Dolev Haziza

Dolev Haziza (Hebrew: דולב חזיזה; born 5 July 1995) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or as a winger for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Haifa and the Israel national team.

Dolev Haziza
Haziza with Maccabi Haifa in 2022
Personal information
Full name Dolev Haziza
Date of birth (1995-07-05) 5 July 1995
Place of birth Netanya, Israel
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1][2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team
 Maccabi Haifa
Number 8
Youth career
2004–2007 Hapoel Lod
2007–2010 Maccabi Petah Tikva
2010–2014 Sektzia Ness Ziona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2019 Bnei Yehuda 51 (4)
2017–2018 → Hapoel Ramat Gan 31 (0)
2019– Maccabi Haifa 118 (25)
International career‡
2016 Israel Olympic 2 (0)
2019– Israel 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 September 2022
Haziza playing for Maccabi Haifa in 2020

Early life

Haziza was born in Netanya, Israel,[3] to an Israeli family of both Sephardi Jewish and Mizrahi Jewish descent.[4] He grew up in Lod, Israel.[3] Haziza is observant and does not play football on the Jewish high holiday of Yom Kippur.[4]

Club career

Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv

He made his senior Israeli Premier League debut for Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv on 22 August 2015, coming on as a second-half substitute, in a 0–3 away victory over Maccabi Haifa.[5]

Maccabi Haifa

On 20 July 2022, Haziza scored his debut UEFA Champions League qualifiers goal for Israeli side Maccabi Haifa, when he scored in the last minutes of a home match against Greek side Olympiacos that ended in a 1–1 home draw.[6] On 27 July 2022, he assisted the second goal in the return fixture against Olympiacos, helping his team to a 0–4 away victory.[7] On 3 August 2022, he also assisted the fourth goal for Maccabi Haifa in a 4–0 home win against Cypriot side Apollon, during their first leg in the Champions League Third qualifying round.[8]

On 17 August 2022, Haziza assisted all three goals of their 2022–23 UEFA Champions League Play-offs first leg against Serbian side Red Star Belgrade, steering his team to a 3–2 home win.[9] After opening for his Israeli side in the Play-offs second leg against Serbian side Red Star Belgrade during the return fixture that ended in a 2–2 away draw[10] (5–4 in aggregation[10][9]), Maccabi Haifa received the qualifying ticket to the Champions League Group Stage. Haziza has been officially ranked by UEFA as the most assisting player (5 assists) of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League qualifiers and play-offs.[11] On 14 September 2022, Haziza assisted his sixth goal in the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League, this time during his team Group stage match against French side Paris Saint-Germain, that ended in a 1–3 home loss for Maccabi Haifa.[12]

International career

He has been a youth international for the Israel U-21 in 2015.[13]

Haziza made his senior international debut on 17 November 2019, during Israel's UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers, coming on as 42nd substitute against Poland, in a home match that ended in a 1–2 defeat.[14][13]

Honours

Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv

Maccabi Haifa

See also

References
  1. "Dolev Haziza".
  2. "Dolev Haziza". Football Database.
  3. "חזיזה: בהתחלה הייתי מבואס, צריך להבקיע יותר". 22 November 2019.
  4. https://www.one.co.il/Article/420234.html
  5. "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 22 August 2015.
  6. "M. Haifa-Olympiacos | UEFA Champions League 2022/23".
  7. "Olympiacos-M. Haifa | UEFA Champions League 2022/23".
  8. "M. Haifa-Apollon | UEFA Champions League 2022/23".
  9. "M. Haifa-Crvena zvezda | UEFA Champions League 2022/23".
  10. "Crvena zvezda-M. Haifa | UEFA Champions League 2022/23".
  11. "Qualifying Stats | UEFA Champions League 2022/23".
  12. "M. Haifa-Paris | UEFA Champions League 2022/23".
  13. "ההתאחדות לכדורגל בישראל - Dolev HAZIZA".
  14. "ההתאחדות לכדורגל בישראל - עמוד משחק".
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