Hen Ezra

Hen Ezra (Hebrew: חן עזרא‎, born 19 January 1989)[1] is an Israeli footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Maccabi Netanya.

Hen Ezra
Ezra with Maccabi Haifa in 2013
Personal information
Full name Hen Ezra
Date of birth (1989-01-19) January 19, 1989
Place of birth Beersheba, Israel
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Maccabi Netanya
Youth career
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Beitar Tubruk
2007–2008 Maccabi Netanya
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2012 Maccabi Netanya 79 (16)
2008–2009 → Hapoel Kfar Saba (loan) 29 (4)
2012–2016 Maccabi Haifa 120 (25)
2016–2017 Hapoel Tel Aviv 13 (2)
2017–2018 Beitar Jerusalem 42 (7)
2018–2019 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 14 (0)
2019–2020 Omonia 8 (0)
2020– Maccabi Netanya 26 (6)
National team
2006 Israel U17 3 (1)
2007 Israel U18 2 (0)
2007–2008 Israel U19 9 (0)
2012–2014 Israel 9 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 June 2019

Career

Ezra played in the youth teams of Hapoel Be'er Sheva and Beitar Tubruk. In 2007, he moved to Maccabi Netanya, and the following season was loaned to Hapoel Kfar Saba to gain experience in that season he finished with 4 goals and 3 assists in summer 2009 he returned to Maccabi Netanya.

Breakthrough season: 2011–12

In summer 2011 Ezra was closed in Maccabi Haifa, but eventually stayed in Netanya. under the guidance of Reuven Atar Ezra excelled in all games playing in the left winger position He scored his first goal of the new season in a 6–2 win against Hapoel Rishon LeZion in which he added another goal and had a terrific match Ezra then continued his fine season by scoring another 10 goals and assists 3 Ezra was heavily praised by the Israeli media this season.

Maccabi Haifa

In June 2012 he moved to Maccabi Haifa for a fee of $1,000,000 and a four years contract worth approximately $700,000[2] In 2012/2013 season he played for Maccabi Haifa Ezra excelled under the guidance of coach Arik Benado (that replaced Reuven Atar) finishing the season with 9 goals and 14 assists and was selected "Team of the season" of Ma'ariv.

International

He has played for the Israel national side at U17, U18, U19, and senior level, and was a part of the U21 squad (although he never won a cap). On September 7, 2012 Ezra made his debut on the national team, when he played in the game against Azerbaijan in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. On June 2, 2013 he scored his debut goal, in a friendly match against Honduras.

Club career statistics
(correct As of 3 August 2014)[3]
Club Season League Cup Toto Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Maccabi Netanya 2007–08 400000302000702
Hapoel Kfar Saba (loan) 2008–09 29433002000003443
Maccabi Netanya 2009–10 10130005123101835
2010–11 28333004000003533
2011–12 3712331020000042134
Maccabi Haifa 2012–13 3691440030200044915
2013–14 245410000010312064
2014–15 2268211812000000
Career 1573127162127288312083837

Honours

Club
Maccabi Haifa

Individual

International goals
Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first.
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.2 June 2013Citi Field, New York City, USA Honduras1–02–0Friendly

References
  1. "Hen Ezra". Uefa.com.
  2. http://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=899&docID=122704&lang=HE
  3. http://www.one.co.il/Player/10-11/1,1,8,38927/%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A1_%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.