:Rudy Haddad

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Rudy Haddad
רודי חדד

| image = Ruddi Hadad.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Haddad with Maccabi Tel Aviv

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|2|5}}

| birth_place = Paris, France

| height = 1.80 m

| currentclub =

| position = Attacking midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Maccabi Paris

| years1 = 2004–2007

| clubs1 = Paris Saint-Germain

| caps1 = 9

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2006–2007

| clubs2 = → Valenciennes (loan)

| caps2 = 29

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2007–2009

| clubs3 = Maccabi Tel Aviv

| caps3 = 43

| goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2009

| clubs4 = → Châteauroux (loan)

| caps4 = 18

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2009–2011

| clubs5 = Châteauroux

| caps5 = 64

| goals5 = 4

| years6 = 2011–2014

| clubs6 = Auxerre

| caps6 = 35

| goals6 = 3

| years7 = 2015–2018

| clubs7 = Hapoel Ashkelon

| caps7 = 73

| goals7 = 4

| totalcaps = 271

| totalgoals = 13

| nationalyears1 = 2005–2006

| nationalteam1 = France U21

| nationalcaps1 = 6

| nationalgoals1 = 1

}}

Rudy Haddad ({{langx|he|רודי חדד}}; born 5 February 1985) is a French-Israeli former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Career

Haddad is Jewish,{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/sports/top-jewish-american-soccer-players-targeted-by-israeli-clubs-462390|title=Top Jewish American soccer players targeted by Israeli clubs|website=The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com|date=26 July 2016 }} and was born in Paris and raised in France to a family of Tunisian Jewish descent. He is a previously highly touted young player, having come up through the youth system at Paris Saint-Germain. On 21 January 2009, he was loaned out to Valenciennes FC.

He was unable to hold down a regular first team place at Paris Saint-Germain. He has been noted as a player of some promise but the presence of Portuguese goalscorer Pauleta restricted his first team opportunities. He signed with Maccabi Tel Aviv in July 2007. His Jewish ethnicity made him a prime target for some football clubs in Israel, where he would not count as a foreigner.{{cite news |script-title=he:דיווחים בצרפת: מכבי ת"א מעוניינת ברודי חדד |url=http://www.one.co.il/cat/articles/article.aspx?id=94947&bz=8 |publisher=One.co.il |date=7 July 2007 |accessdate=7 July 2007 |language=he }} Maccabi Tel Aviv placed a €500,000 bid for his services.{{cite news |title=Foot – Transferts – Haddad au Maccabi Tel-Aviv ? |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2007/20070707_074214Dev.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120803192023/http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2007/20070707_074214Dev.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 August 2012 |publisher=L'Équipe |date=7 July 2007 |accessdate=7 July 2007 |language=fr }}

On 16 June 2011, Haddad signed a three-year contract with Ligue 1 side AJ Auxerre after a three-year stint with LB Châteauroux in Ligue 2.{{cite news |title=Haddad à Auxerre |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2011/20110616_203219_haddad-a-auxerre.html |publisher=L'Équipe |date=16 June 2011 |accessdate=7 July 2011 |language=fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720034256/http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2011/20110616_203219_haddad-a-auxerre.html |archive-date=20 July 2011 }}

In August 2015, Hadad signed a two-year contract with Hapoel Ashkelon from Liga Leumit. In the end of the 2015–16 Hadad was one of the key players of Ashkelon's promotion to the Israeli Premier League.{{Soccerbase|60931}}

Rudy Haddad holds French and Israeli citizenships.{{Cite web |title=Rudy HADDAD |url=https://www.unfp.org/joueur/rudy-haddad/ |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=unfp.org}}