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Ataa Jaber

Ataa Jaber
Jaber playing for Maccabi Haifa in 2016
Personal information
Full name Ataa Jaber
Date of birth (1994-10-03) 3 October 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Majd al-Krum, Israel
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Neftçi Baku
Number 23
Youth career
2005–2014 Maccabi Haifa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 Maccabi Haifa 44 (1)
2015Bnei Sakhnin (loan) 10 (1)
2017–2021 Bnei Sakhnin 100 (6)
2021–2022 F.C. Ashdod 30 (2)
2022– Neftchi Baku 41 (7)
International career
2015–2017 Israel U21 8 (2)
2023– Palestine 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 April 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 January 2024

Ataa Jaber (Arabic: عطاء جابر, Hebrew: עטאא ג'אבר; born 3 October 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Azerbaijan Premier League club Neftçi Baku. Born in Israel, he plays for the Palestine national team.

Early life

Jaber was born in Majd al-Krum, Israel, to a Muslim-Arab family.[2]

Club career

Ataa Jaber got his professional start with Maccabi Haifa making his senior team debut at 17 years old in the 2011–12 season. Unable to reserve a place in the first team, Ataa Jaber signed for Bnei Sakhnin during the 2016–17 season.[3]

He moved to F.C. Ashdod in 2021 on a one-year deal.[4]

In 2022, Jaber made his first move to a foreign league signing with Azerbaijan Premier League club Neftchi Baku.

International career

Jaber had represented and captained the Israel national U21 team. However in 2023, he filed for a nationality switch to represent Palestine internationally.[5] He debuted in a friendly 0–0 tie with Indonesia on 14 June.[6][7]

After the October 7 attacks, Israeli Interior Minister Moshe Arbel called for Jaber's Israeli citizenship to be revoked.[8]

Career Statistics

Club

As of 28 May 2024[9]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Maccabi Haifa 2011-12 Israeli Premier League 1 0 1 0
2012-13 8 0 8 0
2014-15 13 0 1 0 7 0 21 0
2015-16 19 1 4 0 6 1 29 2
2016-17 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Total 44 1 5 0 14 1 0 0 63 2
Bnei Sakhnin (loan) 2014-15 Israeli Premier League 10 1 10 1
Bnei Sakhnin 2016-17 Israeli Premier League 6 0 6 0
2017-18 23 2 1 0 2 0 26 2
2018-19 18 1 1 1 4 0 23 2
2019-20 Liga Leumit 23 1 23 1
2020-21 Israeli Premier League 30 2 1 0 4 1 35 3
Total 100 6 3 1 10 1 113 8
F.C. Ashdod 2021-22 Israeli Premier League 30 2 0 0 30 2
Neftchi Baku 2022-23 Azerbaijan Premier League 28 5 5 0 4[a] 1 37 6
2023-24 17 3 0 0 4[a] 0 21 3
Total 45 8 5 0 8 1 58 9
Career Total 229 18 13 1 24 2 8 1 274 22
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Club

Maccabi Haifa
Netchi Baku

References