Hussam Abu Saleh

Hussam Abu Saleh
Personal information
Full name	Hussam Abu Saleh
Date of birth	9 May 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth	Sakhnin, Israel
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s)	Wing back
Team information
Current team	Hapoel Iksal
Number	18
Youth career
1994–1999	Bnei Sakhnin
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2006	Bnei Sakhnin
2006–2007	Maccabi Kafr Kanna
2007–2009	Maccabi Ironi Tamra
2009–2015	Hilal Al-Quds
2015–2016	Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum
2016–2019	Hapoel Iksal
International career‡
2008–2015	Palestine
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 December 2016; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 January 2015

Hussam Abu Saleh (Arabic: حسام أبو صالح, Hebrew: חוסאם אבו סאלח; born 9 May 1982) is a retired Israeli-Palestinian footballer who played as a full back and winger.^[1]

Club career[edit]

Hussam Abu Saleh is one of many Arab Israeli footballers playing their trade in the West Bank Premier League. Abu Saleh started his professional career with his hometown club Bnei Sakhnin F.C. He was part of a generation of players coached by Azmi Nassar that secured promotion to the Israeli Premier League, won the Israel State Cup, and participated in the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Cup.

Abu Saleh left Bnei Sakhnin in 2006 to join up with Nassar at Maccabi Kafr Kanna F.C., he scored 7 goals before moving the following season to Maccabi Ironi Tamra F.C. where he played alongside future Hilal Al-Quds teammate Haitham Dheeb. He joined Hilal Al-Quds in 2009 and was part of the side that won the 2011–12 Palestine Cup.^[2]

International career[edit]

He received his first call up to the Palestine in 2010 against Sudan. He has since played for Palestine at the 2010 WAFF Championship, 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification, 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying and the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.

International goals[edit]

Scores and results list the Palestine's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
	29 February 2012	The Sevens Stadium, Dubai	Azerbaijan	1–0	2–0	Unofficial Friendly
1.	28 June 2012	King Fahd Stadium, Ta'if	Saudi Arabia	1–1	2–2	2012 Arab Nations Cup
2.	20 November 2012	Amman International Stadium, Amman	Syria	2–0	2–1	Friendly
3.	6 February 2013	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi	India	2–2	4–2	Friendly

Honours[edit]

National team[edit]

AFC Challenge Cup: 2014

References[edit]

^ الفريق الأول. hilalalquds (in Arabic). 2011-12-18.
^ عزيز سخنين حسام أبو صالح في سطور. www.hilalalquds (in Arabic). 2011-12-18.

External links[edit]

Hussam Abu Saleh at National-Football-Teams.com
Hussam Abu Saleh – FIFA competition record (archived)

[1] الفريق الأول. hilalalquds (in Arabic). 2011-12-18.

[2] عزيز سخنين حسام أبو صالح في سطور. www.hilalalquds (in Arabic). 2011-12-18.

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