title: Avi Strool
text: # Avi Strool
  
  Avraham "Avi" Strul (or Strool, Hebrew: אבי סטרול; born 18 September 1980) is a retired Israeli footballer who currently works as the CEO of Hapoel Rishon LeZion.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Strul was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a Jewish family.
  
  Being of Romanian-Jewish descent, Strul has two passports, Israeli and Romanian.
  
  ## Career
  
  Strul grew up in the youth system of Maccabi Tel Aviv and spent 7 years there. During the summer of 2006 he transferred to Maccabi Netanya. After 2 successful years in Maccabi Netanya, Strool moved to Lokeren for a 3 years contract worth $750,000.
  
  ### KSC Lokeren
  
  In just his second game at Lokeren, Strul scored a memorable goal against A.F.C. Tubize, when he scored the second goal of the match, capitalising on a goalkeeper mistake to take a free-kick quickly and score from long range.
  
  ### Maccabi Tel Aviv
  
  In June 2010 Strul signed a 3-year contract with his youth club Maccabi Tel Aviv which he left 4 years before.
  
  