Dolev Haziza ( he, 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.

Early life

Haziza was born in

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, Israel, to an Israeli family of both Sephardi Jewish and Mizrahi Jewish descent. He grew up in

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, Israel. Haziza is observant and does not play football on the Jewish high holiday of Yom Kippur.

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.

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. On 27 July 2022, he assisted the second goal in the return fixture against Olympiacos, helping his team to a 0–4 away victory. On 3 August 2022, he also assisted the fourth goal for Maccabi Haifa in a 4–0 home win against Cypriot side

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, during their first leg in the Champions League Third qualifying round. 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. 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 (5–4 in aggregation), 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. On 14 September 2022, Haziza assisted his sixth goal in the

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, 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.

International career

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

Honours

Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv * Israeli Liga Leumit: 2014–15 *

Israel State Cup The Israel State Cup ( he, גביע המדינה, ''Gvia HaMedina''), is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israel Football Association (IFA). The State Cup was first held in 1928 as the People's Cup. Because it involve ...

: 2016–17, 2018–19 Maccabi Haifa * Israeli Premier League:

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, 2021–22, 2022–23 * Israel Super Cup:

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Israel Toto Cup The Israel Toto Cup ( he, גביע הטוטו, ''Gvia Ha'Toto'') is an association football tournament that features clubs in the two highest divisions in Israel: the Israeli Premier League ( Ligat Ha'Al), and the second division Liga Leumit. Fro ...

(

Ligat Ha'Al The Israeli Premier League ( he, ליגת העל, ''Ligat Ha`Al'', ), is a professional association football league which operates as the highest division of the Israeli Football League – the state's league of Israel. The league is contested b ...

): 2021–22

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haziza, Dolev 1995 births Living people Israeli men's footballers Footballers from Netanya Footballers from Lod Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. players Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim F.C. players Maccabi Haifa F.C. players Israel men's international footballers Liga Leumit players Israeli Premier League players Israel men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders Men's association football wingers Sephardi Jews Israeli Mizrahi Jews