Ilay Madmon (or Ilai Madmoun, he, איליי מדמון; born 23 February 2003) is an Israeli professional

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who plays as a centre-midfielder for Israeli Premier League club

Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Be'er Sheva Football Club ( he, מועדון הכדורגל הפועל באר שבע, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Be'er Sheva'') is an Israeli football club from the city of Be'er Sheva, that competes in the Israeli Premier League. The cl ...

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the Israel national under-20 team, and plays for the Israel national under-21 team.

Early life

Madmon was born and raised in

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Ein HaBesor,

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, to an Israeli family of

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( Yemeni-Jewish) and Sephardi Jewish descent. His father Moshe Madmon hails from a local agricultural family who mainly specializes in growing tomatoes. He also holds a Spanish passport, on account of his Sephardi Jewish ancestors, which eases the move to certain European football leagues.

Club career

Hapoel Beer Sheva

Madmon made his senior debut with Israeli Premier League club

on 4 July 2020, as well as in the opening line-up against Hapoel Haifa, in a home match that ended in a 3–1 win for his team. Madmon made his senior debut in the

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against German side Bayer Leverkusen on 26 November 2020, coming in as an 81st-minute substitute in a 1–4 away loss.

International career

Since 2021 to 2022, he has played for as well as captained the Israel national under-19 team during the

2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship The 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-19 Euro 2022) was the 19th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship (69th edition if the Under-18 and Junior eras are included), the annual international youth footba ...

first qualifiers and all its way to the

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against England U-19 on 1 July 2022, where his native Israel finished 2nd. He also scored against Austria U-19 during the group stage. Madmon was officially named by

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as part of its "2022 Under-19 EURO Team of the Tournament". Thanks to that, the Israel U-20 has also qualified to the

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, which Madmon currently

.https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/tournaments/mens/u20worldcup/argentina-2023/teams/israel/squad He also capped once with the Israel U-21 in 2022.

Career statistics

Club

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Honours

Club

;Hapoel Be'er Sheva *

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: 2019–20 *

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;Beitar Jerusalem *Israel State Cup:

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2022 Under-19 EURO Team of the Tournament
July 5, 2022

References

2003 births Living people Jewish men's footballers Israeli Mizrahi Jews Israeli Sephardi Jews Israeli men's footballers Citizens of Spain through descent Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. players Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. players Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players Israeli Premier League players Liga Leumit players Footballers from Southern District (Israel) Israeli people of Yemeni-Jewish descent Israel men's youth international footballers Israel men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football midfielders {{israel-footy-bio-stub

Early life

Club career

Hapoel Beer Sheva

International career

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

See also

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