Shadi Sha'aban (sometimes Shaban or Shaaban, , ; born March 4, 1992) is an

Arab-Israeli The Arab citizens of Israel form the country's largest ethnic minority. Their community mainly consists of former Mandatory Palestine citizens (and their descendants) who continued to inhabit the territory that was acknowledged as Israeli by ...

—

Palestinian Palestinians () are an Arab ethnonational group native to the Levantine region of Palestine. *: "Palestine was part of the first wave of conquest following Muhammad's death in 632 CE; Jerusalem fell to the Caliph Umar in 638. The indigenous p ...

former

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 ...

. Born in Israel, he played for the Palestine national team.

Early life

Sha'aban was born in

Acre The acre ( ) is a Unit of measurement, unit of land area used in the Imperial units, British imperial and the United States customary units#Area, United States customary systems. It is traditionally defined as the area of one Chain (unit), ch ...

, Israel, to an

family of

descent.

International career

Shaban represented

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

at youth level until 2010, before switching allegiance to the senior Palestine national team in 2016.

References

External links

Profile page in Maccabi Haifa website
*
Shadi Shaban
at

Israel Football Association The Israel Football Association (IFA; , ''HaHit'aḥdut leKaduregel beIsrael'', ) is the governing body of football in Israel. It organizes a variety of association football leagues where the highest level is the Israeli Premier League; as well a ...

1992 births Living people Palestinian men's footballers Palestine men's international footballers Israeli men's footballers Footballers from Acre, Israel Men's association football midfielders Maccabi Haifa F.C. players Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon F.C. players Hapoel Bnei Lod F.C. players Hapoel Acre F.C. players Ahli Al-Khaleel players Club Deportivo Palestino footballers F.C. Daburiyya players Hapoel Kafr Kanna F.C. players Israeli Premier League players Liga Leumit players 2019 AFC Asian Cup players Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Palestinian expatriate sportspeople in Chile Israeli people of Egyptian descent Arab-Israeli footballers Arab citizens of Israel Israeli people of Palestinian descent Palestinian people of Israeli descent 21st-century Israeli sportsmen {{Palestine-footy-bio-stub