Amir Schelach (; born 11 July 1970) is a former Israeli footballer who represented the Israel national football team 85 times. Honours Israeli Premier League (3): 1991-92, 1994-95, 1995-96 Israel State Cup (3): 1994, 1996, 2001 Toto Cup (1): 1992-93 Personal life Amir's parents were both basketball players, his father is Shimon "Zinga" Shelah, a legendary player and coach in Hapoel Tel Aviv who in 1960 took the Israeli Basketball championship as the head coach of Hapoel. Shimon was also capped 21 times for the Israel national basketball team and in 1965 was appointed as the head coach of the Israel national basketball team and under his guidance Israel qualified to 4 consecutive EuroBasket and finally in 1971 he left the national team. Amir was married to Adi Shum, the daughter of Itzhak Shum. These days Amir is working in architecture and design with Idan Shum. References External links 1970 births Living people Israeli Jews Israeli footballers Israel international footballers Maccabi Herzliya F.C. players Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players Hapoel Haifa F.C. players Maccabi Netanya F.C. players Liga Leumit players Israeli Premier League players Footballers from Tel Aviv Israeli people of Polish-Jewish descent Association football defenders