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Rachel Shelina Israel

Rachel Shelina Israel is a Brazilian-born Israeli football defender who played mainly for ASA Tel Aviv University and founded the club Bnot Netanya.

born 1986Defender for ASA Tel AvivIsrael women's national team playerFounding Bnot Netanya

Born: 18 January 1986, Israel
Occupation: association football player

Rachel Shelina Israel was born in 1986 in Israel

Israel was born in Brazil on 18 January 1986. As a small child she and her brother were adopted by an Israeli couple, and she grew up in Netanya.

At 13 she began training with the senior women's team of Maccabi Netanya. After that club folded, she joined ASA Tel Aviv University and played there from 2000 to 2016. With the club she won several championships and 3 cups and played in the Champions League.

She played for the Israeli U-19 team between 2001 and 2004. She made her debut for the women's national team in 2005 against Estonia and played for it until 2016.

In 2013 she founded Bnot Netanya with Sarit Shenar. She played for the club and coached it from the 2016/2017 season, and became its manager in 2017. In 2018 President Reuven Rivlin gave her an honorary coach award, and in 2020 she led the club's petition against the Netanya municipality over budget discrimination.