Jaka Ihbeisheh

{{short description|Palestinian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jaka Ihbeisheh

| image =Jaka Ihbeisheh.jpg

| fullname = Jaka Fayed Allah Patrik Ihbeisheh[http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/57990/Jaka_Ihbeisheh.html Jaka Ihbeisheh] at National-Football-Teams.com

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|08|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia{{cite web |title=Jaka Ihbeisheh |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/jaka-ihbeisheh/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=18 May 2021 |language=en}}

| height = {{height|m=1.72}}

| position = Midfielder, full-back

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Komenda{{cite web |last1=Plestenjak |first1=Rok |title=Slovenec, ki je dvignil Palestino na noge |url=https://siol.net/sportal/nogomet/sobotni-intervju-jaka-ihbeisheh-570598 |publisher=Siol |access-date=17 February 2022 |language=sl |date=15 January 2022}}

| youthyears2 = {{0|0000}}–2005

| youthclubs2 = Factor

| years1 = 2003–2006

| clubs1 = Factor

| caps1 = 32

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2006

| clubs2 = → Slovan (loan)

| caps2 = 10

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2006

| clubs3 = → Svoboda Ljubljana (loan)

| caps3 = 4

| goals3 = 4

| years4 = 2007

| clubs4 = Slovan

| caps4 = 16

| goals4 = 12

| years5 = 2008

| clubs5 = Krka

| caps5 = 12

| goals5 = 4

| years6 = 2008–2009

| clubs6 = Aluminij

| caps6 = 12

| goals6 = 3

| years7 = 2009

| clubs7 = Krško

| caps7 = 11

| goals7 = 6

| years8 = 2009–2011

| clubs8 = Primorje

| caps8 = 57

| goals8 = 8

| years9 = 2011–2012

| clubs9 = Rudar Velenje

| caps9 = 4

| goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2012–2013

| clubs10 = Domžale

| caps10 = 17

| goals10 = 2

| years11 = 2013–2015

| clubs11 = Krka

| caps11 = 58

| goals11 = 3

| years12 = 2015–2016

| clubs12 = Rudar Velenje

| caps12 = 26

| goals12 = 0

| years13 = 2016–2017

| clubs13 = Al Shamal

| caps13 =

| goals13 =

| years14 = 2017

| clubs14 = BEC Tero Sasana

| caps14 = 8

| goals14 = 0

| years15 = 2018

| clubs15 = SV Stegersbach

| caps15 = 11

| goals15 = 2

| years16 = 2018

| clubs16 = Krka

| caps16 = 3

| goals16 = 0

| years17 = 2018–2020

| clubs17 = Bravo

| caps17 = 35

| goals17 = 2

| years18 = 2020–2021

| clubs18 = Radomlje

| caps18 = 31

| goals18 = 2

| totalcaps = 347

| totalgoals = 51

| nationalyears1 = 2014–2018

| nationalteam1 = Palestine

| nationalcaps1 = 17

| nationalgoals1 = 3

| club-update =

| nationalteam-update =

}}

Jaka Ihbeisheh ({{langx|ar|ياكا حبيشة}}; born 29 August 1986) is a retired footballer.[https://int.soccerway.com/players/jaka-ihbeisheh/135916/ Jaka Ihbeisheh] at Soccerway{{cite web |last1=Čavalić |first1=Mirsad K. |title=Vodičan končal športno pot |url=https://snportal.si/slovenska-tekmovanja/prva-liga/ljubljancan-koncal-sportno-pot/ |website=Slovenski nogometni portal |access-date=5 January 2022 |language=sl-SI |date=5 January 2022}} Born in Slovenia, he represented Palestine internationally.

International career

In 2014, Ihbeisheh made his debut for the Palestinian national team. He was included in the Palestinian squad for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup and scored the nation's first ever Asian Cup goal, during a 5–1 defeat against Jordan in the group stage.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/17/asian-cup-daily-moment-of-joy-despite-another-pummelling-for-palestine|title=Asian Cup daily: moment of joy despite another pummelling for Palestine|date=17 January 2015|access-date=25 January 2015|work=The Guardian}}

Personal life

Ihbeisheh was born in Ljubljana to a Palestinian father and Slovenian mother{{cite news|first=Attila|last=Mosonyi|title=Asian Cup qualification enough for Palestinian team|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/asian-cup-qualification-enough-for-palestinian-team/y0lbi5uhy|access-date=13 January 2015|work=SBS|date=12 January 2015}} and grew up in Slovenia. After his family separated when he was three years old, he only reconnected with his father, in Ramallah, 18 years later through Facebook.{{cite news|first=Scott|last=McIntyre|title=Asian Cup can bring Australia closer to the continent|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/sport/article/asian-cup-can-bring-australia-closer-to-the-continent/8n16oe766|access-date=29 October 2023|work=SBS|date=9 January 2015}}

Career statistics

=International=

:Scores and results list Palestine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ihbeisheh goal.

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|+ List of international goals scored by Jaka Ihbeisheh

!No.!!Date!!Venue!!Opponent!!Score!!Result!!Competition

align=center|116 January 2015Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne, Australia{{fb|JOR}}align=center | 1–5align=center | 1–52015 AFC Asian Cup
align=center|212 November 2015Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan{{fb|MAS}}align=center | 6–0align=center | 6–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
align=center|329 March 2016Dora International Stadium, Hebron, Palestine{{fb|TLS}}align=center | 1–0align=center | 7–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

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