Hussam Abu Saleh

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Hussam Abu Saleh
حُسَام أَبُو صَالِح

| image =

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| fullname = Hussam Abu Saleh

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|05|09|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sakhnin, Israel

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}

| position = Wing back

| currentclub = Hapoel Iksal

| clubnumber = 18

| youthyears1 = 1994–1999

| youthclubs1 = Bnei Sakhnin

| years1 = 1999–2006

| clubs1 = Bnei Sakhnin

| caps1 = 119

| goals1 = 35

| years2 = 2006–2007

| clubs2 = Maccabi Kafr Kanna

| caps2 = 31

| goals2 = 7

| years3 = 2007–2009

| clubs3 = Maccabi Ironi Tamra

| caps3 = 49

| goals3 = 9

| years4 = 2009–2015

| clubs4 = Hilal Al-Quds

| caps4 = 52

| goals4 = 3

| years5 = 2015–2016

| clubs5 = Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum

| caps5 = 24

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2016–2019

| clubs6 = Hapoel Iksal

| caps6 = 10

| goals6 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2008–2015

| nationalteam1 = Palestine

| nationalcaps1 = 47

| nationalgoals1 = 3

| club-update = 8 December 2016

| nationalteam-update = 16 January 2015

}}

Hussam Abu Saleh ({{langx|ar|حُسَام أَبُو صَالِح}}, {{langx|he|חוסאם אבו סאלח}}; born 9 May 1982) is a retired Israeli-Palestinian footballer who played as a full back and winger.{{cite news | script-title=ar:الفريق الأول| work=hilalalquds | date=2011-12-18 | url=http://www.hilalalquds.net/page.php?pageid=14&parentid=6| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110413094217/http://www.hilalalquds.net/page.php?pageid=14&parentid=6| url-status=usurped| archive-date=13 April 2011|language=Arabic}}

Club career

Hussam Abu Saleh is one of many Arab Israeli footballers playing their trade in the West Bank Premier League. Abu Saleh started his professional career with his hometown club Bnei Sakhnin F.C. He was part of a generation of players coached by Azmi Nassar that secured promotion to the Israeli Premier League, won the Israel State Cup, and participated in the qualifying rounds of the UEFA Cup.

Abu Saleh left Bnei Sakhnin in 2006 to join up with Nassar at Maccabi Kafr Kanna F.C., he scored 7 goals before moving the following season to Maccabi Ironi Tamra F.C. where he played alongside future Hilal Al-Quds teammate Haitham Dheeb. He joined Hilal Al-Quds in 2009 and was part of the side that won the 2011–12 Palestine Cup.{{cite news | script-title=ar:عزيز سخنين حسام أبو صالح في سطور| work=www.hilalalquds | date=2011-12-18 | url=http://www.hilalalquds.net/more.php?newsid=35&thiscat=3| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110413094049/http://www.hilalalquds.net/more.php?newsid=35&thiscat=3| url-status=usurped| archive-date=13 April 2011|language=Arabic}}

International career

He received his first call up to the Palestine in 2010 against Sudan. He has since played for Palestine at the 2010 WAFF Championship, 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualification, 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying and the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.

=International goals=

:Scores and results list the Palestine's goal tally first.

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
	29 February 2012	The Sevens Stadium, Dubai	{{fb\|AZE}}	{{center\|1–0}}	{{center\|2–0}}	Unofficial Friendly
1.	28 June 2012	King Fahd Stadium, Ta'if	{{fb\|KSA}}	{{center\|1–1}}	{{center\|2–2}}	2012 Arab Nations Cup
2.	20 November 2012	Amman International Stadium, Amman	{{fb\|SYR}}	{{center\|2–0}}	{{center\|2–1}}	Friendly
3.	6 February 2013	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi	{{fb\|IND}}	{{center\|2–2}}	{{center\|4–2}}	Friendly