Taleb Tawatha
 Tawatha with Israel U-21 in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Taleb Tawatha | ||
| Date of birth | 21 June 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Jisr az-Zarqa, Israel | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Maccabi Haifa | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2016 | Maccabi Haifa | 153 | (10) |
| 2016– | Eintracht Frankfurt | 24 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007–2008 | Israel U16 | 8 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Israel U17 | 15 | (2) |
| 2009 | Israel U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Israel U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Israel U21 | 10 | (0) |
| 2011– | Israel | 9 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:32, 3 February 2018 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24 March 2018 | |||
Taleb Tawatha (or Twatha, Arabic: طالب طواطحه, Hebrew: טאלב טוואטחה; born 21 June 1992) is an Arab-Israeli of Bedouin descent football player, who plays for German club Eintracht Frankfurt and for the Israel national football team.
Early life
Tawatha was born in Jisr az-Zarqa, Israel, to an Arab-Muslim family of Bedouin descent.[1]
Career
Tawatha was grown and trained in the youth teams of Maccabi Haifa FC. In 2009 he made his debut appearance in the senior team. His break-through season was 2010/2011 in which he helped Maccabi Haifa to win the Israeli Premier League championship, scored one goal and assisted five from his position as a left defender. Tawatha won the "Young Discovery Award" and was included in the MVP team of the season. In 2016 he won the Israeli State Cup with Maccabi Haifa.
In 2016 he was sold to Eintracht Frankfurt.
Club career statistics
- (correct as of May 2011)[3]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Toto Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
| Maccabi Haifa | 2009–10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010–11 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2011–12 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 47 | 2 | 8 | |
| 2012–13 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2013–14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Career | 70 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 112 | 6 | 21 | |
Honours
Club
- Israeli Premier League (1): 2010–11
- Israel State Cup (1): 2015–16
References
- ↑ "Kres meets... Taleb Tawatha". Deutsche Welle. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ↑ http://www.eintracht.de/news/artikel/eintracht-frankfurt-verpflichtet-taleb-tawatha-55651/
- ↑
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Taleb Tawatha. |
- Taleb Tawatha at Soccerway
- Taleb Tawatha at Maccabi Haifa Profile
- Taleb Tawatha at IFA National Profile