Salem Abu Siam
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Salem Abu Siam | ||
| Date of birth | 8 March 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Lod, Israel | ||
| Position(s) | Left Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Shimshon Kafr Qasim | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2006 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 94 | (1) |
| 2006–2008 | Bnei Yehuda | 44 | (0) |
| 2008 | Hapoel Acre | 7 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 12 | (0) |
| 2010–2017 | Hapoel Bnei Lod | 158 | (14) |
| 2017– | Shimshon Kafr Qasim | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2001 | Israel U19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2002–2005 | Israel U21 | 14 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2017 | |||
Salem Abu Siam (Arabic: سالم أبو سيام, Hebrew: סאלם אבו-סיאם; born 8 March 1983 in Lod) is an Arab-Israeli professional association football player who currently plays for Shimshon Kafr Qasim and is former Under-21 international.
Career[edit]
Youth career[edit]
Salem was part of the youth side at Maccabi Tel Aviv that won two straight championship titles as well as a cup title. It was inevitable that he would be promoted to the first side where he eventually received a starting role.
Maccabi Tel Aviv[edit]
While in his first season at Maccabi Tel Aviv, they won a league championship and in his third season, Abu Siam was playing in the UEFA Champions League. Abu Siam, although as a Beduin belongs to a group not totally identified with the Arab community and therefore is not exactly of the same ethnic background as other Arab Israeli footballers such as Salim Tuama, Salah Hasarma or Abbas Suan, often had to turn the other cheek to racist remarks shouted at those players (or occasionally at him) by Maccabi fans, who are known for their often flagrantly personally offensive chants, and are often ranked highest on the Israeli press's tally for most racist fan community.
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv[edit]
At the beginning of the 2006–07 season Abu Siam made the eyebrow-raising decision to sign with one of Mac TA's crosstown rivals, Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv, a club with a fanatical fanbase smaller than Maccabi's, but more violent. Although at the beginning of the season the fans ridiculed the decision to sign the club's first Arab player, the furor soon died down, which came to a surprise following similar affairs with Beitar Jerusalem that had occurred in 2005 and 2006 in regards to efforts to sign Muslim Nigerian player Ndala Ibrahim.
Hapoel Petah Tikva[edit]
Abu Siam signed a one-year contract with Hapoel Petah Tikva in October 2009.
Statistics[edit]
| 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 | |||||||
| 2006–2007 | Bnei Yehuda | Ligat ha'Al | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| 2007–2008 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
| 2008–2009 | Hapoel Acre | Liga Leumit | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2009–2010 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | Ligat ha'Al | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| 2010–2011 | Hapoel Bnei Lod | Liga Leumit | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2011–2012 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | ||
| Career total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
External links[edit]
- Salem Abu Siam – Israel Football Association league player details
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Bedouin Israelis
- Arab citizens of Israel
- Arab-Israeli footballers
- Israeli men's footballers
- Israel men's under-21 international footballers
- Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players
- Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. players
- Hapoel Acre F.C. players
- Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. players
- Hapoel Bnei Lod F.C. players
- Liga Leumit players
- Israeli Premier League players
- Footballers from Lod
- Men's association football fullbacks