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Dolev Haziza (Hebrew: דולב חזיזה; born 5 July 1995) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or as a winger for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Haifa and the Israel national team.

Dolev Haziza

Haziza with Maccabi Haifa in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Dolev Haziza
Date of birth	(1995-07-05) 5 July 1995 (age 27)
Place of birth	Netanya, Israel
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1][2]
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder, winger
Club information
Current team	Maccabi Haifa
Number	8
Youth career
2004–2007	Hapoel Lod
2007–2010	Maccabi Petah Tikva
2010–2014	Sektzia Ness Ziona
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2019	Bnei Yehuda	51	(4)
2017–2018	→ Hapoel Ramat Gan	31	(0)
2019–	Maccabi Haifa	99	(23)
National team‡
2015	Israel U21	2	(0)
2019–	Israel	10	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 September 2022

Early life

Haziza was born in Netanya, Israel, to a family of both Sephardi Jewish and Mizrahi Jewish descent.[3][4][5] He grew up in Lod, Israel.[3]

He also holds a French passport, which eases the move to certain European football leagues.[1][2]

Club career

Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv

He made his senior Israeli Premier League debut for Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv on 22 August 2015, coming on as a second half substitute, in a 0–3 away victory over Maccabi Haifa.[6]

Maccabi Haifa

On 20 July 2022, Haziza scored his debut UEFA Champions League qualifiers goal for Israeli side Maccabi Haifa, when he scored in the last minutes of a home match against Greek side Olympiacos that ended in a 1–1 home draw.[7] On 27 July 2022, he assisted the second goal in the return fixture against Olympiacos, helping his team to a 0–4 away victory.[8] On 3 August 2022, he also assisted the fourth goal for Maccabi Haifa in a 4–0 home win against Cypriot side Apollon, during their first leg in the Champions League Third qualifying round.[9]

On 17 August 2022, Haziza assisted all three goals of their 2022–23 UEFA Champions League Play-offs first leg against Serbian side Red Star Belgrade, steering his team to a 3–2 home win.[10] After opening for his Israeli side in the Play-offs second leg against Serbian side Red Star Belgrade during the return fixture that ended in a 2–2 away draw[11] (5–4 in aggregation[11][10]), Maccabi Haifa received the qualifying ticket to the Champions League Group Stage. Haziza has been officially ranked by UEFA as the most assisting player (5 assists) of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League qualifiers and play-offs.[12] On 14 September 2022, Haziza assisted his sixth goal in the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League, this time during his team Group stage match against French side Paris Saint-Germain, that ended in a 1–3 home loss for Maccabi Haifa.[13]

International career

He has been a youth international for the Israel U-21 in 2015.[14]

Haziza made his senior international debut on 17 November 2019, during Israel's UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers, coming on as 42nd substitute against Poland, in a home match that ended in a 1–2 defeat.[15][14]

Honours

Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv

• Israeli Liga Leumit: 2014–15
• Israel State Cup: 2016–17, 2018–19

Maccabi Haifa

• Israeli Premier League: 2020–21, 2021–22
• Israel Super Cup: 2021
• Israel Toto Cup (Ligat Ha'Al): 2021–22

See also

• List of Jewish footballers
• List of Jews in sports
• List of Israelis

References

На других языках

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- [en] Dolev Haziza

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[it] Dolev Haziza

Dolev Haziza (in ebraico: דולב חזיזה‎?; Rehovot, 5 luglio 1995) è un calciatore israeliano, centrocampista del Maccabi Haifa e della nazionale israeliana.

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