Fares Abu Akel (; born 8 February 1997) is an Israeli

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

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, most recently for Maccabi Bnei Reineh in the

Israeli Premier League The Israeli Premier League (, Ligat HaAl, ) is a professional association football league in Israel and the highest level of the Israeli football league system. The league is contested by 14 clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and rele ...

Club career

On 8 August 2022, Abu Akel made his debut in the

Azerbaijan Premier League The Azerbaijan Premier League (), also known as Misli Premyer Liqası for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Azerbaijan and the highest level of the Azerbaijani football league system. It is contested by twelve ...

for Gabala match against

Turan Tovuz Turan Tovuz () is an Azerbaijani football club based in Tovuz. The club won the Azerbaijan championship once, in 1994–1995. The club's home stadium is Tovuz City Stadium. History Founded by Vidadi Ahmedov on 23 February 1992, the club was t ...

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* 1997 births Living people Israeli men's footballers Footballers from Umm al-Fahm Hapoel Umm al-Fahm F.C. players Hapoel Iksal F.C. players F.C. Ashdod players Gabala SC players Ironi Tiberias F.C. players Maccabi Bnei Reineh F.C. players Liga Leumit players Israeli Premier League players Azerbaijan Premier League players Israeli expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Men's association football midfielders 21st-century Israeli sportsmen {{Israel-footy-midfielder-stub