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Itzhak Shum

Itzhak Shum is an Israeli former football player and coach who played for Israel at the 1970 World Cup and later coached clubs in Israel and abroad.

born 1948Israel's 1970 World Cup squadMaccabi Haifa in the Champions LeaguePanathinaikos double in 2004Beitar Jerusalem double in 2008

Born: 1 September 1948, Chișinău
Occupation: association football player, association football coach

Itzhak Shum was born in 1948 in Chișinău

Shum was born on 1 September 1948 in Kishinev, then part of the Soviet Union. He came to Israel with his family as a child and grew up in Shikun Aliya in Kfar Saba. He played in the youth team of Hapoel Kfar Saba.

He spent his whole playing career at Hapoel Kfar Saba as a midfielder and served as its captain. He won the State Cup with the club in 1975 and 1980 and the league title in the 1981/1982 season.

For Israel he made 78 appearances and scored 10 goals. He played at the 1968 and 1976 Olympic Games and at the 1970 World Cup, and he captained the national team for several years.

As a coach he was an assistant with the Israel national team from 1992. In the 2002/2003 season he led Maccabi Haifa to the Champions League group stage, a first for an Israeli club. He then won the Greek league and cup with Panathinaikos and the Israeli league and State Cup with Beitar Jerusalem in 2008.

He later coached Alki Larnaca in Cyprus and was a director at Bnei Yehuda. In July 2017 he became the owner of Hapoel Kfar Saba.