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Taleb Tawatha

Taleb Tawatha is an Israeli former footballer who played as a left-back for Maccabi Haifa, Eintracht Frankfurt and the Israel national team, and later became a coach.

born 1992Left-back for Maccabi Haifa2018 DFB-Pokal win with FrankfurtPlaying for Israel's national team

Born: 21 June 1992, Jisr az-Zarqa
Occupation: association football player

Taleb Tawatha was born in 1992 in Jisr az-Zarqa

Tawatha was born in 1992 in Jisr az-Zarqa to an Arab-Muslim family of Sudanese and Bedouin descent. He also holds Sudanese citizenship.

He came up through the youth teams of Maccabi Haifa and made his senior debut in 2009. In the 2010/2011 season he won the league title with the club and was named the season's young discovery. He won the State Cup with Haifa in 2016.

In July 2016 he moved to Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany, and in 2018 he was part of the team that won the DFB-Pokal. In 2019 he joined Ludogorets Razgrad in Bulgaria and won the Bulgarian league. He returned to Maccabi Haifa in 2020 and signed with Bnei Sakhnin in 2022.

He played for Israel's youth teams and made his senior national team debut in 2011 against Latvia. He announced his retirement in November 2024. In 2025 he became assistant coach and then head coach of S.C. Kafr Qasim.