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Itay Shechter

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli footballer currently playing for hapoel tel aviv”. Today it says “retired israeli professional footballer who played as a striker”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 June 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 January 2016”. It now reads “Israeli footballer * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:50, 15 May 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23 November 2022 (UTC)”.
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Israeli footballer * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:50, 15 May 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23 November 2022 (UTC) Itay Menachem Shechter (or Etey Schechter, ; born 22 February 1987) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a forward for Hapoel Petah Tikva .1 He has played for the Israel national under-18 football team , Israel national under-19 football team , Israel national under-21 football team , and Israel national football team . He won a gold medal at the 2005 Maccabiah Games with Team Israel. He has formerly played for Hapoel Nazareth Illit , Maccabi Netanya , 1.2 Shechter - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway" .

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli footballer currently playing for hapoel tel aviv”. Today it says “retired israeli professional footballer who played as a striker”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 June 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 January 2016”. It now reads “Israeli footballer * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:50, 15 May 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23 November 2022 (UTC)”. Read the current article and compare.
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israeli footballer currently playing for hapoel tel aviv

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retired israeli professional footballer who played as a striker

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