Leonid Krupnik

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Leo Krupnik | image =MHFC-LeoKroupnik.gif | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|7|15}} | birth_place = Khmelnytskyi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) | height = {{convert|1.91|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | position = Defender | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 1995–1997 | youthclubs1 = San Francisco Vikings | youthyears2 = 1997–2001 | youthclubs2 = California Golden Bears | years1 = 2002 | clubs1 = Des Moines Menace | caps1 = 11 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2002 | clubs2 = MetroStars | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2002–2003 | clubs3 = Wilmington Hammerheads | caps3 = 27 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 2003–2005 | clubs4 = Charleston Battery | caps4 = 27 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2005–2006 | clubs5 = Maccabi Netanya | caps5 = 24 | goals5 = 1 | years6 = 2006 | clubs6 = Maccabi Herzliya | caps6 = 7 | goals6 = 1 | years7 = 2007–2008 | clubs7 = Bnei Sakhnin | caps7 = 41 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2008–2009 | clubs8 = Maccabi Haifa | caps8 = 30 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2009 | clubs9 = New York Red Bulls | caps9 = 3 | goals9 = 0 | years10 = 2010–2013 | clubs10 = Maccabi Netanya | caps10 = 84 | goals10 = 0 | years11 = 2013 | clubs11 = → Hapoel Petah Tikva (loan) | caps11 = 8 | goals11 = 0 | years12 = 2013–2014 | clubs12 = Maccabi Umm al-Fahm | caps12 = 30 | goals12 = 0 | years13 = 2014–2015 | clubs13 = Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa | caps13 = 13 | goals13 = 0 | years14 = 2015 | clubs14 = Sektzia Nes Tziona | caps14 = 15 | goals14 = 0 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | pcupdate = December 31, 2012 | ntupdate = }} {{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }} {{MedalSport | Football}} {{MedalCompetition|Maccabiah Games}} {{MedalSilver | 2005 Maccabiah | Football }} {{MedalBottom}}

'''Leonid Krupnik'''{{efn|{{langx|uk|Леонід Крупнік|{{transliteration|uk|ukrainian|Leonid Krupnik}}}};<br>{{Langx|he|ליאוניד קרופניק}}}} (born July 15, 1979) is a former footballer and current coach. He played college soccer at the University of California, Berkeley. He played soccer professionally for the Des Moines Menace, MetroStars, Wilmington Hammerheads, Charleston Battery, Maccabi Netanya, Maccabi Herzliya, Bnei Sakhnin, Maccabi Haifa, New York Red Bulls, Maccabi Netanya, Hapoel Petah Tikva, Maccabi Umm al-Fahm, Maccabi Kabilio Jaffa, and Sektzia Nes Tziona. He won a silver medal at the 2005 Maccabiah Games in Israel with Team USA.

==Career==

===Youth and college=== Krupnik was born in Ukraine and is Jewish.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/12/sports/soccer/12soccer.html|title=A Player Lands Comfortably on a Solid Team in Israel|first=Jack|last=Bell|newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 12, 2007}}</ref> He moved with his parents, Mark and Rita, and brother Vladimir, from his native Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine, to the United States in the 1990s, settling in San Francisco, California.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://calbears.com/news/2013/4/17/208196930.aspx|title=Leo Krupnik Bio - The University of California Official Athletic Site|website=California Golden Bears Athletics}}</ref> Initially a promising gymnast, Krupnik was spotted playing football with some friends by the manager of the San Francisco Vikings youth team, and the youngster quickly changed sports.<ref name="auto"/> Krupnik attended and was the team soccer captain of George Washington High School, graduating in 1997.<ref name="auto1"/>

He played four years of college soccer at the University of California, Berkeley ('01), majoring in social welfare. Krupnik was All-Pac-10 honorable mention in 2000 and 2001, Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention in 2000 and first team in 2001.<ref>https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/calberk.sidearmsports.com/documents/2018/9/10/2018_Info_Guide.pdf{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Krupnik was also strong academically, and was on the Dean's Honor List in Fall of 2000.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Dean's Honor List:Fall 2000 |url=http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/honorlist/00fall.html |publisher=University of California, Berkeley |accessdate=March 2, 2007 |archive-date=February 23, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070223110124/http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/honorlist/00fall.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Professional=== Krupnik was drafted with the 69th pick of the 2002 MLS SuperDraft by the MetroStars, but did not make the squad, and instead spent the 2002 season with the Des Moines Menace of the Premier Development League. He was signed by the MetroStars late in the season, again without seeing any first-team action, and was then released on free transfer to the Wilmington Hammerheads. After winning the 2003 championship with Wilmington, Krupnik was signed by Charleston Battery.

During his time in Israel in 2005 with the US Maccabiah Games team, Krupnik caught the eye of a scout from Maccabi Netanya.<ref name="auto"/> Manager Reuven Atar asked Krupnik if he could join the team for training but Krupnik had a contract in the US.<ref name="auto"/> It was his sister, Svetlana, who kept in touch with Reuven Atar and immediately after finishing his contract, Krupnik immigrated to Israel. Krupnik was attractive to Israeli club teams because he was eligible to receive Israeli citizenship and not count as a foreigner.

During the 2005–06 season he got into a contract dispute with the management. After the conclusion of the season, ownership of the club changed hands, and the Israeli manager, Reuven Atar, who brought Krupnik to the club, was fired. Krupnik was expected to return to the United States. Talks ensued between him and Major League Soccer but nothing became final.<ref>{{Cite news |script-title=he:הרכש הראשון של עטר: הבלם קרופניק |url=http://www.one.co.il/c.aspx?target=%2Fnext%2Easp%3Fid%3D79014%26Bz%3D9%26categoryid%3D1%26tableid%3D1%26nocache%3D1 |work=One.co.il |date=October 4, 2006 |language=he |accessdate=December 9, 2006}}</ref>

On July 20, 2006, Reuven Atar was appointed as manager of newly promoted Israeli Premier League club, Maccabi Herzliya. His first action was to sign Krupnik to a contract with the club.<ref>{{Cite news |script-title=he:עטר וקרופניק ישתפו פעולה גם בהרצליה |url=http://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=64&docID=8565&lang=he |work=Sport5.co.il |date=October 4, 2006 |language=he |accessdate=December 9, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929123711/http://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=64&docID=8565&lang=he |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Krupnik stayed with the club until the winter recess when he decided not to continue after Maccabi Herzliya would not agree to a new contract.

After leaving Maccabi Herzliya, Krupnik joined Bnei Sakhnin for the second half of the 2006–07 season and helped the club gain promotion to the Israeli Premier League. The following season Krupnik helped the newly promoted side to a fourth-place finish and qualification to the Intertoto Cup.

On June 17, 2008, Krupnik signed a contract with Maccabi Haifa for 3 years worth $360,000.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://maccabi-haifafc.walla.co.il/ts.cgi?tsscript=player&id=3780 |script-title=he:ליאוניד קרופניק |publisher=Maccabi Haifa F.C. |language=he |accessdate=October 6, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219222526/http://maccabi-haifafc.walla.co.il/ts.cgi?tsscript=player&id=3780 |archive-date=December 19, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> During his first season with the club Krupnik was a fixture in central defense appearing in 30 league matches, and helped Maccabi Haifa clinch their 11th Israeli Premier League title.

Krupnik returned the New York Red Bulls, known as the MetroStars during his first stint with the club, in July 2009. Krupnik made his MLS debut in a 4–0 loss to Colorado Rapids on July 25, 2009, and played in three games for the team before returning to Israel in November, when he was signed for a second stint with Maccabi Netanya.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Red Bulls release Krupnik |url=http://www.bigapplesoccer.com/teams/redbulls2.php?article_id=21353 |work=BigAppleSoccer.com |date=November 18, 2009 |accessdate=October 6, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172025/http://www.bigapplesoccer.com/teams/redbulls2.php?article_id=21353 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Since 2015 Krupnik has been the soccer coach at Menlo-Atherton High School in California.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://paloaltoonline.com/news/2015/09/29/menlo-atherton-finds-a-new-head-coach-for-boys-soccer|title=Menlo-Atherton finds a new head coach for boys soccer|first=Palo Alto Online|last=Sports|website=paloaltoonline.com|date=September 29, 2015 }}</ref>

===International=== In 2005, coach Lev Kirshner picked Krupnik for the United States squad for the 2005 Maccabiah Games, an international Jewish athletic event similar to the Olympics held in Israel every four years. Kirshner brought a talented squad with the most professional experience ever. The American team, which also had Jonathan Bornstein and Benny Feilhaber playing for it, reached the final but lost to the host Israeli team, which was composed of Israel's Under-21 national team players.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SbVGCgAAQBAJ&dq=Jonathan+Bornstein+jewish&pg=PT265|title=The Jewish Olympics: The History of the Maccabiah Games|first=Ron|last=Kaplan|date=July 7, 2015|publisher=Skyhorse Publishing|isbn=9781632208552 |via=Google Books}}</ref>

==Statistics== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! colspan=3 | Club performance ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Cup ! colspan=2 | League Cup ! colspan=2 | Continental ! colspan=2 | Total |- ! Season !! Club !! League ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals |- |- ! colspan=3 | USA ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Open Cup ! colspan=2 | League Cup ! colspan=2 | North America ! colspan=2 | Total |- |2002||Des Moines Menace|||USL PDL||11||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||12||0 |- |2002||rowspan="2"|Wilmington Hammerheads||USL D3 Pro League||rowspan="2"|27||rowspan="2"|1||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||rowspan="2"|30||rowspan="2"|1 |- |2003||USL Pro Select League||3||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0 |- |2003||rowspan="3"|Charleston Battery||rowspan="2"|A-League||rowspan="3"|27||rowspan="3"|0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||rowspan="3"|27||rowspan="3"|0 |- |2004||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0 |- |2005||USL First Division||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0 |- |- ! colspan=3 | Israel ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Israel State Cup ! colspan=2 | Toto Cup ! colspan=2 | Europe ! colspan=2 | Total |- |2005–06||Maccabi Netanya||rowspan="2"|Israeli Premier League||24||1||1||0||4||0||0||0||29||1 |- |2006–07||Maccabi Herzliya||7||1||0||0||2||0||0||0||9||1 |- |2006–07||rowspan="2"|Bnei Sakhnin||Liga Leumit||10||0||0||0||2||0||0||0||12||0 |- |2007–08||rowspan="2"|Israeli Premier League||31||0||1||0||6||0||0||0||38||0 |- |2008–09||Maccabi Haifa||30||0||4||0||5||0||0||0||39||0 |- |- ! colspan=3 | USA ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Open Cup ! colspan=2 | League Cup ! colspan=2 | North America ! colspan=2 | Total |- |2009||New York Red Bulls||Major League Soccer||3||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||3||0 |- |- ! colspan=3 | Israel ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Israel State Cup ! colspan=2 | Toto Cup ! colspan=2 | Europe ! colspan=2 | Total |- |2009–10||rowspan=4|Maccabi Netanya||Israeli Premier League||12||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||12||0 |- |2010–11||Israeli Premier League||31||0||4||0||7||0||0||0||42||0 |- |2011–12||Israeli Premier League||33||0||3||0||3||0||0||0||38||0 |- |2012–13||Israeli Premier League||8||0||0||0||4||0||1||0||13||0 |- |- ! rowspan=1 | Total ! colspan=2 | USA !65||1||4||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||69||1 |- ! rowspan=1 | Total ! colspan=2 | Israel !190||2||12||0||29||0||0||||221||2 |- ! colspan=3 | Career total !243||3||10||0||29||0||0||0||288||3 |}

==Honours== * '''Israeli Premier League (1):''' ** 2008–09

==Notes== {{Notelist}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IFA league player|67018}} * [http://maccabi-haifafc.walla.co.il/ts.cgi?tsscript=e/player&id=3780 Maccabi Haifa profile]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120321230257/http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/krupnik_leo00.html University of California profile]

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