Eyad Abu Abaid (or Iyad, ar, إيَاد أَبُو عُبَيْد, he, איאד אבו עביד; born 31 December 1994) is an Israeli professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a defender for Israeli Premier League club

Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Be'er Sheva Football Club ( he, מועדון הכדורגל הפועל באר שבע, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Be'er Sheva'') is an Israeli football club from the city of Be'er Sheva, that competes in the Israeli Premier League. The cl ...

Early life

Abu Abaid was born in the

Arab The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, ...

village of

Meiser Meiser ( ar, ميسر; he, מֵיסִר, also known as Shaykh Maysar or Khirbat Maysar) is an Arab village in northern Israel. Located half a kilometre west of the Green Line, north of the city of Baqa al-Gharbiyye in the triangle area of Wadi ...

, Israel.

Club career

Abu Abaid made his debut for

Maccabi Netanya Maccabi Netanya F.C. ( he, מועדון כדורגל מכבי נתניה, ''Football Club Maccabi Netanya'') is an Israeli football club based in Netanya. Established in 1934, the club was a founding member of the Israeli League in 1949. Afte ...

on 12 August 2014 in a

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 ...

game against Maccabi Tel Aviv. Since then, he became a regular in the starting lineup. On 25 June 2016, he signed for a three year contract with Maccabi Haifa in which he played 16 matches. On 8 June 2017, Abu Abaid signed a contract for Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona.

International career

He made his debut for the

Israel national football team The Israel national football team ( he, נבחרת ישראל בכדורגל, ) represents Israel in international football, and is governed by the Israel Football Association (IFA). Israel's national team is the direct successor of the M ...

on 1 September 2021 in a

World Cup qualifier The FIFA World Cup qualification is a competitive match that a national association football team takes in order to qualify for one of the available berths at the final tournament of the (men's) FIFA World Cup. Qualifying tournaments are hel ...

against the

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, a 4–0 away victory. He substituted

Nir Bitton Nir Bitton (or Biton, he, ניר ביטון; born 30 October 1991) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or as a defensive midfielder for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Tel Aviv and Israel national team which he ...

in the 84th minute.

Honours

Club

;Hapoel Be'er Sheva *

State Cup The Israel State Cup ( he, גביע המדינה, ''Gvia HaMedina''), is a Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in Football in Israel, Israeli football, run by the Israel Football Association (IFA). The State Cup was first he ...

: 2021–22 *

Super Cup A super cup is a competition, usually but not exclusively in association football, which often forms the 'curtain raiser' to a season, and typically involves only two teams who have qualified through success in other competitions during the prev ...

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abu Abaid, Eyad 1994 births Living people Israeli men's footballers Men's association football defenders Israel men's under-21 international footballers Israel men's international footballers Beitar Nes Tubruk F.C. players Maccabi Netanya F.C. players Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players Maccabi Haifa F.C. players Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C. players Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. players Israeli Premier League players Arab-Israeli footballers Arab citizens of Israel