Shon Edri (or Sean Edry, he, שון עדרי; born 9 August 2004) is an Israeli professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

center-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

for Israeli

Liga Leumit Liga Leumit ( he, ליגה לאומית, lit. ''National League'') is the second division of the Israeli Football League, and below its Premier League. Structure There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the two lowest-place ...

club Hapoel Ramat HaSharon, on loan from

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...

, and the Israel national under-20 team.

Early life

Edri was born and raised in

Gedera Gedera, or less commonly known as Gdera ( he, גְּדֵרָה), is a town in the southern part of the Shfela region in the Central District of Israel founded in 1884. It is south of Rehovot. In , it had a population of . History Gedera ...

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 both

Mizrahi Jewish Mizrahi Jews ( he, יהודי המִזְרָח), also known as ''Mizrahim'' () or ''Mizrachi'' () and alternatively referred to as Oriental Jews or ''Edot HaMizrach'' (, ), are a grouping of Jewish communities comprising those who remained i ...

and

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

descent (

French-Jewish The history of the Jews in France deals with Jews and Jewish communities in France since at least the Early Middle Ages. France was a centre of Jewish learning in the Middle Ages, but Persecution of Jews, persecution increased over time, includ ...

). He also holds a French passport, on account of his Sephardi Jewish descent (French-Jewish) ancestors, which eases the move to certain European football leagues.

Club career

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Edri started his career in the

's children team. On 3 March 2022 Edri made his senior debut with at the 4–0 win against Maccabi Jaffa at the

Israeli State Cup The Israel State Cup ( he, גביע המדינה, ''Gvia HaMedina''), is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israel Football Association (IFA). The State Cup was first held in 1928 as the People's Cup. Because it involve ...

. On 18 July 2022 Edri signed for 3 years at the senior team and was immediately loaned to Hapoel Ashdod.

International career

He plays for the Israel national under-19 team.

Career statistics

Club

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* * * * * 2004 births Living people Israeli men's footballers Sephardi Jews Israeli Mizrahi Jews Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players Hapoel Ashdod F.C. players Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon F.C. players Liga Leumit players Footballers from Central District (Israel) Sportspeople from Gedera Israel men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders Israeli people of Moroccan-Jewish descent Israeli people of French-Jewish descent {{Israel-footy-bio-stub French men's footballers