Dan Elkayam, 27, has been named among the 16 victims murdered during Sunday’s terror attack on a Chabad-organised Chanukah gathering at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.
A French national, Elkayam moved to Australia last year to work as an IT analyst at NBC Universal.
He was also an avid footballer and played for Rockdale Ilinden FC in Sydney.
The club remembered him as “an integral member” of its first XI squad in a statement, saying: “[He was] an extremely talented and popular figure amongst team mates.
"Our deepest and sincerest condolences to Dan's family, friends and all that knew him. He will be missed.”
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot also eulogised Elkayam, saying: “It's with immense sadness that we have learnt that our compatriot Dan Elkayam was among the victims of the terrorist attack that hit Jewish families gathered on the beach at Bondi in Sydney," he wrote on social media.
"We mourn with his family and loved ones, with the Jewish community and the Australian people."
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