Ilay Elmkies
 Elmkies in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ilay Eliyahu Elmkies | ||
| Date of birth | 10 March 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Nahariya, Israel | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bnei Sakhnin | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Beitar Nahariya | |||
| Maccabi Haifa | |||
| –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) |
| 2023– | Bnei Sakhnin | 19 | (1) |
| 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) |
| 2019–2020 | Israel | 5 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:10, 16 October 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 June 2022 | |||
Ilay Eliyau Elmkies (or Elmakayes,[2] Hebrew: עילי אליהו אלמקייס; born 10 March 2000) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Israeli Premier League club Bnei Sakhnin. He has been capped by the Israel national team.
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.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 September 2020 | Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel |  Slovakia |
1–1 | 1–1 | 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B |
See also
References
- ^ "PROFIS". FC FLYERALARM ADMIRA (in German). Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ "ההתאחדות לכדורגל בישראל - Ilay ELMAKAYES".
- ^ a b "Ilay Elmkies: Thiago Alcantara's heir, a budding actor, and Hoffenheim's wonderkid". Bundesliga. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "הישראלי שהרשים את סיטי - ספורט 5". 3 June 2019.
- ^ "Israel Hayom". Archived from the original on 6 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ "Israel - I. Elmkies - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
- ^ "Israel v Latvia game report". ESPN. 15 October 2019.
- ^ "Israel vs. Slovakia - 7 September 2020 - Soccerway".
External links
- Ilay Elmkies at Soccerway
- Ilay Elmkies at WorldFootball.net