Tomer Chencinski

Tomer Chencinski (Hebrew: תומר חנצ'ינסקי; born December 1, 1984) is an Israeli-Canadian[1] soccer player who plays the position of goalkeeper. He played college soccer at Robert Morris University, where in 2004 he ranked 16th in the nation in saves per game, and at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He most recently played for Irish club Shamrock Rovers. He also played one match for the Canada men's national soccer team.

Tomer Chencinski
Chencinski with RoPS in 2015
Personal information
Full name Tomer Chencinski
Date of birth (1984-12-01) December 1, 1984
Place of birth Bat Yam, Israel
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
North York Hearts
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Robert Morris Colonials 37 (0)
2005–2006 Fairleigh Dickinson Knights 18 (0)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007 Toronto FC 0 (0)
2007–2008 Detroit Ignition (indoor) 7 (0)
2008 Newark Ironbound Express 12 (0)
2008 Nistru Otaci 3 (0)
2009–2010 Harrisburg City Islanders 9 (0)
2011 VPS 28 (0)
2012 Örebro SK 14 (0)
2013–2014 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1 (0)
2014 → Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan (loan) 19 (0)
2014 → Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon (loan) 6 (0)
2015 RoPS 12 (0)
2015 → FC Santa Claus (loan) 2 (0)
2016 Helsingborgs IF 19 (0)
2017–2018 Shamrock Rovers 37 (0)
International career‡
2013 Canada 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 2, 2018
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:58, July 17, 2014 (UTC)

Early life

Chencinski was born in Bat Yam, Israel, to Jewish parents originally from Poland.[2][3][4] He and his family lived in Israel until he was eight years old, before moving to Thornhill, Canada, where he grew up.[3][4] He attended Chapel School.[4] He played youth soccer for the North York Hearts.[5]

He speaks both English and Hebrew fluently.[6][7][8][9]

Playing career

College

Chencinski played two years of college soccer at Robert Morris University, where in 2004 he ranked 16th in the nation in saves per game and recorded six shutouts.[10][4][11] He transferred to Fairleigh Dickinson University as a junior, where he played his final two collegiate seasons.[12][13][4]

Toronto FC

Chencinski turned professional in 2007 when he signed with Major League Soccer side Toronto FC after impressing during a tryout,[14] but never made an appearance for the team, and left to play indoor soccer for Major Indoor Soccer League side Detroit Ignition.

Nistru Otaci

He dropped down a division to play in the USL Premier Development League for expansion side Newark Ironbound Express in 2008, but left mid-season when he was offered a contract by Moldova National Division side Nistru Otaci.

Harrisburg City Islanders

After playing just three games for Nistru Otaci, he returned to the United States, and signed for the Harrisburg City Islanders in 2009. After completing his season with the Harrisburg City Islanders, Chencinski spent time training with Major League Soccer side Philadelphia Union.[15]

VPS

Expecting to start another season with Harrisburg, Chencinski was given the chance of a week-long trial with Finnish side VPS. After a successful trial, he was signed by the Finnish club to provide competition for the goalkeeper position.[16]

He made his debut for VPS on February 5, 2011 in a 2–2 draw with FF Jaro in the Finnish League Cup.[17]

Örebro SK

On December 5, 2011, he was confirmed for the Swedish Allsvenskan side Örebro SK for the 2012 season.[18]

Maccabi Tel Aviv

In late December 2012 Chencinski was transferred from Örebro to Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Israeli Premier League, for an undisclosed transfer fee.[6][7][19]

RoPS

In January 2015, Chencinski left Israel and joined RoPS of Finland.[20] RoPS would eventually finish in 2nd place during the 2015 Veikkausliiga, one point behind league winners SJK.[21] Their finish earned the club entry into the first round of qualification for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.

FC Santa Claus (loan)

In 2015, he briefly went on loan to FC Santa Claus in the third tier, who played in the same city as RoPS, after returning from injury.[22][23]

Helsingborgs IF

After his successful season in Finland, Chencinski joined Swedish club Helsingborg on December 8, 2015.[24]

Shamrock Rovers

Chencinski joined Shamrock Rovers on December 15, 2016.[25][26] He made his League of Ireland debut on the opening day of the 2017 League of Ireland Premier Division season.[27] Chencinski made his European debut keeping a clean sheet as Rovers beat Stjarnan men's football in the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.[28] He made four appearances keeping two clean sheets in that season's competition. In a game against Dundalk F.C. Chencinski was racially abused in July.[29] After being the starting goalkeeper for the 2017 season, Chencinski left Rovers midway through his second season with the club after they signed Alan Mannus as a replacement.[30]

International career

Chancinski is eligible to play for the national teams of Canada, Israel and Poland.[8]

Chencinski represented Canada at the 2005 Maccabiah Games.[31]

On March 14, 2013, Chencinski received his first call up by the Canada national team for friendlies against Japan and Belarus.[32] Chencinski made his debut for the national team on March 25 starting the game against Belarus after Milan Borjan was benched following the loss to Japan, the game ended in a 2–0 defeat to the European nation.[33][34]

Coaching career

In 2013, he was one of the coaches of Maccabi Canada's youth soccer team.[35][36]

Honours

Maccabi Tel Aviv

See also

References
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