El Yam Kancepolsky
{{short description|American-born Israeli association footballer (born 2003)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = El-Yam Kancepolsky
| image =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2003|12|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = Hawaii, United States
| height = 1.82 m{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3hgfZR3uoc | title=Elyam Kancepolsky 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship - אל ים קנצפולסקי | website=YouTube }}
| position = Defensive midfielder, central midfielder
| currentclub = Hapoel Tel Aviv
| clubnumber = 6
| youthyears1 = 2011–2014
| youthyears2 = 2014–2022
| youthclubs1 = Hapoel Herzliya
| youthclubs2 = Hapoel Tel Aviv
| years1 = 2021–
| clubs1 = Hapoel Tel Aviv
| caps1 = 47
| goals1 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2019–2020
| nationalteam1 = Israel U17
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2021–2022
| nationalteam2 = Israel U19
| nationalcaps2 = 17
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| nationalyears3 = 2023
| nationalteam3 = Israel U20
| nationalcaps3 = 7
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 2022–
| nationalteam4 = Israel U21
| nationalcaps4 = 4
| nationalgoals4 = 0
| club-update = 15 April 2024
| nationalteam-update = 12 September 2023
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry|{{fbu|19|ISR|name=Israel U-19}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|UEFA European Under-19 Championship}}
{{Medal|RU|2022 Slovakia|Team}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fbu|20|ISR|name=Israel U-20}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIFA U-20 World Cup}}
{{Medal|3rd|2023 Argentina|Team}}
}}
El-Yam Kancepolsky (or Elyam Kanzapolsky,{{instagram}}{{Worldfootball.net}} {{langx|he|אל-ים קנצפולסקי}}; born 22 December 2003) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Tel Aviv. Born in the United States, he represents Israel at youth level.
Early life
Kancepolsky was born in Hawaii, United States, to a family of well-known local Israeli swimmers of Ashkenazi Jewish descent who emigrated from Israel a couple of generations prior to his birth.{{cite news | url=https://www.ynet.co.il/sport/article/bjpisc999 | title=עושה גלים: הילד מהוואי שהפך לאחד מכוכבי נבחרת הנוער הישראלית | newspaper=Ynet | date=30 June 2022 | last1=צנציפר | first1=נדב }} He grew up in Herzliya, Israel.
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 1 June 2024}}{{Soccerway|el-yam-kancepolsky/691992}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes the Israel State Cup}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes the Israel Toto Cup (Ligat Ha'Al)}} !colspan="2"|Continental (Europe){{efn|Includes the UEFA Champions League (UCL), the UEFA Europa League (UEL), and the UEFA Conference League (UECL)}} !colspan="2"|Other{{efn|Includes the Israeli Super Cup}} !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | |||||||||||
| rowspan="6"|Hapoel Tel Aviv
|rowspan="4"|Israeli Premier League |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |– | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021–22
|2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |– | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2022–23
|22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2" |– | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | |
| 2023–24
|25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2" |– | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| 2024–25
|rowspan="1"|Liga Leumit |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |– | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| colspan="2" |Total
!50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 1 |
| colspan="3" |Career total
!50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 1 |
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See also
{{Portal|Israel|Biography|Association football}}
External links
- {{IFA national player}}
- {{IFA league player}}
- {{Soccerway}}
- {{Worldfootball.net}}
- {{UEFA player}}
- FIFA.com: [https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/israel-el-yam-kancepolsky-u20-world-cup-argentina-2023/ Israel U-20 star reveals fearless World Cup mindset], 29 April 2023
- FIFA.com: [https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/world-cup-israel-u-20-profile-argentina-2023-haim-gloukh-madmon/ Israel poised to thrill on U-20 World Cup debut], 10 March 2023
References
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Category:Israeli men's footballers
Category:American Ashkenazi Jews
Category:American emigrants to Israel
Category:Israeli Ashkenazi Jews
Category:Footballers from Herzliya
Category:Soccer players from Hawaii
Category:Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players
Category:Israeli Premier League players
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Israel men's youth international footballers
Category:Israel men's under-21 international footballers
Category:American people of Israeli descent
Category:American people of Jewish descent
Category:Israeli people of American-Jewish descent
Category:Israeli people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent
Category:Israeli people of Russian-Jewish descent
Category:21st-century Israeli sportsmen
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