Mahmoud Jaber

Mahmoud Jaber was born in 1999 in Taibe

Mahmoud Jaber was born on 5 October 1999 in Taibe, Israel, to an Arab-Muslim family. His father and grandfather played football in his hometown. His older brother Abdallah Jaber is also a footballer and captained the Palestine national team.

He started in the youth teams of Hapoel Kfar Saba and later joined the youth academy of Maccabi Haifa. In 2019 he was loaned to Hapoel Nof HaGalil and made his senior debut on 5 August 2019. With that club he won the Toto Cup of the second tier and took part in its promotion to the Premier League.

He returned to Maccabi Haifa in 2021. With the club he won the Israeli Premier League in the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 seasons and the Israel Super Cup in 2021 and 2023. In 2023 he scored against Sheriff Tiraspol in the Champions League qualifiers.

He made his debut for the Israel national team on 2 June 2022 in a 2-2 home draw against Iceland in the Nations League. On 17 June 2025 he signed with Saint-Étienne of the French Ligue 2.