Mohammad Abu Fani
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 April 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Kafr Qara, Israel | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Maccabi Haifa | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2017 | Maccabi Haifa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017– | Maccabi Haifa | 44 | (3) |
| 2017–2018 | → Hapoel Ramat Gan (loan) | 26 | (2) |
| 2018–2020 | → Hapoel Hadera (loan) | 46 | (5) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015–2016 | Israel U18 | 5 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Israel U19 | 19 | (5) |
| 2018–2020 | Israel U21 | 8 | (0) |
| 2020– | Israel | 6 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 June 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2020 | |||
Mohammad Abu Fani (Arabic: محمد ابو فنة, Hebrew: מוחמד אבו פאני; born 27 April 1998) is an Arab-Israeli football midfielder. He currently plays for Maccabi Haifa.
Early life[]
Abu Fani was born in Kafr Qara, Israel, to a Muslim-Arab family, His father is Sami Abu Fani, who is a known former local footballer, Sami has supported Mohammad’s football career from a young age, Mohammad also has 2 sisters, Rawan and Lareen.
Club career[]
On 13 May 2017 Abu Fani made his debut for Maccabi Haifa in a 0–1 loss to Bnei Sakhnin, coming in as a substitute at the 46th minute.[1] At youth level, Abu Fani was part of the Maccabi Haifa U-21 team which won two consecutive championships, in 2015–16 and 2016–17, as well as reaching the UEFA Youth League play off stage.[2]
International career[]
Abu Fani played for U19 and U18 Israel national teams a total of 24 matches, scoring 6 goals.[3]
He made his national team debut on 8 October 2020 in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs game against Scotland.[4]
Honours[]
Maccabi Haifa
External links[]
- Mohammad Abu Fani – Israel Football Association league player details
References[]
- ^ For the First Time Since 88: Maccabi Haifa Will Finish Lower Than 5th After 0:1 in Sakhnin 14 May 2017, Sport1 (in Hebrew)
- ^ An Interview With Mohammad Abu Fani Eli Benbenisti, Maccabi Haifa or Die (in Hebrew)
- ^ National Player details – Abu Fani Mohammad IFA (in Hebrew)
- ^ "Scotland v Israel game report". ESPN. 8 October 2020.
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Israeli footballers
- Israel youth international footballers
- Israel under-21 international footballers
- Israel international footballers
- Arab citizens of Israel
- Arab-Israeli footballers
- Maccabi Haifa F.C. players
- Hapoel Ramat Gan F.C. players
- Hapoel Hadera F.C. players
- Israeli Premier League players
- Liga Leumit players
- People from Kafr Qara
- Association football midfielders
- Israeli Muslims