Ofri Arad
.jpg) Arad with Maccabi Haifa in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 September 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | HaHotrim, Israel | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FCSB | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2017 | Maccabi Haifa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2023 | Maccabi Haifa | 111 | (4) |
| 2017–2018 | → Hapoel Ramat Gan (loan) | 34 | (4) |
| 2023 | → Kairat (loan) | 24 | (0) |
| 2024–2026 | Kairat | 45 | (1) |
| 2026– | FCSB | 8 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Israel U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Israel U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Israel U21 | 11 | (2) |
| 2020– | Israel | 10 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 August 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 June 2024 | |||
Ofri Arad (Hebrew: עופרי ארד; born 11 September 1998) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays a defensive midfielder or a centre-back for Liga I club FCSB.
Early life
Arad was born in kibbutz HaHotrim, Israel, to a Jewish family. He is the youngest brother of former footballer Dori Arad.[1]
Club career
Arad made his official debut for Maccabi Haifa on 4 August 2018 in a game against Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona in the Toto Cup and also score the winning goal.[2]
He made his Israeli Premier League debut for Maccabi Haifa on 4 December 2018 in a game against Bnei Sakhnin.[3]
He scored is first league goal on 4 December 2019 in a game against F.C. Ashdod.[4]
On 30 May 2021 he won his first adult title, as winning the Israeli Premier League championship, after making 32 league appearances and scoring 1 league goal.
On 19 February 2023, he was loaned to the Kazakhstan Premier League club FC Kairat for one season.[5]
International career
Arad made his senior debut for Israel against Slovakia on 14 October 2020, coming in as a substitute after half time and contributing to a surprise 3–2 win.[6]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 30 August 2026
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hapoel Ramat Gan (loan) | 2017–18 | Israeli Premier League | 34 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 4 | ||
| Maccabi Haifa | 2018–19 | Israeli Premier League | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 24 | 1 | ||
| 2019–20 | Israeli Premier League | 33 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | — | 40 | 3 | ||
| 2020–21 | Israeli Premier League | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4[c] | 0 | — | 43 | 2 | ||
| 2021–22 | Israeli Premier League | 21 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5[d] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | |
| 2022–23 | Israeli Premier League | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4[e] | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | ||
| Total | 111 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 6 | ||
| Kairat (loan) | 2023 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 27 | 0 | |||
| Kairat | 2024 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 2 | ||
| 2025 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 10[e] | 1 | 1[f] | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
| Total | 69 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 3 | ||
| FCSB | 2025–26 | Liga I | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2[g] | 1 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2026–27 | Liga I | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 222 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 287 | 17 | ||
- ↑ Includes Israel State Cup, Kazakhstan Cup
- ↑ Includes Toto Cup
- 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
- 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ↑ Appearance in Kazakhstan Super Cup
- ↑ Appearances in Liga I European play-offs
International
- As of match played 8 June 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 0 | |
Honours
Maccabi Haifa
- Israeli Premier League: 2020–21, 2021–22
- Israel State Cup runner-up: 2021–22
- Toto Cup: 2021–22
- Israel Super Cup: 2021
Kairat
References
- ↑ "מדליית ארד: סיפורו המרתק של בלם מכבי חיפה". מדליית ארד: סיפורו המרתק של בלם מכבי חיפה. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ↑ "Game Report by Maccabi Haifa". Maccabi Haifa. 4 August 2018.
- ↑ "Game Report by Maccabi Haifa". Maccabi Haifa. 4 December 2018.
- ↑ "Game Report by Maccabi Haifa". Maccabi Haifa. 4 December 2019.
- ↑ Ben Dor, Doron (19 February 2023). "מכבי חיפה תעביר בהשאלה את ארד לקייראט" (in Hebrew). ONE. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
- ↑ "Slovakia vs. Israel - Football Match Summary - October 14, 2020 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
External links
- Ofri Arad at Soccerway
- 1998 births
- Living people
- People from HaHotrim
- Footballers from Haifa District
- Israeli Ashkenazi Jews
- Israeli people of German-Jewish descent
- 21st-century Israeli sportsmen
- Israeli men's footballers
- Jewish association football players
- Men's association football central defenders
- Men's association football midfielders
- Israel men's international footballers
- Israel men's under-21 international footballers
- Israel men's youth international footballers
- Israeli Premier League players
- Liga Leumit players
- Kazakhstan Premier League players
- Liga I players
- Maccabi Haifa F.C. players
- Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim F.C. players
- FC Kairat players
- FCSB players
- Israeli expatriate men's footballers
- Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan
- Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan
- Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
- Israeli football defender stubs