Ilay Madmon

Ilay Madmon
Personal information
Date of birth	23 February 2003
Place of birth	Ein HaBesor, Israel[1]
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2][3]
Position(s)	Centre-midfielder
Team information
Current team	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Youth career
	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Senior career*
Years	Team
2020–	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
2021–2022	→ Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv (loan)
2022–2023	→ Beitar Jerusalem (loan)
International career‡
2018	Israel U16
2019–2020	Israel U17
2021–2022	Israel U19
2023–	Israel U20
2022–	Israel U21
Medal record
Representing Israel U-19
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Representing Israel U-20
FIFA U-20 World Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2023; ‡ 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 centre-midfielder for Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Be'er Sheva, captains the Israel national under-20 team,[8] and plays for the Israel national under-21 team.[9][6][7]

Early life

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]

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]

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.

As of 1 June 2022[17]

Club	Season	League			State Cup		Toto Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	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

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