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Ilay Madmon

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for hapoel be'er sheva”. Today it says “israeli professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for israeli premier league club hapoel jerusalem”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli footballer * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 May 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 4 June 2023”. It now reads “Israeli footballer * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 June 2026”.
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Israeli footballer * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 June 2025 Ilay Madmon (or Ilai Madmoun, Hebrew : איליי מדמון ; born 23 February 2003) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Jerusalem , captains the Israel national under-20 team , and plays for the Israel national under-21 team . "סיקור משחק ישראל U19 נגד אנגליה U19, 25/06/2022 - ערוץ הספורט" . 26 June 2022.

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for hapoel be'er sheva”. Today it says “israeli professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for israeli premier league club hapoel jerusalem”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli footballer * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 May 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 4 June 2023”. It now reads “Israeli footballer * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 June 2026”. Read the current article and compare.
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israeli footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for hapoel be'er sheva

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israeli professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for israeli premier league club hapoel jerusalem

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