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Hussam Abu Saleh

Hussam Abu Saleh is a retired footballer from Sakhnin who played for Bnei Sakhnin and for the Palestine national team.

born 1982Bnei Sakhnin's Israel State Cup winPlaying for the Palestine national teamPlaying at the 2015 AFC Asian Cup

Born
5 September 1982, Sakhnin
Occupation
association football player

Hussam Abu Saleh was born in 1982 in Sakhnin

Hussam Abu Saleh was born in 1982 in Sakhnin. He is a relative of the footballer Alaa Abu Saleh.

He came up through the youth department of Bnei Sakhnin and first played for its senior team in the 2000/2001 season. He played as a full back and winger. With the club he won promotion to the Israeli Premier League after the 2002/2003 season and won the Israel State Cup in 2003/2004.

He later played for Maccabi Kafr Kanna and Maccabi Ironi Tamra. In 2009 he joined Hilal Al-Quds in the West Bank and won the 2011-12 Palestine Cup with the club. He played 49 games for the Palestine national team and scored 3 goals, including at the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.

In 2015 he returned to Israeli football with Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum and then moved to Hapoel Iksal, which he helped reach Liga Leumit for the first time. He retired in 2019 and joined the club's coaching staff. He resigned from coaching the team in December 2021.

Hussam Abu Saleh's life in 8 milestones

  1. 1982

    Born in Sakhnin.

  2. 2003

    Won promotion to the Israeli Premier League with Bnei Sakhnin.

  3. 2009

    Joined Hilal Al-Quds.

  4. 2010

    Made his Palestine debut against Sudan.

  5. 2012

    Scored his first national team goal against Saudi Arabia.

  6. 2015

    Played for Palestine at the AFC Asian Cup.

  7. 2019

    Retired and joined the Hapoel Iksal coaching staff.

  8. 2021

    Resigned as coach of Hapoel Iksal.

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Based on English Wikipedia, Hussam Abu Saleh and Hebrew Wikipedia, חוסאם אבו סאלח, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The facts are Wikidata's.

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