Mohammad Abu Fani

Mohammad Abu Fani (or Mohamad Abo-Fani,[1][2] Arabic: مُحَمَّد أَبُو فَانِيّ, Hebrew: מוחמד אבו פאני; born 27 April 1998) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Haifa and the Israel national team.

Mohammad Abu Fani
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-04-27) 27 April 1998
Place of birth Kafr Qara, Israel
Height 1.64m
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Maccabi Haifa
Number 16
Youth career
2007–2017 Maccabi Haifa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Maccabi Haifa 102 (10)
2017–2018 → Hapoel Ramat Gan (loan) 26 (2)
2018–2019 → Hapoel Hadera (loan) 18 (0)
2019–2020 → Hapoel Hadera (loan) 26 (3)
International career‡
2016–2017 Israel U19 9 (3)
2018–2020 Israel U21 7 (0)
2020– Israel 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 June 2022

Early life

Abu Fani was born in Kafr Qara, Israel, to a Muslim-Arab family. His father Sami Abu Fani, a former local footballer, supported Mohammad’s football career from a young age. Mohammad 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.[3] 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.[4]

International career

Since youth, he played for both the U19 and the U21 national teams of Israel, appearing in 18 matches, and scoring 3 goals (U19 only).[5]

He made his senior debut for Israel on 8 October 2020 in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs away match against Scotland.[6]

Honours

Maccabi Haifa

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References
  1. "ההתאחדות לכדורגל בישראל - Mohamad ABU FANI".
  2. "Israel - M. Abu Fani - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
  3. For the First Time Since 88: Maccabi Haifa Will Finish Lower Than 5th After 0:1 in Sakhnin 14 May 2017, Sport1 (in Hebrew)
  4. An Interview With Mohammad Abu Fani Eli Benbenisti, Maccabi Haifa or Die (in Hebrew)
  5. National Player details – Abu Fani Mohammad IFA (in Hebrew)
  6. "Scotland v Israel game report". ESPN. 8 October 2020.
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