Nicola Hadwa

Nicola Hadwa Shahwan (born 1950) is a Palestine–Chilean commercial engineer[1] and football manager. He was the first professional coach of Palestine national football team.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Hadwa and the second or maternal family name is Shahwan.
Nicola Hadwa
Personal information
Full name Nicola Hadwa Shahwan
Date of birth (1950-03-30) 30 March 1950
Place of birth Beit Jala, Palestine
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Teams managed
Iván Mayo
El Sol de Quilpué
Quintero Unido
Vicuña Elqui
2002 Deportes La Serena
2002–2004 Palestine
2004 Palestino
2005 Unión La Calera
2020– Concón National
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 December 2020

A man of leftist sympathies, he has been panelist of international media critical to US imperialism[2] like TeleSur (Venezuelan channel controlled by Chavismo), HispanTV (Iranian channel critical of Occident) or Sputnik (Russian channel critical to US foreign affairs). He also has participed in scholar conferences sponsored by institutions like University of Valparaíso,[3] where he analyzed geopolitical influences of United States towards Arab-israeli conflict (from XIX Century to early XXI century)[3] as well as how emergent economies (specially China) have countered US weight around the world.[3]

Football career

In 2002, he was hired by Palestine Football Association to coach Palestine.[1] According him, the reasons why that country's Football Association contacted him was because he was the first one professional coach in the history of Palestinian football.[1]

In 2004, he renounced to Club Deportivo Palestino.[4]

On 3 December 2020, Hadwa joined Concón National.[5]

Political career

In 2017, he started a campaign to reach a seat in the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, being supported by Progressive Party then led by Marco Enríquez Ominami.[6] He also received support from people of Chilean football world like the coach Jorge Garcés.[7]

References
  1. "Un tremendo desafío". El Mercurio de Valparaíso. 14 October 2002. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  2. "Tertulias en Cuarentena, Nº 26: Irán". Africando.org. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. "Nicola Hadwa: El conflicto Israelí-Palestino y su impacto en América Latina". University of Valparaíso Institue of History. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  4. "Palestino: Renunció el entrenador Nicola Hadwa". Emol.com. 14 April 2004. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  5. "Bienvenido al National! Nicola Hadwa". Pikuki.com. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  6. "Conozca a los candidatos a diputados. Entrevista a Nicola Hadwa". Algarrobodigital.cl. 11 September 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  7. "Nicola Hadwa Post at Twitter". Twitter. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2020.[self-published]
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