Mohammad Abu Fani

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Mohammad Abu Fani
Abu Fani in June 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-04-27) 27 April 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Kafr Qara, Israel
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Ferencvárosi TC
Number 15
Youth career
2007–2017 Maccabi Haifa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2023 Maccabi Haifa 102 (10)
2017–2018Hapoel Ramat Gan (loan) 26 (2)
2018–2019Hapoel Hadera (loan) 18 (0)
2019–2020Hapoel Hadera (loan) 26 (3)
2023– Ferencvárosi TC 15 (2)
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 20 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 June 2022

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

Early life[edit]

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. He has 2 sisters, Rawan and Lareen.[citation needed]

Club career[edit]

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]

On 15 June 2023 signed for 4 years for Ferencvárosi TC.[5]

International career[edit]

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).[6]

He made his senior debut for Israel on 8 October 2020 in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs away match against Scotland.[7]

Honours[edit]

Maccabi Haifa

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  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. ^ Goldstein, Igal (15 June 2023). "עובר להונגריה: מוחמד אבו פאני חתם בפרנצווארוש". Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  6. ^ National Player details – Abu Fani Mohammad IFA (in Hebrew)
  7. ^ "Scotland v Israel game report". ESPN. 8 October 2020.