
2004 Maccabi Netanya 4 (0)
2005 Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon
2006–2018 Maccabi Los Angeles 126 (0)
National team
2000 Israel U-21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Sassi was a product of the Maccabi Netanya youth system where he managed to catch the eye of a scout from German club Borussia Dortmund. He left Netanya for Dortmund along with Shlomi Dahan where the two enjoyed great success even capturing a world title in a tournament for ORT high schools.

Both Dahan and Sassi excelled at Dortmund, even taking the German youth championship while there.[2] But in order to be able to play for Israel's full national team, they had to complete their mandatory service in the Israel Defense Forces. Both were loaned out to Maccabi Haifa where they languished on the bench. After a short period in Haifa, Sassi moved to Maccabi Netanya and in 2005 he retired after an unsuccessful spell with Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon. Both he and Dahan are referred to as some of the greatest wasted talents ever in Israeli football.

Personal life

Sassi enjoys playing ping pong, watching Family Matters on TV and his favourite ever football player is Ben Sahar.

References
  1. "Sasy, Amos" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
  2. Griver, Simon (June 1999). "Sports in Israel". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.