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Ayid Habshi

Ayid Habshi is an Israeli footballer who plays as a centre-back and won the league title with Maccabi Haifa in 2020/2021.

born 1995Centre-back for Maccabi HaifaMaccabi Haifa's 2020/2021 league titlePlaying for Israel's national team

Born: 10 May 1995, Iksal
Occupation: association football player

Ayid Habshi was born in 1995 in Iksal

Ayid Habshi was born on 10 May 1995 in Iksal, Israel, to a Muslim Arab family. At 14 he joined the Maccabi Haifa youth academy.

He first played for the Maccabi Haifa senior team on 28 November 2012, in a Toto Cup game against Maccabi Netanya. In 2015 he was loaned to Bnei Sakhnin, where he played 13 league games. Back at Haifa, he played 15 league games in the 2015/2016 season and was part of the team that won the State Cup.

In 2017 he was loaned to Hapoel Ra'anana and then to Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv. With Bnei Yehuda he started all 36 league games of the 2017/2018 season and scored his first career goal. He then returned to Maccabi Haifa, which won the league title in 2020/2021.

He played for Israel's youth teams and made his senior national team debut on 7 September 2018 against Albania in the UEFA Nations League. In 2021 he signed with Ironi Kiryat Shmona, and in 2025 he joined Maccabi Bnei Reineh.