Naón Isidro is an Argentine

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

-Israel

Israel

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

i association football player currently contracted to Hapoel Ashkelon.

Playing career

Isidro arrived in Israel and first trialled with Maccabi Netanya. Actor Dubie Gal acted as the players agent and suggested Isidro trial with Netanya to one of the club's supporters. The club were short on strikers and were attracted by the prospect of Isidro not counting as a foreigner because he is Jewish. Isidro failed to impress then manager, Reuven Atar

Reuven Atar

Reuven Atar is a former Israeli football player, and currently the manager of Maccabi Netanya.-Early years:A first generation Israeli to Moroccan immigrants who settled in Tirat Carmel. During his adolescence, he played for Maccabi Haifa youth club...

 and the club decided not to sign him. Isidro then joined Hapoel Haifa on trial before landing a spot with Hapoel Nazareth Illit.

After a year of playing in Nazareth Illit

Nazareth Illit

Nazareth Illit is a city in the North District of Israel. At the end of 2007 it had a population of 40,800.Nazareth Illit was founded in the 1950s. Foundations were laid in 1954 and first residents moved in two years later...

, Isidro moved to Ashkelon

Ashkelon

Ashkelon is a coastal city in the South District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast, south of Tel Aviv, and north of the border with the Gaza Strip. The ancient seaport of Ashkelon dates back to the Neolithic Age...

 to join Hapoel Ashkelon. Within a short time of starting there, Isidro found himself in the middle of the Gaza War as bombs fell on the city. During the war, Isidro provided interviews for the media in Argentina to give them a perspective of what was going on on the ground. It became too difficult for Isidro that he moved to Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...

 until the war ended. While playing for Ashkelon, Isidro developed a friendship and even lived together with fellow Argentine Jew, Bryan Man.

Statistics

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|2007–2008

Liga Leumit 2007-08

The 2007–08 Liga Leumit season began on 17 August 2007 and ended on 24 May 2008. Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan won the title and were promoted to the Premier League alongside runners-up Hapoel Petah Tikva...

||Hapoel Nazareth Illit||Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit

Liga Leumit is the second tier in the Israeli football league system below the Premier League.-Structure:There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the lowest-placed team are relegated to Liga Alef while the highest-placed team from Liga Alef are promoted in their place...

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|2008–2009

Liga Artzit 2008-09

The 2008–09 Liga Artzit season started on 5 September 2008 and ended on 29 May 2009.Two teams from Liga Alef were promoted at the end of the previous season: Hapoel Umm al-Fahm and Maccabi Ironi Bat Yam along with two teams relegated from Liga Leumit: Hapoel Nazareth Illit and Ironi Rishon...

||Hapoel Ashkelon||Liga Artzit

Liga Artzit

Liga Artzit was the third tier of Israeli football after the Premier League and Liga Leumit, and was run by the Israel Football Association.-Structure:...

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29||5||3||0||6||0||0||0||38||5
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External links

• Profile on IFA official website