Joël Abu Hanna[1] (Arabic: جوئيل أبو حنا, Hebrew: ג'ואל אבו חנא; born 22 January 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Polish club Lechia Gdańsk, on loan from Legia Warsaw.[3] Born in Germany, he represents the Israel national team.
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Full name | Joël Abu Hanna[1] | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1998-01-22) 22 January 1998 (age 24)[2] | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Troisdorf, Germany[1] | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team |
Lechia Gdańsk (on loan from Legia Warsaw) | |||||||||||||||
Number | 97 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
0000–2008 | TuRa Hennef | |||||||||||||||
2008–2017 | Bayer Leverkusen | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Bayer Leverkusen | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2017–2018 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2017–2018 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern II | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2018–2019 | 1. FC Magdeburg | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2019 | → Fortuna Köln (loan) | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Zorya Luhansk | 42 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2021– | Legia Warsaw | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2022 | Legia Warsaw II | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2022– | → Lechia Gdańsk (loan) | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Germany U17 | 16 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2016 | Germany U18 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2016 | Germany U19 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||
2020– | Israel | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 August 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 October 2021 |
Abu Hanna was born in Troisdorf, Germany, to an Arab-Israeli Christian father and a German Christian mother.[4]
Abu Hanna was a youth international for the Germany's U17, U18, and U19 teams.
Prior to his decision to play for the senior Israel national team,[5][6] Abu Hanna was also considered to play for the senior Palestine national team.[4]
In his first official match playing for Israel versus Czech Republic at the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, Abu Hanna accidentally scored an own goal.[7]
Lechia Gdańsk – current squad | |
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