Idan Malichi is an Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

i footballer who played for Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv

Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv

Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. , commonly known as just Bnei Yehuda, is an Israeli football club from the Hatikva Quarter of Tel Aviv. The club is currently a member of the Israeli Premier League and plays its home matches at Bloomfield Stadium.-History:...

, F.C. Ashdod

F.C. Ashdod

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, Beitar Jerusalem and Maccabi Petah Tikva. At international level, Malichi was capped

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 for the Israel national under-21 football team

Israel national under-21 football team

Israel's national Under-21 team , also known as Israel Under-21s or Israel U-21s, is considered to be the feeder team for the Israel national football team...

.

Malichi began in the Maccabi Petah Tikva youth team, and in 1997/1998 season he went to the first team of the club. In the first team Malichi won in the Toto Cup

Toto Cup

The Toto Cup is an association football tournament that exists separately in the two highest divisions in Israel: the Premier League and Liga Leumit....

 in 1999/2000 season and reached the Israel State Cup

Israel State Cup

The State Cup , is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israeli Football Association.The State Cup was first held in 1927–28 as the Palestine Cup...

 final in the next season.

In 2003/2004 season Malichi signed in Beitar Jerusalem. Because of the arrival of many foreign players to Beitar such as Jérôme Leroy

Jérôme Leroy (footballer)

Jérôme Leroy is a French footballer currently playing for Évian Thonon Gaillard F.C. as an attacking midfielder....

 and Fabrice Fernandes

Fabrice Fernandes

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and because of many injuries, Malichi barely played with the team.