Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 27 April 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Kafr Qara, Israel | ||
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Ferencvárosi TC | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2017 | Maccabi Haifa | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2023 | Maccabi Haifa | 102 | (10) |
2017–2018 | → Hapoel Ramat Gan (loan) | 26 | (2) |
2018–2019 | → Hapoel Hadera (loan) | 18 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → Hapoel Hadera (loan) | 26 | (3) |
2023– | Ferencvárosi TC | 27 | (4) |
International career‡ | |||
2016–2017 | Israel U19 | 9 | (3) |
2018–2020 | Israel U21 | 7 | (0) |
2020– | Israel | 14 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 June 2022 |
Mohammad Abu Fani (or Mohamad Abo-Fani,[1][2] Arabic: مُحَمَّد أَبُو فَانِيّ, Hebrew: מוחמד אבו פאני; born 27 April 1998) is an Arab-Israeli professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hungarian club Ferencvárosi TC and the Israel national team.
Abu Fani was born in Kafr Qara, Israel, to a Muslim-Arab family. His father Sami Abu Fani, a former local footballer, supported Mohammad’s football career from a young age. He has 2 sisters, Rawan and Lareen.[citation needed]
On 13 May 2017 Abu Fani made his debut for Maccabi Haifa in a 0–1 loss to Bnei Sakhnin, coming in as a substitute at the 46th minute.[3] At youth level, Abu Fani was part of the Maccabi Haifa U-21 team which won two consecutive championships, in 2015–16 and 2016–17, as well as reaching the UEFA Youth League play off stage.[4]
On 15 June 2023 signed for 4 years for Ferencvárosi TC.[5]
On 20 April 2024, the Ferencváros–Kisvárda tie ended with a goalless draw at the Groupama Aréna on the 29th match day of the 2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season[6] which meant that Ferencváros won their 35th championship.[7][8]
On 15 May 2024, Ferencváros were defeated by Paks 2–0 in the 2024 Magyar Kupa Final at the Puskás Aréna.[9][10]
Since youth, he played for both the U19 and the U21 national teams of Israel, appearing in 18 matches, and scoring 3 goals (U19 only).[11]
He made his senior debut for Israel on 8 October 2020 in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs away match against Scotland.[12]
Maccabi Haifa