Jaka Ihbeisheh (Arabic: ياكا حبيشة; born 29 August 1986) is a retired Palestinian professional footballer.[4][5]
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Jaka Fayed Allah Patrik Ihbeisheh[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1986-08-29) 29 August 1986 (age 35) | ||
| Place of birth | Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia[2] | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder, full-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Komenda[3] | |||
| 0000–2005 | Factor | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2006 | Factor | 32 | (1) |
| 2006 | → Slovan (loan) | 10 | (2) |
| 2006 | → Svoboda Ljubljana (loan) | 4 | (4) |
| 2007 | Slovan | 16 | (12) |
| 2008 | Krka | 12 | (4) |
| 2008–2009 | Aluminij | 12 | (3) |
| 2009 | Krško | 11 | (6) |
| 2009–2011 | Primorje | 57 | (8) |
| 2011–2012 | Rudar Velenje | 4 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Domžale | 17 | (2) |
| 2013–2015 | Krka | 58 | (3) |
| 2015–2016 | Rudar Velenje | 26 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Al Shamal | ||
| 2017 | BEC Tero Sasana | 8 | (0) |
| 2018 | SV Stegersbach | 11 | (2) |
| 2018 | Krka | 3 | (0) |
| 2018–2020 | Bravo | 35 | (2) |
| 2020–2021 | Radomlje | 31 | (2) |
| Total | 347 | (51) | |
| National team | |||
| 2014–2018 | Palestine | 17 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
In 2014, Ihbeisheh made his debut for the Palestinian national team.[1] He was included in the Palestinian squad for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup and scored the nation's first ever Asian Cup goal, during a 5–1 defeat against Jordan in the group stage.[6]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 16 January 2015 | Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne, Australia | 1–5 | 1–5 | 2015 AFC Asian Cup | |
| 2 | 12 November 2015 | Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan | 6–0 | 6–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 3 | 29 March 2016 | Dora International Stadium, Hebron, Palestine | 1–0 | 7–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Ihbeisheh was born in Ljubljana to a Palestinian father and Slovenian mother[7] and raised in Slovenia. After his family separated when he was three years old, he only reconnected with his father, in Ramallah, 18 years later through Facebook.[8]
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