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Hatem Abd Elhamed

Hatem Abd Elhamed is an Israeli footballer who plays as a defender and has played for clubs in Israel, Belgium, Romania and Scotland and for the Israel national team.

born 1991Defender for Israel national teamHapoel Be'er Sheva league titlePlaying for Celtic

Born: 18 March 1991, Kafr Manda
Occupation: association football player

Hatem Abd Elhamed was born in 1991 in Kafr Manda

Abd Elhamed was born on 18 March 1991 in Kafr Manda to a Muslim Arab family. His younger brother Muhammad was killed in a car accident in 2008.

He started out in the youth teams of Bnei Sakhnin and moved to Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2009. He made his senior debut on 8 August 2010 in a Toto Cup match against Bnei Sakhnin. In 2011 he was loaned to Charleroi in Belgium.

In 2011 he joined F.C. Ashdod and scored his first professional goal on 6 January 2013 against Maccabi Haifa. He was loaned to Dinamo Bucharest in 2015 and signed with Gent that July. In 2016 he returned to Ashdod on loan.

In August 2017 he moved to Hapoel Be'er Sheva and won the league title with the club. He joined Celtic in Scotland on 24 July 2019 and went back to Hapoel Be'er Sheva in February 2021. With Be'er Sheva he later won the State Cup and the Super Cup in 2022.

He made his debut for the Israel national team in June 2019 against Poland in a Euro 2020 qualifier. He later played for Hapoel Haifa, signed with Ironi Tiberias in 2024 and joined Bnei Sakhnin in December 2024.