Itay Shechter

Infobox Football biography
playername = Itay Shechter
איתי שכטר


fullname = Itay Menachem Shechter
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1987|2|22
cityofbirth = Ramat Yishay
countryofbirth = Israel
height =
position = Forward
currentclub = Maccabi Netanya
clubnumber = 9
youthyears =
youthclubs = Hapoel Haifa
Hapoel Nazareth Illit/Emek Izra'el
years = 2005–2006
2006-present
clubs = Hapoel Nazareth Illit
Maccabi Netanya
caps(goals) = 21 (3)
56 (15)
nationalyears = 2005
2005-2006
2006-present
2008-present
nationalteam = Israel U17
Israel U18 Israel U21
Israel
nationalcaps(goals) = 6 (9)
16 (6)
10 (4)
0 (0)
pcupdate = 16 October 2007 (UTC)
ntupdate = 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Itay Menachem Shechter ( _he. איתי מנחם שכטר; born 22 February, 1987) is an Israeli footballer currently playing his trade at Maccabi Neyanya.

Cohen started his career in Hapoel Haifa youth team where in 1999-00 he won the Israeli 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 Ligat ha'Al 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 Ligat ha'Al.

His first game in Ligat ha'Al was in 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 Ligat ha'Al, 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.