Itzhak Drucker ( he, יצחק דרוקר; born June 3, 1947) is a former Israeli

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defender, who played for

Israel national football team The Israel national football team ( he, נבחרת ישראל בכדורגל, ) represents Israel in international football, and is governed by the Israel Football Association (IFA). Israel's national team is the direct successor of the M ...

between 1966 and 1970. He took part in the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

Biography

Drucker was born in Germany, but his parents immigrated to Israel in 1948. At age of eight, Drucker started his career with

Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. ( he, הפועל פתח תקווה) is an Israeli football club based in the city of Petah Tikva, currently playing in the Liga Leumit. Its most successful period was throughout the 1950s and 1960s, in which the club won ...

's junior club, and at age of seventeen he became as a player at the senior team. After six seasons at the club he left and moved to

Shimshon Tel Aviv F.C. Shimshon Tel Aviv F.C. (, ''Moadon Kaduregel Shimshon Tel Aviv'') is an Israeli football club based in Tel Aviv. In 2000 it merged with Beitar Tel Aviv to create Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv.

There he played for three years, then he played for

Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. ( he, מכבי פתח תקווה) (Full name: "Maccabi Avshalom Ironi Petah Tikva F.C., ) is an Israeli football club based in the city of Petah Tikva. It is part of the Maccabi World Union for international Jewish spo ...

for five years and then he became a member of

Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. ( he, מועדון כדורגל הפועל כפר סבא, ''Moadon Kaduregel Hapoel Kfar Saba'') is an Israeli football club based in Kfar Saba. The club competes in the Liga Leumit and plays home matches at Levita Stadiu ...

for a season.

International career

Drucker made his international debut for Israel national under-19 football team in 1966. However, following his major score during that season,

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, Israel's senior team manager, decided to add him into the senior squad. He took part in international games (1968 Summer Olympics and

1968 AFC Asian Cup The 1968 AFC Asian Cup was the 4th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in Iran between 10 and 19 May 1968. It was organized ...

,The persian market in Tehran
Asher Goldberg, m-pt.co.il ), but he did not take part in the

1970 FIFA World Cup The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May t ...

. Drucker made 18 appearances for the

since 1968 until he was expelled in 1970.

References

External links

Profile of Itzhak Drucker on Hapoel Petah Tikva website
1947 births Living people Israeli footballers Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. players Israeli Premier League players German emigrants to Israel 1968 AFC Asian Cup players Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Israel Association football defenders {{Israel-footy-defender-stub