Amir Schelach

Amir Shelach (; born ) is an Israeli former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He was capped 85 times for the Israel national team, from the early 1990s to the early 2000s; and the current co-assistant manager of Israel.

Early and personal life Amir's parents were both basketball players: His father is Shimon Shelah, a 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 four consecutive EuroBasket and finally in 1971 he left the national team.

Amir was married to Adi Shum, the daughter of Israeli former footballer and manager Itzhak Shum. Their son is Israeli Liga Leumit footballer Tom Shelach.

These days Amir is working in architecture and design with his brother-in-law Idan Shum.

Honours Maccabi Tel Aviv Israeli Premier League: 1991–92, 1994–95, 1995–96 Israel State Cup: 1994, 1996, 2001 Toto Cup: 1992–93