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Santa Clara University

2025 Men's Soccer Roster

7 Itamar Efrat

  • Height 5-8
  • Weight 165
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Givatayim, Israel
  • High School Shimon Ben Zvi
  • Position MF

Biography

WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll "Bronze" Honors (2023-24)
2024 WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention

SOPHOMORE (2024): Named WCC All-Academic honorable mention ... started in 13 of 15 matches ... logged 1,013 minutes ... played the full 90 minutes in five of the eight WCC contests including the last four ... scored the game-winning goal with two seconds left in the match against San Jose State (Sept. 15) ... six of nine shots on the season were on target.  

FRESHMAN (2023): Appeared in six games, starting in two ... saw 261 minutes of action ... started against Incarnate Word (Sept. 7) and Houston Christian (Sept. 10) in back-to-back games ... played a season high 69 minutes against Incarnate Word ... recorded a shot against Oregon State (Sept. 4). 

HIGH SCHOOL: 2019 graduate of Shimon Ben Zvi High School in Givatayim, Israel ... earned Ministry of Education Award for outstanding high school diploma ... majored in English, social sciences, sport education, and math ... received the school excellence award each year (2016 - 2019) and the outstanding excellence award in 2017 and 2019.

CLUB: Played on the Hapoel Tel Aviv football club ... played throughout the entire youth system, in the premier division (2013-2021) ... captained the team for three seasons (2016-18) ... won four consecutive Israel State Cups in a row (2016-2019).

GET TO KNOW ITAMAR: Played on the Israel U-19 National Football Team ... made four appearances at the 2019 European Championship qualifications ... won various awards including: the Israel Football Association Fair Play Award (2017); Givatayim City Council Outstanding Athlete Award (2016, 2017) and Tel Aviv City Council Outstanding Athlete Award (2016) ... served in the Israeli military service as part of the Israel Defense Forces / Logistics Corps from 2019-22 ... got a permission from Ministry of Culture and Sports of Israel to serve close to the training area and continue his career as part of the roster of the Israeli U19 football national team ... received the Certificate of Merit from the Ministry of Education for contribution in social, community and civic involvement in the years 2017-2019 ... also received the Certificate of Appreciation from the Givatayim City Council for contribution to the community of the city in 2019 ... volunteered at the Nitzotzot (“Sparks”) non-profit mentoring young athletes in combining sports and education (2018) and served as the assistant sports teacher in A.D. Gordon Elementary school (2017) ... hobbies include playing the piano and reading books.

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2023Freshman

    Defender
    5'8" 165 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2024Sophomore

    Defender
    5'8" 165 lbs
    16
  • 7

    2025Junior

    Midfielder
    5'8" 165 lbs
    7