Hatem Abd Elhamed

Hatem Abd Elhamed

Personal information
Date of birth	18 March 1991
Place of birth	Kafr Manda, Israel
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Left defender
Club information
Current team	K.A.A. Gent
Number	29
Youth career
2007–2009	Bnei Sakhnin
2009–2010	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2010–2011	Maccabi Tel Aviv	0	(0)
2010–2011	→ Charleroi (loan)	1	(0)
2011–2015	F.C. Ashdod	78	(1)
2015	→ Dinamo București (loan)	13	(3)
2015–	Gent	0	(0)
National team^‡
2009	Israel U18	2	(0)
2009	Israel U19	8	(1)
Honours Hatem Abd Elhamed Medal record Representing  Israel Football Maccabiah Games 2009 Maccabiah Football * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 May 2015. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 September 2014 Hatem Abd Elhamed (Arabic: حاتم عبد الحميد‎, Hebrew: חאתם עבד אלחמד‎; born 18 March 1991) is an Arab-Israeli professional association footballer who plays for Belgian club K.A.A. Gent as a defender. Biography Playing career Abd Elhamed made his professional debut on 8 August 2010 in a Toto Cup match against his boyhood club, Bnei Sakhnin.[1] On 1 February 2011, Abd Elhamid was loaned to Charleroi in Belgium.[2] A month later, Abd Elhamid made his league debut for Charleroi, coming on as a substitute for Ederson in the 73rd minute against Standard Liège on 12 March 2011.[3] On 9 July 2015, he signed a contract at KAA Gent in Belgium. Career Youth 2007, Hatem Abd Hamed started playing soccer at the age of 16 in the youth teams of Bnei Sakhnin. He did this for two years, and he was transferred to Maccabi Tel Aviv, one of the top teams in his country, in 2009. Over there, he played one season in the youth series. Early career In the 2010/11 season, he signed a professional contract in his team Maccabi Tel Aviv FC, but he didn't play one single match. In the second half of the season, Elhamed was on loan in the Belgian team Charleroi SC. He played his first pro-matches on Belgian soil, some days before his 20th birthday. Charleroi had stipulated a purchase option, but didn't finally purchase the player. MS Asjdod The next season, he didn't play for Maccabi Tel Aviv, but he was transferred to MS Asjdod, a middle class team in the Israelian First Division. Over there, he got multiple playing opportunities. In his first season, he started 8 times in the basic team, and he was 15 times a substitute. The next season, 2012-2013, he became a basic player in the team. He was 20 times in the starting team and two times a substitute. On 6 January 2013, he scored his first professional goal at the age of 21. This game against Maccabi Haifa ended unfortunately in a 1-4-defeat. Also in his third season (2013/14), he kept playing an important role: he was 17 times in the starting team and four times a substitute. In summer 2014,he started his fourth season at MS Asjdod. The first sixteen matches of the competition, he was 12 times on the field, of which 7 times in the basic team. Nevertheless, Asjod decided to send him on loan to the Romenian top team Dinamo Bucharest. Dinamo Bucharest His period on loan in the Rumenian top team was his second passage outside Israël. He was directly selected for the first team in 13 of the last 17 matches, almost every time as a basic player. On 24 April, he made his first goal in the team, against Cluj. It was an important goal, as the game finished in a 1-1 draw. In May, the last month of the season, he made two more goals and gave two assists. However, Dinamo Bucharest was not willing to pay the transfer sum of €100.000, so Elhamed returned to Asjdod. Juni 2015, he started a trial at Club Bruges, to try to get a transfer in this way. AA Gent He was injured in the testing period in which MS Asjod claimed him back. In July 2015, he finally got his foreign transfer, as he signed until mid-2019 at AA Gent.[4] International career In 2009, Abd Elhamid was selected to represent Israel at the 2009 Maccabiah Games.[5] Statistics Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Israel League Israel State Cup Toto Cup Europe Total 2010–2011 Maccabi Tel Aviv Liga Al 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Belgium League Belgian Cup League Cup Europe Total 2010–11 Charleroi (loan) Pro League 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Israel League Israel State Cup Toto Cup Europe Total 2011–12 F.C. Ashdod Ligat HaAl 23 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 26 0 2012–13 22 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 24 1 2013–14 21 0 1 0 - - 0 0 22 0 2014–15 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 Total Israel 69 1 3 0 6 0 0 0 78 1 Belgium 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Career total 70 1 3 0 6 0 0 0 79 1 References עבד אלחמיד חאתם (in Hebrew). Israel Football Association. Retrieved 19 February 2011. Footnotes "גביע הטוטו ליגת WINNER בית ב'" [Toto Cup Winner League] (in Hebrew). Israel Football Association. Retrieved 19 February 2011. Temur, Lior (1 February 2011). אוהדי מכבי ת"א עשויים לפקח על מכירת הכרטיסים [Maccabi T.A. Fans To Look After Ticket Sales] (in Hebrew). One.co.il. Retrieved 20 February 2011. Goren, Boaz (12 March 2011). יום רע לישראלים בבלגיה, טוב למליקסון בפולין [A Bad Day For Israelis In Belgium, Good For Melikson In Poland] (in Hebrew). One.co.il. Retrieved 12 March 2011. Hatem Abd Elhamed komt Gentse defensie versterken. "סגלי נבחרות ישראל לטורניר הכדורגל של המכביה". Israel Football Association. 2009-07-09. Retrieved 2009-07-12. External links Profile on Sporting de Charleroi (French)