Saleh Chihadeh

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Saleh Chihadeh

| fullname = Saleh Ahmed Saleh Chihadeh

| image =

| caption =

| height = {{height|m=1.83}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1994|8|25}}

| birth_place = Safuriye, Palestine

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Kriens

| clubnumber = 14

| youthyears1 = 2000–2012 | youthclubs1 = Naters

| years1 = 2012–2017 | clubs1 = Naters | caps1 = 97 | goals1 = 49

| years2 = 2013–2014 | clubs2 = → Thun II (loan) | caps2 = 25 | goals2 = 7

| years3 = 2017–2019 | clubs3 = Kriens | caps3 = 64 | goals3 = 28

| years4 = 2019–2022 | clubs4 = Thun | caps4 = 65 | goals4 = 21

| years5 = 2022 | clubs5 = Future | caps5 = 3 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2022–2023 | clubs6 = Naters | caps6 = 25 | goals6 = 9

| years7 = 2023 | clubs7 = Rapperswil-Jona | caps7 = 0 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2023– | clubs8 = Kriens | caps8 = 11 | goals8 = 5

| nationalyears1 = 2018– | nationalteam1 = Palestine | nationalcaps1 = 13 | nationalgoals1 = 2

| pcupdate = 27 October 2023

| ntupdate = 20 June 2023

}}

Saleh Chihadeh ({{Langx|ar|صالح شحادة}}; born 25 August 1994) is a Palestinian footballer who plays as a forward for Kriens.

Club career

On 31 January 2022, Chihadeh joined Future in Egypt.{{cite press release|publisher=Future|url=https://www.facebook.com/futurefc.eg/posts/3106915836119812|title=اليكم جميع صفقاتنا بالميركاتو الشتوى|date=31 January 2022|access-date=2 February 2022|language=ar}}

On 7 July 2023, Rapperswil-Jona announced the signing of Chihadeh.{{cite web|url=https://www.fcrj.ch/vier-neuverpflichtungen-beim-fcrj/|title=Vier Neuverpflichtungen beim FCRJ|trans-title=Four signings at FCRJ|publisher=Rapperswil-Jona|language=de-ch|access-date=15 August 2023}} But only a month later, he left the club because the contract had been terminated for private reasons, by mutual agreement between the player and the club.{{cite web|url=https://fcrj.ch/vertrag-mit-saleh-chihadeh-aufgeloest/|title=Vertrag mit Saleh Chihadeh aufgelöst|trans-title=Terminated contract with Saleh Chihadeh|publisher=Rapperswil-Jona|language=de-ch|access-date=15 August 2023}}

On 17 August 2023, SC Kriens announced the signing of Chihadeh.{{cite web|url=https://www.sckriens.ch/herzlich-willkommen-saleh-chihadeh-wechselt-ins-kleinfeld/|title=Herzlich willkommen: Saleh Chihadeh wechselt ins Kleinfeld|language=de-ch|publisher=SC Kriens|date=18 August 2023}}

International career

Chihadeh was born in Safuriye near Nazareth, and moved to Switzerland at the age of 7.{{cite web|url=https://regiofussball.ch/2017/09/20/der-palaestina-walliser-ist-heute-nicht-muede-im-kopf/|title=Der Palästina-Walliser ist heute nicht müde im Kopf – REGIOfussball.ch|website=regiofussball.ch}} He made his debut for the Palestine national football team in a friendly 2–1 win over Pakistan.{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/soccer/lineups?gameId=528443|title=Palestine vs. Pakistan – Football Match Line-Ups – November 16, 2018 – ESPN|website=ESPN.com}}

=International goals=

class="wikitable sortable"
scope="col"\|No. !scope="col"\|Date !scope="col"\|Venue !scope="col"\|Opponent !scope="col"\|Score !scope="col"\|Result !scope="col"\|Competition
align="center"\|1	11 June 2022	MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	{{fb\|YEM}}	align="center"\|4–0	align="center"\|5–0	2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification
align="center"\|2	14 June 2022	MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	{{fb\|PHI}}	align="center"\|1–0	align="center"\|4–0	2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification

class="wikitable sortable"

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

align="center"|1

11 June 2022

MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

align="center"|4–0