Idan Nachmias ( he, עידן נחמיאס; born 17 March 1997) is an Israeli professional

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who plays as a

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for Maccabi Tel Aviv and the Israel national team.

Early life

Nachmias was born in

kibbutz A kibbutz ( he, קִבּוּץ / , lit. "gathering, clustering"; plural: kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1909, was Degania. Today, farming h ...

Ein Zivan Ein Zivan ( he, עֵין זִיוָן) is an Israeli settlement organized as a kibbutz in the northern Golan Heights, under the jurisdiction of the Golan Regional Council. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the Golan Hei ...

, Israel, to an Israeli family of

Sephardic Jewish Sephardic (or Sephardi) Jews (, ; lad, Djudíos Sefardíes), also ''Sepharadim'' , Modern Hebrew: ''Sfaradim'', Tiberian: Səp̄āraddîm, also , ''Ye'hude Sepharad'', lit. "The Jews of Spain", es, Judíos sefardíes (or ), pt, Judeus sefar ...

descent. He was grew up in

moshav A moshav ( he, מוֹשָׁב, plural ', lit. ''settlement, village'') is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 an ...

Ani'am, Israel.

Club career

Nachmias made his professional debut for

Ironi Kiryat Shmona Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona Football Club ( he, מועדון כדורגל הפועל עירוני קרית שמונה) known as Ironi Kiryat Shmona is an Israeli football club based in Kiryat Shmona. The club is a current member of the Israeli Pr ...

in the Israeli Premier League on 6 May 2017, coming on as a substitute in the 58th minute for

Ahmed Abed Ahmed Abed ( ar, أحمد عبد, he, אחמד עאבד; born March 30, 1990) is an Israeli footballer who plays as a forward for Liga Leumit club Ironi Tiberias. Career Abed started his career at Maccabi Akhi Nazareth youth system. On Decem ...

against

Hapoel Kfar Saba 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 ...

, which finished as a 1–4 home loss. On 21 June 2021, Nachmias signed for 4 years in Maccabi Tel Aviv.

International career

Nachmias made his international debut for Israel on 14 October 2020 in the UEFA Nations League, coming on as a substitute for Orel Dgani in the third minute of second-half stoppage time against Slovakia. The away match finished as a 3–2 win.

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* * * 1997 births Living people Israeli Jews Israeli Sephardi Jews Israeli men's footballers Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C. players Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players Israel men's youth international footballers Israel men's under-21 international footballers Israel men's international footballers Men's association football central defenders Israeli Premier League players Footballers from Northern District (Israel) {{Israel-footy-bio-stub