Itay Shechter
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Itay Menachem Shechter is an Israel
i footballer currently playing for 1. FC Kaiserslautern
.
One year later, Shechter moved to the youth club F.C. Emek Izra'el and helped the club promote in four seasons from the fourth league to the first league in youth football. Three years after moving to Emek Izra'el, the youth club was joined to the youth club of Hapoel Nazareth Illit, witch played in the Israeli Premier League at the same season, and the new club was re-named Hapoel Nazareth Illit/Emek Izra'el. Shechter was eventually promoted to the first team of Hapoel Nazareth Illit in the Israeli Premier League.
His first game in the Israeli Premier League was on 29 August 2005 during Nazareth Illit's 1-2 defeat to F.C. Ashdod
, when he came on as a substitute. He scored his first goal in Nazareth Illit first team against Maccabi Netanya in a 3-1 lose in the Israeli Premier League, scoring the only goal for his club in this game.
Shechter has made 10 appearances for the Israel national under-21 football team
, was capped several times at youth level. His first appearance in the U-21 team was on the losing side to Cyprus
, losing 2-1 in a friendly game, Shechter scored the only goal for the Israeli team in this game.
In 2006 Shechter moved to Maccabi Netanya because he wanted to move to a bigger club than Nazareth Illit, who had just been relegated to Liga Leumit
.
After 3 years with Maccabi Netanya
on 23 July 2009 he moved for $500,000 to Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. where he played until 2011.
He scored in his debut with Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. in UEFA Europa League 3-1 win against IFK Goteborg
on the third qualifying round.
On August 18, 2010, Shechter made headlines during a UEFA Champions League
playoff match against Red Bull Salzburg in Austria, when he celebrated a goal by pulling a crocheted Hapoel Tel Aviv yarmulke from his sock and placing it on his head, while covering his face in prayer at mid-field. The display earned him a yellow card and garnered attention in Israel, where the gesture was widely interpreted as a triumphant gesture against the Nazi history of Austria’s past. This interpretation was questioned when it was discovered that the head covering was provided to him by a cancer patient and Hapoel Tel Aviv fan.
On July 7, 2011, Shecter's transfer to 1. FC Kaiserslautern
from the Bundesliga
was completed.
, his second goal was against Greece
on October 12, 2010, and his third goal against Côte d'Ivoire in a friendly match on August 10, 2011.
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|2007–08||24||7||4||2||3||0||2||0||33||9
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|2008–09||29||7||4||0||3||0||2||0||38||7
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|2009–10
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|2010–11
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|2011–12 Fußball-Bundesliga
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n origin. While playing for Maccabi Netanya, Shechter attended Torah
classes twice a week. Additionally, Shechter puts on Tefillin
every morning as he believes that if he does not do so, he will have a bad day.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i footballer currently playing for 1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern, also known as 1. FCK, FCK or simply Kaiserslautern, is a German association football club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. On 2 June 1900, Germania 1896 and FG Kaiserslautern merged to create FC 1900...
.
Career
Shechter started his career in Hapoel Haifa youth team where in 1999-00 he won the Israeli Youth Cup being 13 years old.One year later, Shechter moved to the youth club F.C. Emek Izra'el and helped the club promote in four seasons from the fourth league to the first league in youth football. Three years after moving to Emek Izra'el, the youth club was joined to the youth club of Hapoel Nazareth Illit, witch played in the Israeli Premier League at the same season, and the new club was re-named Hapoel Nazareth Illit/Emek Izra'el. Shechter was eventually promoted to the first team of Hapoel Nazareth Illit in the Israeli Premier League.
His first game in the Israeli Premier League was on 29 August 2005 during Nazareth Illit's 1-2 defeat to F.C. Ashdod
F.C. Ashdod
F.C. Ashdod is an Israeli football club, playing in the port city of Ashdod. The unorthodox name of the team is the result of the union of two city rivals, Hapoel Ashdod and Maccabi Ironi Ashdod...
, when he came on as a substitute. He scored his first goal in Nazareth Illit first team against Maccabi Netanya in a 3-1 lose in the Israeli Premier League, scoring the only goal for his club in this game.
Shechter has made 10 appearances for the Israel national under-21 football team
Israel national under-21 football team
Israel's national Under-21 team , also known as Israel Under-21s or Israel U-21s, is considered to be the feeder team for the Israel national football team...
, was capped several times at youth level. His first appearance in the U-21 team was on the losing side to Cyprus
Cyprus national under-21 football team
The Cyprus national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team for Cyprus and like the senior team, is controlled by the Cyprus Football Association....
, losing 2-1 in a friendly game, Shechter scored the only goal for the Israeli team in this game.
In 2006 Shechter moved to Maccabi Netanya because he wanted to move to a bigger club than Nazareth Illit, who had just been relegated to Liga Leumit
Liga Leumit
Liga Leumit is the second tier in the Israeli football league system below the Premier League.-Structure:There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the lowest-placed team are relegated to Liga Alef while the highest-placed team from Liga Alef are promoted in their place...
.
After 3 years with Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Netanya F.C. is an Israeli football club based in Netanya. Established in 1934, the club were founding members of the Israeli League in 1949. After winning their first championship in 1970, the club's golden period lasted until the late 1980s, including four more league titles and a double...
on 23 July 2009 he moved for $500,000 to Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. where he played until 2011.
He scored in his debut with Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. in UEFA Europa League 3-1 win against IFK Goteborg
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, the club has won 18 national championship titles, five national cup titles, and two UEFA Cups....
on the third qualifying round.
On August 18, 2010, Shechter made headlines during a UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
playoff match against Red Bull Salzburg in Austria, when he celebrated a goal by pulling a crocheted Hapoel Tel Aviv yarmulke from his sock and placing it on his head, while covering his face in prayer at mid-field. The display earned him a yellow card and garnered attention in Israel, where the gesture was widely interpreted as a triumphant gesture against the Nazi history of Austria’s past. This interpretation was questioned when it was discovered that the head covering was provided to him by a cancer patient and Hapoel Tel Aviv fan.
On July 7, 2011, Shecter's transfer to 1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern, also known as 1. FCK, FCK or simply Kaiserslautern, is a German association football club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. On 2 June 1900, Germania 1896 and FG Kaiserslautern merged to create FC 1900...
from the Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
was completed.
International career
He scored his first national goal on October 9, 2010, in the 2-1 loss against CroatiaCroatia national football team
The Croatia national football team represents Croatia in international football. The team is controlled by the Croatian Football Federation, the governing body for football in the country, and has been managed since 2006 by former player Slaven Bilić...
, his second goal was against Greece
Greece national football team
The Greece national football team represents Greece in association football and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation, the governing body for football in Greece. Greece's home ground is Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus and their head coach is Fernando Santos...
on October 12, 2010, and his third goal against Côte d'Ivoire in a friendly match on August 10, 2011.
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 9, 2010 | Ramat Gan Stadium | 1-2 | Lose | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying The qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 2012 is a series of parallel association football competitions held over 2010 and 2011 to decide the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2012, to be held in Poland and Ukraine... |
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| 2 | October 12, 2010 | Karaiskakis Stadium Karaiskakis Stadium Karaiskakis Stadium is in the Neo Faliro area of Piraeus, Greece. It is the home ground of Olympiacos F.C. and is named after Georgios Karaiskakis , hero of the Greek War of Independence, who was mortally wounded near the area.... |
1-2 | Lose | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying The qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 2012 is a series of parallel association football competitions held over 2010 and 2011 to decide the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2012, to be held in Poland and Ukraine... |
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| 3 | August 10, 2011 | Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny, nicknamed "le Félicia", is a multi-purpose stadium, which can host football, rugby and athletics, in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. It is the national stadium of the Côte d'Ivoire national football team. It is named after the first president of the country, Félix... |
3-4 | Lose | Friendly |
Statistics
|-|2006–07||rowspan="3"|Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Netanya F.C. is an Israeli football club based in Netanya. Established in 1934, the club were founding members of the Israeli League in 1949. After winning their first championship in 1970, the club's golden period lasted until the late 1980s, including four more league titles and a double...
||rowspan="3"|Israeli Premier League||30||7||1||0||8||0||2||0||41||7
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|2007–08||24||7||4||2||3||0||2||0||33||9
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|2008–09||29||7||4||0||3||0||2||0||38||7
|-
|2009–10
2009–10 Israeli Premier League
The 2009–10 Israeli Premier League was the 11th season since its introduction in 1999 and the 68th season of top-tier football in Israel. It began on 22 August 2009 and ended on 15 May 2010 with the last matches of the playoff round....
||rowspan="2"|Hapoel Tel Aviv||rowspan="2"|Israeli Premier League|||34||22||5||4||2||2||11||3||52||31
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|2010–11
2010–11 Israeli Premier League
The 2010–11 Israeli Premier League was the twelfth season since its introduction in 1999 and the 69th season of top-tier football in Israel. It began on 21 August 2010 and ended on 21 May 2011. Hapoel Tel Aviv were the defending champions....
||11||4||0||0||3||0||9||3||23||7
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|2011–12 Fußball-Bundesliga
2011–12 Fußball-Bundesliga
The 2011–12 Fußball-Bundesliga is the 49th season of the Fußball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier football league. The season started on 5 August 2011 with the season opening match involving defending champions Borussia Dortmund and will end with the last games on 5 May 2012...
||1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern, also known as 1. FCK, FCK or simply Kaiserslautern, is a German association football club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. On 2 June 1900, Germania 1896 and FG Kaiserslautern merged to create FC 1900...
||Fußball-Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
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Personal life
Schechter is Jewish of RomaniaRomania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n origin. While playing for Maccabi Netanya, Shechter attended Torah
Torah
Torah- A scroll containing the first five books of the BibleThe Torah , is name given by Jews to the first five books of the bible—Genesis , Exodus , Leviticus , Numbers and Deuteronomy Torah- A scroll containing the first five books of the BibleThe Torah , is name given by Jews to the first five...
classes twice a week. Additionally, Shechter puts on Tefillin
Tefillin
Tefillin also called phylacteries are a set of small black leather boxes containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah, which are worn by observant Jews during weekday morning prayers. Although "tefillin" is technically the plural form , it is loosely used as a singular as...
every morning as he believes that if he does not do so, he will have a bad day.
Honours
- Israeli Premier League:
- Winner (1): 2009-10
- Runner-up (3): 2006-07, 2007–08, 2010–11
- Israel State CupIsrael State CupThe State Cup , is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israeli Football Association.The State Cup was first held in 1927–28 as the Palestine Cup...
:- Winner (1): 2010
External links
- League Stats at IFA
- National Team Stats at IFA
- National Football Teams