Izhak Nash ( he, יצחק נאש, ady, Iицик наш— roughly, "'Itsik Nash"; born June 23, 1989) is a Circassian-Israeli football player.

Career

Nash was born at the Circassian village Kfar Kama at the Lower Galilee and started to play football at the local club, F.C. Kfar Kama. He was raised and educated at the

Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Tel Aviv ( he, הפועל תל אביב) is a sports club in Israel, founded in the 1920s, and part of the Hapoel association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, suc ...

youth team, and later, he was transferred to Gadna Tel Aviv Yehuda. After one year at Gadna, he signed with the Maccabi Herzliya football club. However, an injury prevented from him from continuing with the team, and forcing him to move to lower leagues. In the 2009–2010 season, he returned to his village and played for F.C. Kfar Kama, where he was one of the major players from the team to qualify for a league. A scout for Maccabi Herzliya, his old team, in Kfar Kama saw his performance and signed him back to the team. After a moderate performance in the first season, he scored 19 goals in the second season and was selected as the best player. In 2012, he signed with

Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. ( he, מועדון כדורגל בני יהודה תל אביב, ''Moadon Kaduregel Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv''), commonly referred to as Bnei Yehuda (), is an Israeli football club from the Hatikva Quarter of the city of Te ...

and become the second Circassian player ever at the Israeli Premier League (after Bibras Natcho).Nash, Izhak - Kicker Online
''kicker.de''. After a few months, he was transferred to

F.C. Ashdod SC Ashdod ( he, מועדון ספורט אשדוד, ''Moadon Sport Ashdod'', lit. Sport Club Ashdod, mainly known in Israel by the semi-acronym name , ''Mem Samekh Ashdod'', lit. S.C. Ashdod) is an Israeli football club, playing in the port cit ...

on loan. He is currently the only Circassian player at the Israeli Premier League. Nash has made one appearance with Bnei Yehuda in the 2012–2013 UEFA Europa League.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nash, Izhak 1989 births Living people Israeli people of Circassian descent Israeli men's footballers Gadna Tel Aviv Yehuda F.C. players Maccabi Herzliya F.C. players Hapoel Bnei Tamra F.C. players Maccabi Kafr Kanna F.C. players Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. players F.C. Ashdod players Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan F.C. players Hapoel Afula F.C. players Hapoel Ironi Baqa al-Gharbiyye F.C. players Hapoel Iksal F.C. players Hapoel Kafr Kanna F.C. players Hapoel Asi Gilboa F.C. players Liga Leumit players Israeli Premier League players Footballers from Kfar Kama Men's association football midfielders