Salim Tuama

Salim Tuama was born in 1979 in Lod

Salim Tuama was born on August 9, 1979, in Lod. He is an Arab citizen of Israel from a Christian family. Because Lod's fields were in poor shape, he trained in the youth section of Gadna Yehuda, and in 1996 he won third place at the European Championship with Israel's youth team.

He joined the senior team of Hapoel Tel Aviv under coach Dror Kashtan and won the State Cup in 1999. In 2000 the club won the league and cup double. In 2002 he was part of the team that reached the UEFA Cup quarterfinals and lost to AC Milan.

He later played for Maccabi Petah Tikva and briefly for Kayserispor in Turkey. He returned to Hapoel Tel Aviv and won the State Cup again in 2007. He then signed with Standard Liège, won the Belgian league in 2008 and 2009, and moved to Larissa in Greece.

He came back to Hapoel Tel Aviv in 2010 and scored the only goal of the 2011 State Cup final against Maccabi Haifa. The club won the cup again in 2012. He later played for Hapoel Bnei Lod and Maccabi Sha'arayim, retired in 2017, and stayed on as assistant to coach Ofir Haim.