Salem Abu Siam Explained

Salem Abu Siam
سالم أبو صيام
סאלם אבו-סיאם
Fullname:Salem Abu Siam
Birth Date:8 March 1983
Birth Place:Lod, Israel
Position:Left Defender
Currentclub:Shimshon Kafr Qasim
Youthyears1:2002
Youthclubs1:Maccabi Tel Aviv
Years1:2001–2006
Years2:2006–2008
Years3:2008
Years4:2009–2010
Years5:2010–2017
Years6:2017–
Clubs4:Hapoel Petah Tikva
Clubs5:Hapoel Bnei Lod
Clubs6:Shimshon Kafr Qasim
Caps1:94
Caps2:44
Caps3:7
Caps4:12
Caps5:158
Caps6:0
Goals1:1
Goals2:0
Goals3:0
Goals4:0
Goals5:14
Goals6:0
Nationalyears1:2001
Nationalyears2:2002–2005
Nationalteam2:Israel U21
Nationalcaps1:6
Nationalcaps2:14
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalgoals2:0
Pcupdate:1 June 2017

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.

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 in October 2009.

Statistics

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Club performanceLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalTotal
Season Club LeagueApps GoalsApps GoalsApps GoalsApps GoalsApps Goals
IsraelLeagueIsrael State CupToto CupEuropeTotal
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----------