Itzhak Shum ( he, יצחק שום; born 1 September 1948 in Kishinev,

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) is a retired Israeli football player and manager, and currently the owner of Hapoel Kfar Saba.

Playing career

He played 78 times and scored 10 goals for Israel national football team and was a participant at the 1970 FIFA World Cup and the

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and

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Olympic Games.

Manager career

In the 2002–03 season, Shum was appointed to the manager of

Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa ( he, מכבי חיפה) is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football ...

replacing the next national manager

Avram Grant Avraham "Avram" Grant ( he, אברהם "אברם" גרנט; born Avraham Granat; ) is an Israeli professional football manager. He has spent the majority of his career coaching and managing in Israel, winning a number of national league and cup ...

. With shum. Haifa became the first ever Israeli team to reach the

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group stage. However, he lost the Israeli championship to

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...

because of better goal difference. In the end of the season he left to

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. He is one of

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

's most successful coaches ever working abroad, having led Greek side

Panathinaikos Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba ...

to the double in 2004 and was the first time that

had won the

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since 1996 and the Greek cup since 1995. Nevertheless, Shum was given the sack early on in the following season. Shum has also unsuccessfully managed Bulgarian side

Litex Lovech Litex ( bg, Литекс) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Lovech, which currently competes in the Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club. The club's home ground is the Gradski Stadion ...

and Russian side Alania Vladikavkaz. Not only this but Shum has also been a successful manager in his homeland. In the 2002–03 season Shum made history by leading Maccabi Haifa to become the first Israeli team to qualify for the group phase of the

. In the group phase, the team defeated

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and the legendary Manchester United 3:0 , that is still one of the greatest wins of an Israeli team ever. Haifa finished the group in third place with 7 points, allowing Maccabi Haifa a place in the

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. Shum was most recently the manager of Israeli side Hapoel Tel Aviv, after he replaced

Dror Kashtan Dror Kashtan ( he, דרור קשטן, born 1 October 1944) is an Israeli former football player and manager. As a player, he represented the Israeli national team three times. As a manager, he took charge of numerous clubs as well as the Israel ...

. He led Hapoel into the Knockout stage of the 2006–07 UEFA Cup after beating

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side

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4–1 on aggregate in the first round, and progressing in 2nd place from their group. In the 2007–08 season, Shum managed

Beitar Jerusalem Beitar Jerusalem Football Club ( he, מועדון כדורגל בית"ר ירושלים, Moadon Kaduregel Beitar Yerushalayim), commonly known as Beitar Jerusalem () or simply as Beitar (), is an Israeli football club based in the city of Jerus ...

for a year and was very successful by leading the team to a double. the

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championship and the

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, Making it the first time that Beitar Jerusalem toke both of the titles in the same season. In the 2009–10 season, Shum returned as Beitar Jerusalem manager, alongside the new assistant manager

David Amsalem David Amsalem ( he, דוד אמסלם; born on 4 September 1971 in Israel) is an Israeli retired footballer. Career He started his career with Bnei Yehuda and then joined Hapoel Tel Aviv whom he played for during the 1994–1995 season. He be ...

. On 26 January 2010 he won

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, but did not finish that season in his role. David Amsalem replaced him. On 21 October 2010, Shum was appointed as the manager of Alki from the

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Honours

As player

Hapoel Kfar Saba *

: 1981–82 * Israel State Cup: 1975, 1980

As manager

Hapoel Kfar Saba * Israeli Second Division: 2001–02 Panathinaikos * Super League Greece: 2003–04 *

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: 2004 Beitar Jerusalem *

: 2007–08 * Israel State Cup: 2008 *

: 2010

References

1948 births Living people Footballers from Chișinău Soviet Jews Moldovan Jews Israeli Jews Israeli footballers Israeli football managers Israel international footballers Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. players 1970 FIFA World Cup players Olympic footballers of Israel Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Maccabi Sha'arayim F.C. managers Beitar Tel Aviv F.C. managers Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. managers Maccabi Haifa F.C. managers Panathinaikos F.C. managers PFC Litex Lovech managers FC Spartak Vladikavkaz managers Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. managers Beitar Jerusalem F.C. managers Alki Larnaca FC managers Russian Premier League managers Israeli people of Moldovan-Jewish descent Moldovan emigrants to Israel Soviet emigrants to Israel Footballers from Kfar Saba Expatriate football managers in Greece Expatriate football managers in Bulgaria Expatriate football managers in Russia Expatriate football managers in Cyprus Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Greece Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Russia Israeli expatriate football managers in Cyprus Association football midfielders Asian Games silver medalists for Israel Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1974 Asian Games Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games {{Israel-footy-bio-stub