Itamar Nitzan (or Nizan,[1] Hebrew: איתמר ניצן; born 23 June 1987) is an Israeli footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Maccabi Haifa.[2]

Itamar Nitzan
Personal information
Full name Itamar Nitzan
Date of birth (1987-06-23) 23 June 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Herzliya, Israel
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Maccabi Haifa
Number 16
Youth career
Maccabi Herzliya
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2011 Maccabi Herzliya 85 (0)
2011Hapoel Tel Aviv (loan) 5 (0)
2011–2018 Ironi Kiryat Shmona 57 (0)
2013–2014Ironi Ramat HaSharon (loan) 33 (0)
2014–2016Maccabi Petah Tikva (loan) 40 (0)
2018–2022 Beitar Jerusalem 120 (0)
2022–2023 Maccabi Netanya 32 (0)
2023– Maccabi Haifa 2 (0)
International career
2004 Israel U17 1 (0)
2005–2006 Israel U19 5 (0)
2008 Israel U21 1 (0)
2021– Israel 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 June 2021

Early life edit

Nitzan was born and raied in Herzliya, Israel, to an Israeli family of Jewish descent.[3]

International career edit

He made his debut for Israel national football team on 5 June 2021 in a friendly against Montenegro. He played a full game in a 3–1 away victory.[4]

Honours edit

Beitar Jerusalem

Maccabi Haifa

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Itamar Nitzan at WorldFootball.net  
  2. ^ Itamar Nitzan at Soccerway
  3. ^ https://iturank8.co.il/%d7%97%d7%a0%d7%95%d7%9b%d7%94-%d7%a0%d7%95%d7%a1%d7%97-%d7%a7%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%99%d7%aa-%d7%a9%d7%9e%d7%95%d7%a0%d7%94/
  4. ^ "Montenegro v Israel game report". ESPN. 5 June 2021.

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