Yitzhak "Itzik" Kornfein (; born 24 September 1971 in
Jerusalem
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) is a retired Israeli
goalkeeper
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who played mostly for
Beitar Jerusalem
Beitar Jerusalem Football Club (), commonly known as Beitar Jerusalem () or simply Beitar (), is an Israeli professional football club based in the city of Jerusalem, that plays in the Israeli Premier League, the top tier in Israeli football ...
Hapoel Jerusalem
Hapoel Jerusalem is a sport organization in Jerusalem as a local branch of the Hapoel movement. The branch was established in the 1920s and represents the city in more sports than any other sport organization in Jerusalem. Today, the club's lead ...
,
Hapoel Ramat Gan
Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim F.C. (, ''Moadon Kaduregel Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim'') is an Israeli football club from Ramat Gan and Givatayim. They currently play in Liga Leumit, the second tier of Israeli football. Home matches are played at Rama ...
,
Hapoel Petah Tikva
Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. () is an Israeli professional football club based in the city of Petah Tikva, currently playing in Israeli Premier League.
Its most successful period was throughout the 1950s and 1960s, in which the club won six League C ...
and
Beitar Tel Aviv
Beitar Tel Aviv Football Club (Hebrew: מועדון כדורגל בית"ר תל אביב) was an Israeli football club based from Tel Aviv. The club merged in 2000 with Shimshon Tel Aviv to create Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv,under-18 and under-21 level, and played five times for the senior national team.
Kornfein started playing for the youth team of
Hapoel Jerusalem
Hapoel Jerusalem is a sport organization in Jerusalem as a local branch of the Hapoel movement. The branch was established in the 1920s and represents the city in more sports than any other sport organization in Jerusalem. Today, the club's lead ...
but after moving to Beitar in 1995, he became a true symbol and icon for Beitar fans. In his last 6 years as an active player, Kornfein was the captain of the Beitar Jerusalem squad.
Kornfein won five titles as a player for Beitar :
3 Championships : 1997, 1998, 2007
1 Toto cup 1997/8 (23 December 1997)
1 Peace cup 2000 (10 September 2000, in Rome)
including back-to-back Championships in 1997 and 1998.
Few days before the beginning of training sessions previous to the 07-08 playing season, Kornfein announced his retirement as a player. He was then named as the club's
general manager
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.
Kornfein holds a BA in
Economics
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Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...
and
Marketing
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Marketing is usually conducted by the seller, typically a retailer or ma ...
from the
Open University of Israel
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Open University ...
, and an MA in
Business Administration
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from the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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