Elyaniv Barda

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Personal information
Elyaniv Barda אליניב ברדה
Date of birth	December 15, 1981 (1981-12-15) (age 26)
Place of birth	Beersheba, Israel
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Genk
Number	18
Youth clubs
	Hapoel Beer sheva
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-2002 2003-2005 2005-2007 2007-present	Hapoel Be'er sheVa Maccabi Haifa Hapoel Tel Aviv Genk	78 (19) 63 (12) 62 (17) 30 (16)
National team²
2001-2003 2007-present	Israel U21 Israel	17 (3) 06 (2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:28, 2 February 2008 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 16:34, 29 December 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Elyaniv Barda (Hebrew: אליניב ברדה‎, sometimes transliterated as Elianiv Barda; born December 15, 1981 in Beersheba, Israel) is an Israeli football forward and winger. Formerly a player for Israeli clubs Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Tel Aviv, he recently signed a three year contract with Belgian club Racing Genk, after failing to come to terms with Cypriot club APOEL.

On 17 November 2007, he scored the opening goal in Israel's win against Russia, a goal that could have saved England's UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying campaign if England beat or even drew with Croatia on 21 November 2007, but England lost the match 2-3, meaning they did not qualify.^[1]

At the 28th day of the competition, Barda scored 2 times in a 2-6 victory at Club Brugge. These 2 goals have put him ahead in the Belgian topscorer race with 14 goals.

On 21 November 2007, he scored his second goal for Israel in their 1-0 win against Macedonia.