Eliran Elkayam

Eliran Elkayam was born in 1976 in Kiryat Ata

Eliran Elkayam was born on October 30, 1976, in Kiryat Ata. He came up through the youth department of Maccabi Haifa.

After little playing time with the Maccabi Haifa senior team, he was loaned to Maccabi Petah Tikva for a season and became a starter there. Back in Haifa, he became a regular starter after Daniel Brailovsky replaced Giora Spiegel as coach. He missed the State Cup final, which Haifa won against Hapoel Jerusalem, because of a red card.

In the following season he played well against Paris Saint-Germain and was on his way to the Israel national team squad. He then broke his left leg in training and missed the rest of the season. He broke his leg again in the next preseason camp and went through a long recovery.

In 2001 he moved to Hapoel Haifa, later serving as its captain, and reached the 2004 State Cup final, lost 4-1 to Bnei Sakhnin. He also played for Hapoel Petah Tikva, Hapoel Nazareth Illit, Bnei Yehuda, Beitar Shimshon Tel Aviv and Maccabi Kafr Kanna. He retired in the summer of 2011 after a final season at Maccabi Ironi Kiryat Ata.

He lives in Kiryat Ata, is married with 4 children and works in real estate.