Orel Baye
Israeli footballer
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Orel Baye[2] (or Baaia,[3] Hebrew: אוראל באייה; born 2 March 2004) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a winger for Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Petah Tikva on loan from Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Date of birth
2 March 2004
Place of birth
Ness Ziona, Israel
Height
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position
Winger
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 2 March 2004 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ness Ziona, Israel | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Position | Winger | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team |
Hapoel Petah Tikva (on loan from Maccabi Tel Aviv) | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Sektzia Ness Ziona | |||||||||||||
| 2014–2022 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2022– | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | → Hapoel Hadera (loan) | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2024 | → Hapoel Rishon LeZion (loan) | 16 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | → Hapoel Ramat HaSharon (loan) | 34 | (9) | |||||||||||
| 2025–2026 | → Hapoel Jerusalem (loan) | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2026– | → Hapoel Petah Tikva (loan) | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Israel U16 | 3 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Israel U19 | 7 | (1) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 March 2026 | ||||||||||||||
Early life
Baye was born and raised in Ness Ziona, Israel, to a family of Ethiopian-Jewish background.
Club career
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Baye made his senior debut with Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv on 3 March 2022 at the 4-0 win against Maccabi Jaffa at the Israeli State Cup.[4]
On 10 May 2022 he also made his senior Israeli Premier League club line-up debut for Maccabi Tel Aviv at the 2-1 win against Maccabi Haifa[5]
International career
He plays for the Israel national under-19 team since 2021.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 1 June 2024[6]
| Club | Season | League | State Cup | Toto Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2021–22 | Israeli Premier League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Hapoel Hadera | 2023–24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Hapoel Rishon LeZion | 2023–24 | Liga Leumit | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 |
| Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 2024–25 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 11 | |
| Career total | 59 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 | ||
