Itzhak Shum
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 September 1948 | ||
| Place of birth | Chişinău, Moldavian SSR | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1959–1966 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966–1983 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 455 | (71) |
| National team | |||
| 1969–1981 | Israel | 78 | (10) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1985–1986 | Maccabi Sha'arayim | ||
| 1990–1991 | Beitar Tel Aviv | ||
| 1993–2001 | Israel (assistant manager) | ||
| 1998–2000 | Israel U-21 | ||
| 2001–2002 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | ||
| 2002–2003 | Maccabi Haifa | ||
| 2003–2004 | Panathinaikos | ||
| 2004–2005 | Litex Lovech | ||
| 2005 | Alania Vladikavkaz | ||
| 2006 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | ||
| 2007–2008 | Beitar Jerusalem | ||
| 2009–2010 | Beitar Jerusalem | ||
| 2010–2011 | Alki | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Itzhak Shum (Hebrew: יצחק שום, born 1 September 1948 in Chişinău, Moldavian SSR) is a retired Israeli football player and was lastly the manager of Cypriot First Division side Alki.
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 1968 and 1976 Olympic Games.
In the 2002–03 season, Shum was appointed to the manager of Maccabi Haifa replacing the next national manager Avram Grant. With shum. Haifa became the first ever Israeli team to reach the UEFA Champions League group stage. However, he lost the Israeli championship to Maccabi Tel Aviv because of better goal difference. In the end of the season he left to Greece.
He is one of Israel's most successful coaches ever working abroad, having led Greek side Panathinaikos to the double in 2004 and was the first time that Panathinaikos had won the Greek championship 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 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 UEFA Champions League. In the group phase, the team defeated Olympiacos and the legendary Manchester United despite them not having their strongest team. Haifa finished the group in third place with 7 points, allowing Maccabi Haifa a place in the UEFA Cup.
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