Ilay Madmon

Ilay Madmon
Madmon in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-02-23) 23 February 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Ein HaBesor, Israel[1]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2][3]
Position(s) Midfielder[1]
Team information
Current team
Hapoel Jerusalem
Youth career
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2024 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 27 (0)
2021–2022Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv (loan) 34 (2)
2022–2023Beitar Jerusalem (loan) 21 (1)
2024– Hapoel Jerusalem 0 (0)
International career
2018 Israel U16 6 (0)
2019–2020 Israel U17 16 (1)
2021–2022 Israel U19 14 (1)
2023– Israel U20 5 (0)
2022– Israel U21 1 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Israel U-19
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Runner-up 2022 Slovakia Team
Representing  Israel U-20
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Third place 2023 Argentina Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 June 2023

Ilay Madmon[4] (or Ilai Madmoun,[5][6][7] Hebrew: איליי מדמון; born 23 February 2003) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Jerusalem, captains the Israel national under-20 team,[8] and plays for the Israel national under-21 team.[9][6][7]

Early life

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Madmon was born and raised in moshav Ein HaBesor, Israel, to an Israeli family of Mizrahi Jewish (Yemeni-Jewish) and Sephardi Jewish descent.[1][10][2] His father Moshe Madmon hails from a local agricultural family who mainly specializes in growing tomatoes.[1][11]

He also holds a Spanish passport, on account of his Sephardi Jewish ancestors, which eases the move to certain European football leagues.[10][2]

Club career

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Hapoel Beer Sheva

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Madmon made his senior debut with Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Be'er Sheva 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.[12]

Madmon made his senior debut in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League against German side Bayer Leverkusen on 26 November 2020, coming in as an 81st-minute substitute in a 1–4 away loss.[13]

International career

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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 first qualifiers and all its way to the Final against England U-19 on 1 July 2022, where his native Israel finished 2nd.[7][14] He also scored against Austria U-19 during the group stage.[15] Madmon was officially named by UEFA as part of its "2022 Under-19 EURO Team of the Tournament".[7]

Thanks to that, the Israel U-20 has also qualified to the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup, which Madmon currently captains.[16][8]

He also capped once with the Israel U-21 in 2022.

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 1 June 2022[17]
Club Season League State Cup Toto Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2019–20 Israeli Premier League 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2020–21 18 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 25 0
2021–22 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
2022–23 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 5 0
Total 23 0 1 0 2 0 5 0 3 0 34 0
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv 2021–22 Liga Leumit 34 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 37 3
Beitar Jerusalem 2022–23 Israeli Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 57 2 4 1 2 0 5 0 3 0 71 3
Notes

Honours

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Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Beitar Jerusalem
Individual

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "מושב של כבוד: אילי מדמון עשה את הדרך מהמושב לבמה המרכזית של אירופה - וואלה! ספורט". 30 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Ilay Madmon". Worldfootball.net.
  3. ^ "Ilay Madmoun".
  4. ^ "ההתאחדות לכדורגל בישראל - Ilay Madmon". Israel Football Association.
  5. ^ "Instagram".
  6. ^ a b "סיקור משחק ישראל U19 נגד אנגליה U19, 25/06/2022 - ערוץ הספורט".
  7. ^ a b c d "2022 Under-19 EURO Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com. 5 July 2022.
  8. ^ a b https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/tournaments/mens/u20worldcup/argentina-2023/teams/israel/squad [bare URL]
  9. ^ "France-Israel | Under-19 2022". UEFA.com.
  10. ^ a b "נבחרת הנוער של ישראל: הורי השחקנים מגיבים להישג ביורו - וואלה! ספורט". Walla! News. 3 July 2022.
  11. ^ https://www.playmakerstats.com/player.php?id=810225 [bare URL]
  12. ^ "Hapoel Be'er Sheva vs. Hapoel Haifa - 4 July 2020 - Soccerway".
  13. ^ "Leverkusen-H. Beer-Sheva | UEFA Europa League 2020/21". UEFA.com.
  14. ^ "2022 Under-19 EURO final: Israel vs England – meet the teams". UEFA.com. July 2022.
  15. ^ "Israel-Austria | Under-19 2022". UEFA.com.
  16. ^ "Israeli national team can visit Indonesia for U-20 World Cup". Antara News Agency. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  17. ^ Ilay Madmon at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  18. ^ "2022 Under-19 EURO Team of the Tournament". UEFA.com. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2024.