Mahmoud Jaber

Mahmoud Jaber
Personal information
Full name Mahmoud Jaber[1]
Date of birth (1999-10-05) 5 October 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Tayibe, Israel
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[2]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Maccabi Haifa
Number 26
Youth career
2009-2012 Hapoel Kfar Saba
2012–2018 Maccabi Haifa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Maccabi Haifa 56 (3)
2019–2021 → Hapoel Nof HaGalil (loan) 63 (3)
International career‡
2022– Israel 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 May 2023

Mahmoud Jaber (born 5 October 1999) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Haifa and the Israel national team.

Early life

Jaber was born in Tayibe, Israel, to an Arab-Muslim family of Palestinian descent. His grandfather Abdullah Jaber and his father Nabil Jaber were renowned local footballers in his hometown.[3] His older brother Abdallah Jaber is also a professional footballer who played for as well as captained the Palestine national team.[4]

Career

Jaber is a youth product of the academy of Hapoel Kfar Saba, before moving to Maccabi Haifa's youth academy at the age of 12. Jaber made his senior career on loan with Hapoel Nof HaGalil with a debut on 5 August 2019 in a game against Maccabi Ahi Nazareth in a Toto cup match of the 2019–20 season.[5] [3] In his second year on loan, he helped Hapoel Nof HaGalil win the 2020–21 Toto Cup Leumit and the 2021–22 Liga Leumit earning promotion into the Israel Premier League. He returned to Maccabi Haifa on 15 August 2021, signing an extension keeping him at the club until 2024.[6] There, he helped them win the 2021–22 Israeli Premier League, 2021–22 Toto Cup Al and 2021 Israel Super Cup in his debut season.[4] On May 16, 2023, he won his first senior title, as winning the Israeli Premier League championship.

Jaber has played in the UEFA Champions League, scoring a goal after coming on at halftime to equalize against Sheriff Tiraspol in the 85th minute of Maccabi Haifa's 4-2 victory in the 2nd round.

International career

Jaber was first called up to the senior Israel national team ahead of the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League matches in June 2022.[7] He debuted with Israel in a 2–2 UEFA Nations League home draw against Iceland on 2 June 2022.[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 may 2023[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League National cup League Cup Other Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hapoel Nof HaGalil 2019–20 Liga Leumit 27 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 32 2
Hapoel Nof HaGalil 2020–21 35 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 38 3
Maccabi Haifa 2021–22 Israeli Premier League 21 3 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 27 4
Maccabi Haifa 2022–23 15 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
Maccabi Haifa 2023–24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[citation needed]
National team Year Apps Goals
Israel 2023 4 0
Total 4 0

Honours

Hapoel Nof HaGalil

Maccabi Haifa

References

  1. ^ "Football Database - Mahmoud Jaber". footballdatabase.eu. footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Mahmoud Jaber".
  3. ^ a b "מחמוד ג'אבר: היכרות עם הכישרון הבא במכבי חיפה - ספורט 5". www.sport5.co.il. 25 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Abdallah and Mahmoud Jaber: the brothers playing for Palestine and Israel". BabaGol.
  5. ^ "Game debut". IFA.
  6. ^ "Mahmoud Jaber extended his contract until 2024". IsraelHayom.
  7. ^ "ההתאחדות לכדורגל בישראל - Team Squad". www.football.org.il.
  8. ^ "Israel vs. Iceland - 2 June 2022 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  9. ^ "IFA - Mahmoud Jaber". IFA. IFA. Retrieved 22 May 2023.