Full name Hussan Abu Saleh Date joined 2009 Number 3 Height 1.73 m | Playing position Role Footballer Name Hussam Saleh | |
Date of birth (1982-05-09) 9 May 1982 (age 33) Current team Hilal Al-Quds Club (#3 / Defender) | ||
Hussam Abu Saleh (Arabic: حسام أبو صالح, Hebrew: חוסאם אבו סאלח; born 9 May 1982) is a Palestinian footballer currently playing for Hapoel Iksal as a full back and winger.
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Club career
Husam Abu Saleh is one of many Arab Israeli footballers plying their trade in the West Bank Premier League. Abu Saleh started his professional career with his hometown club Bnei Sakhnin F.C. He was part of a generation of players coached by Azmi Nassar that secured promotion to the Israeli Premier League, won the Israel State Cup, and participated in the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Cup.
Abu Saleh left Bnei Sakhnin in 2006 to join up with Nassar at Maccabi Kafr Kanna F.C., he scored 7 goals before moving the following season to Maccabi Ironi Tamra F.C. where he played alongside future Hilal Al-Quds teammate Haitham Dheeb. He joined Hilal Al-Quds in 2009 and was part of the side that won the 2011–12 Palestine Cup.
International career
He received his first call up to the Palestine in 2010 against Sudan. He has since played for Palestine at the 2010 WAFF Championship, 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification, 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying and the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.