Nicola Hadwa Shahwan (born 1950) is a

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– Chilean commercial engineer and

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. He was the first professional coach of the

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. He has criticized

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and

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(a Russian propaganda channel). He has participated in scholarly conferences sponsored by institutions including the

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, and on how emergent economies (especially China) have countered US weight around the world.

Football career

In 2002, he was hired by

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to coach

. According him, the reasons why that country's Football Association contacted him was because he was the first one professional coach in the history of Palestinian football. In 2004, he renounced to

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. On 3 December 2020, Hadwa joined Concón National.

Political career

In 2017, he started a campaign to reach a seat in the

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, being supported by Progressive Party then led by Marco Enríquez Ominami. He also received support from people of Chilean football world like the coach

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