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Kenny Saief

Kenny Saief is an American-born soccer player of Druze-Israeli background who played for both Israel and the United States and plays for Maccabi Haifa.

born 1993Belgian league title with GentPlaying for Israel and the United StatesPlaying for Maccabi Haifa

Born: 17 December 1993, Panama City
Occupation: association football player

Kenny Saief was born in 1993 in Panama City

Saief was born on December 17, 1993, in Panama City, Florida, to Druze-Israeli parents. The family moved back to Israel when he was a young child.

He started his professional career with Bnei Sakhnin in 2011, then played for Hapoel Haifa, Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona and Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon. In August 2014 he signed with Gent in Belgium. He won the Belgian league title with the club in the 2014-2015 season.

He joined Anderlecht in 2018. He was later loaned to FC Cincinnati in 2019 and to Lechia Gdańsk in Poland in 2020. In 2022 he signed with Neftçi in Azerbaijan, and in December 2023 he joined Maccabi Haifa.

Saief played for Israel's youth teams and made his senior Israel debut in 2016 in a friendly against Croatia. In 2017 he was called up by the United States and FIFA approved his change of association. He made his first appearance for the United States against Paraguay in 2018.