Osama Khalaila

Osama Khalaila was born in 1998 in Sakhnin

Khalaila was born on 6 April 1998 in Sakhnin to a Muslim Arab family. His younger brother, Mohamed Khalaila, is also a footballer. He began playing in the youth team of Hapoel Misgav and later played for Maccabi Haifa and Maccabi Netanya.

He joined the Bnei Sakhnin youth team and made his senior debut in the Israeli Premier League on 6 May 2017 against Beitar Jerusalem. In the 2019/2020 season in Liga Leumit he scored 13 goals in 32 league games, and the club returned to the Premier League.

In 2021 he signed a three-year deal with Maccabi Tel Aviv and scored twice against FK Sutjeska Nikšić in the UEFA Europa Conference League. He was loaned to Maccabi Bnei Reineh in 2022. He then played abroad for Gabala in Azerbaijan and LNZ Cherkasy in Ukraine.

He returned to Israel to sign with Hapoel Acre in 2025 and with F.C. Ashdod in 2026. He played for Israel youth teams and made 8 appearances for the under-21 team. He debuted for the senior national team against Portugal on 9 June 2021.