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Ofri Arad

Ofri Arad is an Israeli footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for FCSB and for the Israel national team.

born 1998Playing for Maccabi HaifaKazakh league titles with KairatPlaying for the Israel national team

Born: 11 September 1998, Hahotrim
Occupation: association football player

Ofri Arad was born in 1998 in Hahotrim

Ofri Arad was born on 11 September 1998 in kibbutz HaHotrim, to a Jewish family. He is the youngest of 7 brothers who also played football. One of them is former footballer Dori Arad.

He began playing football in 2008 in the youth teams of Maccabi Haifa. In 2013 he was invited to a trial with Leicester City in England, but he chose to stay in Haifa.

In 2017 he was loaned to Hapoel Ramat Gan. He made his Israeli Premier League debut for Maccabi Haifa on 4 December 2018. He won the league title with the club in 2021.

He made his debut for the Israel national team on 14 October 2020 in a 3-2 win over Slovakia. In 2023 he was loaned to Kairat in Kazakhstan and later signed with the club. He won the Kazakh league in 2024 and 2025, and joined FCSB in Romania in January 2026.

His father, Oded Arad, died in September 2021. On 24 November 2022 he married Shani Berger, a lawyer.