Ilay Elmkies

Ilay Eliyau Elmkies (or Elmakayes,[1] Hebrew: עילי אלמקייס‎; born 10 March 2000) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for German club 1899 Hoffenheim and the Israel national team.

Ilay Elmkies
Personal information
Full name Ilay Eliyau Elmkies
Date of birth (2000-03-10) 10 March 2000
Place of birth Nahariya, Israel
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 1899 Hoffenheim
Number 41
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 16 (1)
2020– 1899 Hoffenheim 1 (0)
National team‡
2015–2016 Israel U16 9 (0)
2016–2017 Israel U17 12 (0)
2018– Israel U19 9 (0)
2019– Israel U21 1 (0)
2019– Israel 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 October 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2019

Early life

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

Club career

A 1899 Hoffenheim youth product, Elmkies was promoted to the senior German team 1899 Hoffenheim II in 2019.

International career

Elmkies received his first call-up to the Israel national football team in October 2019 for Euro 2020 qualifiers against Austria and Latvia. He made his debut on 15 October 2019 in a game against Latvia. He substituted Dia Saba in the 76th minute as Israel won 3–1.[3]

Personal life

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]

gollark: I mean, you have CPUs with built-in integrated graphics.
gollark: Already exists. Ish.
gollark: But a lot of it is environmental, and if you have 73 children they probably won't all get the necessary attention.
gollark: You could say that about most people.
gollark: Or, well, very genetic.

References
  1. http://int.soccerway.com/players/ilay-eliyau-elmkies/468314/
  2. "Ilay Elmkies: Thiago Alcantara's heir, a budding actor, and Hoffenheim's wonderkid". Bundesliga. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  3. "Israel v Latvia game report". ESPN. 15 October 2019.
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