Hen Ezra

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Hen Ezra

| image = MHFC-Chen-Ezra.jpg

| caption = Ezra with Maccabi Haifa in 2013

| fullname = Hen Ezra

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|01|19}}

| birth_place = Be'er Sheva, Israel

| height = {{height|m=1.74}}

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Attacking Midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Hapoel Be'er Sheva

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = Beitar Tubruk

| youthyears3 = 2007–2008

| youthclubs3 = Maccabi Netanya

| years1 = 2007–2012

| years2 = 2008–2009

| years3 = 2012–2016

| years4 = 2016–2017

| years5 = 2017–2018

| years6 = 2018–2019

| years7 = 2019–2020

| years8 = 2020–2022

| clubs1 = Maccabi Netanya

| clubs2 = → Hapoel Kfar Saba (loan)

| clubs3 = Maccabi Haifa

| clubs4 = Hapoel Tel Aviv

| clubs5 = Beitar Jerusalem

| clubs6 = Hapoel Be'er Sheva

| clubs7 = Omonia

| clubs8 = Maccabi Netanya

| caps1 = 79

| caps2 = 29

| caps3 = 122

| caps4 = 13

| caps5 = 46

| caps6 = 14

| caps7 = 8

| caps8 = 64

| goals1 = 16

| goals2 = 4

| goals3 = 26

| goals4 = 2

| goals5 = 10

| goals6 = 0

| goals7 = 0

| goals8 = 7

| nationalyears1 = 2006

| nationalteam1 = Israel U17

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 1

| nationalyears2 = 2007

| nationalteam2 = Israel U18

| nationalcaps2 = 2

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2007–2008

| nationalteam3 = Israel U19

| nationalcaps3 = 9

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalyears4 = 2012–2014

| nationalteam4 = Israel

| nationalcaps4 = 9

| nationalgoals4 = 1

| pcupdate = 1 June 2022

| ntupdate =

}}

Hen Ezra ({{langx|he|חן עזרא}}; born 19 January 1989){{Cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/players/player=103522/index.html |publisher=UEFA |title=Hen Ezra }}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} is an Israeli footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Maccabi Netanya.

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{{Cite web|url=http://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?FolderID=899&docID=122704&lang=HE|title = חן עזרא סיכם לארבע שנים במכבי חיפה - ספורט 5}}

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

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rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="2"\|League !colspan="2"\|Cup !colspan="2"\|Toto Cup !colspan="2"\|Europe !colspan="2"\|Total
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Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals


!rowspan="1" valign="center"\|Maccabi Netanya \|2007–08 \|4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	7	0
rowspan="1" valign="center"\|Hapoel Kfar Saba (loan) \|2008–09 \|29\|\|4\|\|3\|\|0\|\|2\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|34\|\|4
rowspan="3" valign="center"\|Maccabi Netanya \|2009–10 \|10\|\|1\|\|0\|\|0\|\|5\|\|1\|\|3\|\|1\|\|18\|\|3
2010–11 \|28	3	3	0	4	0	0	0	35	3
2011–12 \|37	12	3	1	2	0	0	0	42	13
rowspan="4" valign="center"\|Maccabi Haifa \|2012–13 \|36\|\|9\|\|4\|\|0\|\|4\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|44\|\|9
2013–14 \|24	5	1	0	0	0	10	3	35	8
2014–15 \|36	8	2	1	8	1	0	0	46	10
2015–16 \|26	4	5	1	5	1	0	0	36	6
rowspan="1" valign="center"\|Hapoel Tel Aviv \|rowspan="2" valign="center"\|2016–17 \|13\|\|2\|\|0\|\|0\|\|3\|\|1\|\|0\|\|0\|\|16\|\|3
rowspan="2" valign="center"\|Beitar Jerusalem \|15\|\|2\|\|4\|\|1\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|19\|\|3
2017–18 \|31	8	4	0	3	0	4	2	42	10
rowspan="1" valign="center"\|Hapoel Be'er Sheva \|2018–19 \|14\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|2One apps in the 2018 Israel Super Cup, a stage in the 2018–19 Toto Cup Al\|\|0\|\|6\|\|2\|\|22\|\|2
rowspan="1" valign="center"\|AC Omonia \|2019–20 \|8\|\|0\|\|2\|\|1\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|10\|\|1
rowspan="3" valign="center"\|Maccabi Netanya \|2019–20 \|12\|\|2\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|12\|\|2
2020–21 \|28	5	2	0	4	1	0	0	34	6
2021–22 \|24	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	30	0
colspan="2" valign="center"\|Total Career !375	65	35	5	49	5	23	8	482	83