Salem Abu Siam

Salem Abu Siam (Arabic: سالم أبو سيام, Hebrew: סאלם אבו-סיאם; born 8 March 1983 in Lod) is an Arab-Israeli professional association football player who currently plays for Shimshon Kafr Qasim and is former Under-21 international.

Salem Abu Siam
سالم أبو سيام
סאלם אבו-סיאם
Personal information
Full name Salem Abu Siam
Date of birth (1983-03-08) 8 March 1983
Place of birth Lod, Israel
Position(s) Left Defender
Club information
Current team
Shimshon Kafr Qasim
Youth career
2002 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2006 Maccabi Tel Aviv 94 (1)
2006–2008 Bnei Yehuda 44 (0)
2008 Hapoel Acre 7 (0)
2009–2010 Hapoel Petah Tikva 12 (0)
2010–2017 Hapoel Bnei Lod 158 (14)
2017– Shimshon Kafr Qasim 0 (0)
National team
2001 Israel U19 6 (0)
2002–2005 Israel U21 14 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 June 2017

Career

Youth career

Salem was part of the youth side at Maccabi Tel Aviv that won two straight championship titles as well as a cup title. It was inevitable that he would be promoted to the first side where he eventually received a starting role.

Maccabi Tel Aviv

While in his first season at Maccabi Tel Aviv, they won a league championship and in his third season, Abu Siam was playing in the UEFA Champions League. Abu Siam, although as a Beduin belongs to a group not totally identified with the Arab community and therefore is not exactly of the same ethnic background as other Arab Israeli footballers such as Salim Tuama, Salah Hasarma or Abbas Suan, often had to turn the other cheek to racist remarks shouted at those players (or occasionally at him) by Maccabi fans, who are known for their often flagrantly personally offensive chants, and are often ranked highest on the Israeli press's tally for most racist fan community.

Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv

At the beginning of the 2006–07 season Abu Siam made the eyebrow-raising decision to sign with one of Mac TA's crosstown rivals, Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv, a club with a fanatical fanbase smaller than Maccabi's, but more violent. Although at the beginning of the season the fans ridiculed the decision to sign the club's first Arab player, the furor soon died down, which came to a surprise following similar affairs with Beitar Jerusalem that had occurred in 2005 and 2006 in regards to efforts to sign Muslim Nigerian player Ndala Ibrahim.

Hapoel Petah Tikva

Abu Siam signed a one-year contract with Hapoel Petah Tikva on October 2009.

Statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Israel League Israel State Cup Toto Cup Europe Total
2006–2007Bnei YehudaLigat ha'Al260105100321
2007–2008180115000241
2008–2009Hapoel AcreLiga Leumit6010000070
2009–2010Hapoel Petah TikvaLigat ha'Al130110000141
2010–2011Hapoel Bnei LodLiga Leumit4000000040
2011–2012192214000253
Career total ----------
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