Ilay Elmkies

Ilay Eliyau Elmkies (or Elmakayes,[2] Hebrew: עילי אליהו אלמקייס; born (2000-03-10)10 March 2000) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Israel national team.

Ilay Elmkies
Elmkies in 2022
Personal information
Full name Ilay Eliyahu Elmkies
Date of birth (2000-03-10) 10 March 2000
Place of birth Nahariya, Israel
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Beitar Nahariya
Maccabi Haifa
0000–2015 SV Sinsheim
2015–2019 1899 Hoffenheim
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 1899 Hoffenheim II 22 (1)
2020–2022 1899 Hoffenheim 1 (0)
2020–2021 → ADO Den Haag (loan) 9 (0)
2021–2022 → Admira Wacker (loan) 12 (0)
2022–2023 1899 Hoffenheim II 28 (0)
International career‡
2015–2016 Israel U16 9 (0)
2016–2017 Israel U17 12 (0)
2018–2019 Israel U19 9 (0)
2019–2022 Israel U21 7 (0)
2019– Israel 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 June 2022

Early and personal life

Elmkies was born and raised in Nahariya, Israel, to an Israeli family of both Mizrahi Jewish and Sephardi Jewish (French-Jewish) descent.[3]

He also holds a French passport, on account of his Sephardi Jewish (French-Jewish) ancestors, which eases the move to certain European football leagues.[4][5]

Elmkies speaks Hebrew and English and has quickly mastered German. A film looking at the Jewish experience in the German village of Hoffenheim during World War II aired in 2018 at the Sinsheimer Citydome. He played a leading role, and provided commentary in all three languages.[3]

Club career

A 1899 Hoffenheim youth product in Germany, Elmkies was promoted to the club's senior reserve team 1899 Hoffenheim II in 2019.[6]

International career

He also plays for the Israel national Under-21 team since 2019.

Elmkies received his first call-up to the senior Israel national team in October 2019 ahead of the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers matches against Austria and Latvia. He made his senior debut on 15 October 2019 in a home match against Latvia; he was substituted in the 76' minute, as his native Israel won 3–1.[7]

On 7 September 2020, he scored his first goal – an equalizer in the 91' minute for the senior Israeli squad in a 2020–21 UEFA Nations League home match against Slovakia, that ended in a 1–1 draw.[8]

Career statistics

International goals
Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Elmkies goal.
List of international goals scored by Ilay Elmkies
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
17 September 2020Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel Slovakia1–11–12020–21 UEFA Nations League B

See also

References
  1. "PROFIS". FC FLYERALARM ADMIRA (in German). Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  2. "ההתאחדות לכדורגל בישראל - Ilay ELMAKAYES".
  3. "Ilay Elmkies: Thiago Alcantara's heir, a budding actor, and Hoffenheim's wonderkid". Bundesliga. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  4. "הישראלי שהרשים את סיטי - ספורט 5".
  5. https://www.israelhayom.co.il/article/487587
  6. "Israel - I. Elmkies - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
  7. "Israel v Latvia game report". ESPN. 15 October 2019.
  8. "Israel vs. Slovakia - 7 September 2020 - Soccerway".


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