Itay Shechter
Itay Shechter Menachem (Hebrew איתי מנחם שכטר; born February 22, 1987 in Ramat Yishai ) is an Israeli football player of Romanian descent.
Career
Club career
Youth
Shechter began his career in the youth team of Hapoel Haifa, where he was brought to the youth department of Hapoel Nazareth Illit in 2001. When the guys from Nazareth, he came into the first team in 2005.
Hapoel Nazareth Illit
In his first season Shechter was relegated with the club already from the highest Israeli league. The club was indeed equal points with Hapoel Kfar Saba, but you got off because of goal difference.
Maccabi Netanya
Then moved the striker for Maccabi Netanya. In the first season they were runners-up and was able to qualify for the UEFA Cup. His first game at European club level made the Israeli On 16 August 2007 against the representative of Portugal, União Leiria in the qualification for the UEFA Cup. The game finished 0-0 in Leiria, played by Shechter and received a yellow card, but could not qualify by a defeat in the second leg of the final round. At the end of the season you 2007/08er was again runner-up.
Hapoel Tel Aviv
After a fourth place finish in 2008/ 09 with Netanya Shechter moved the beginning of the 2009/10 season to Hapoel Tel Aviv. There he was able to qualify for the first time for the Europa League. Hapoel won the group before the German Bundesliga and the UEFA Cup last year's semi-finalist Hamburger SV, Scottish first division club Celtic and the Austrian giants Rapid Vienna and came in the Round of 32 Shechter scored in six games two goals ( against HSV and Rapid).
1 FC Kaiserslautern
After several months of negotiations, which were hampered mainly by the unexplained power relations at Hapoel Tel Aviv, undertook the first FC Kaiserslautern 11 July 2011 Shechter. He signed a valid for the first and second Bundesliga four-year contract. On opening day, he made his debut for the FCK when he came on against Werder Bremen in the half-time for Richard Sukuta -Pasu. On the second day he scored in the 1-1 draw against FC Augsburg his first Bundesliga goal.
After the derby defeat of the 1st FC Kaiserslautern at the 1 FSV Mainz 05 Shechter was in a pub the next day target of anti -Semitic insults, which ensured nationwide outrage.
Swansea City
In August 2012, Itay Shechter moved from 1 FC Kaiserslautern on loan with option to purchase for the 2012/13 season to Swansea City AFC.
Return to Tel Aviv
On June 13, 2013 Hapoel Tel Aviv announced the commitment Shechter.
Loan to FC Nantes
Since January 31, 2014 Shechter is on loan to FC Nantes.
National
His debut for the Israeli national team gave the striker on April 1, 2009 compared to Heraklion Greece in the World Cup qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Shechter played until the 74th minute before being substituted for Barak Itzhaki. The game was lost with 1:2.