Alon Badat (born December 3, 1989) is an Israeli footballer who plays with

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in the

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. He played college soccer for

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, with whom he was a

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Championship All Star, the

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(OUA) West Rookie of the Year, and

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in Illinois. He has also played professional soccer with Ironi Kiryat Ata F.C., the

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, Portugal FC/SC Toronto,

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, and

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. He won a bronze medal with Team Canada at the

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in Jerusalem, Israel.

Early life

Badat was born in Israel, and moved to Canada at 10 years of age. For high school he attended

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, Canada. His hometown is Thornhill.

Career

After having spent some time with the youth system of Canadian

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, in 2007, at 17 years of age, Badat joined the youth system of Israeli

Maccabi Netanya F.C. Maccabi (sports), Maccabi Netanya F.C. ( he, מועדון כדורגל מכבי נתניה, ''Football Club Maccabi Netanya'') is an Israeli association football, football club based in Netanya. Established in 1934, the club was a founding memb ...

He later played in the

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with Ironi Kiryat Ata F.C., where he appeared in four matches. In 2009, he played in the

with

. At the conclusion of the season he enrolled to play

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with the

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in Toronto, Canada. During his tenure with

, where he studied finance, in 2010 he was named a

Championship All Star, the

(OUA) West Rookie of the Year, and an OUA West Second-Team All-Star. He tied for third in the OUA West in scoring, with 9 goals in 14 games. In 2011 he was a First-Team OUA all-star and Second-Team

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All-Canadian, and was second in the OUA with 14 goals in 14 games. In 2012, he transferred to

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, to play with

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. During the college off-season he played in the

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with

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, where in 2011 he won the regular season title. In 2013 he was MVC Men's Soccer Second Team All-Conference. In 2016, he played in Canada with

, and finished off the season in

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with

. The following season he played in the CSL Second Division with

International

He played for Team Canada at the

in Jerusalem, Israel, winning a bronze medal.

Awards

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First Team: 2013 *

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Scholar All-North/Central Region Second Team: 2013 *All-

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(MVC) 2nd Team: 2013 *MVC Offensive Player of the Week: Oct. 21, 2013 *UNLV Nike Invitational All-Tournament Team: 2013 *MVC Honor Roll: 2014

References

External links

"Alon Badat,"
Israel Football Association {{DEFAULTSORT:Badat, Alon 1989 births Living people Association football midfielders Canadian soccer players Expatriate soccer players in Canada Israeli footballers Israeli expatriate footballers Ironi Kiryat Ata players Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Canada Jewish Canadian sportspeople Jewish footballers Maccabiah Games bronze medalists for Canada Maccabiah Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2013 Maccabiah Games North York Astros players People from Thornhill, Ontario SC Toronto players Scarborough SC players FC Ukraine United players Liga Leumit players Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players York Lions soccer players Bradley Braves men's soccer players Vaughan Azzurri players