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Ilay Eliyau Elmkies (or Elmakayes,[1] Hebrew: עילי אלמקייס; born (2000-03-10)10 March 2000) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian Bundesliga club Admira Wacker, on loan from German club 1899 Hoffenheim. He also plays for the Israel national team.

Ilay Elmkies

Personal information
Full name	Ilay Eliyahu Elmkies
Date of birth	(2000-03-10) 10 March 2000 (age 22)
Place of birth	Nahariya, Israel
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Admira Wacker (on loan from 1899 Hoffenheim)
Number	10
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–	1899 Hoffenheim	1	(0)
2020–2021	→ ADO Den Haag (loan)	9	(0)
2021–	→ Admira Wacker (loan)	12	(0)
National team‡
2015–2016	Israel U16	9	(0)
2016–2017	Israel U17	12	(0)
2018–2019	Israel U19	9	(0)
2019–	Israel U21	4	(0)
2019–	Israel	5	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 December 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 October 2020

Early and personal life

Elmkies was born in Nahariya, Israel, to a family of Sephardic Jewish descent.[2]

He also holds a French passport, which eased his move to certain European football leagues.[3][4]

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.[2]

Club career

A 1899 Hoffenheim youth product in Germany, Elmkies was promoted to the club's senior reserve team 1899 Hoffenheim II in 2019.[5]

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.[6]

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.[7]

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
1	7 September 2020	Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel	Slovakia	1–1	1–1	2020–21 UEFA Nations League B

See also

• List of Jewish footballers
• List of Jews in sports

References

External links

• Ilay Elmkies at Soccerway
• Ilay Elmkies at WorldFootball.net

На других языках

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- [en] Ilay Elmkies

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[es] Ilay Elmkies

Ilay Elmkies (Nahariya, 10 de marzo de 2000) es un futbolista israelí que juega en la demarcación de centrocampista para el F. C. Admira Wacker de la Bundesliga.[1]

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[it] Ilay Elmkies

Ilay Eliyau Elmkies – talvolta traslitterato Ilay Elmakayes – (in ebraico: עילי אלמקייס‎?; Nahariya, 10 marzo 2000) è un calciatore israeliano, centrocampista dell'Admira Wack. Mödling in prestito dall'Hoffenheim.

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[ru] Эльмкис, Илай

Илай Эльмкис (ивр. ‏עילי אלמקייס‏‎; родился 10 марта 2000) — израильский футболист, полузащитник клуба «Хоффенхайм» и сборной Израиля, выступающий на правах аренды за австрийский клуб «Адмира Ваккер».

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