Taleb Tawatha

{{Short description|Israeli footballer (born 1992)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Taleb Tawatha

| image = Taleb Tawatha Haifa.JPG

| caption = Tawatha playing for Maccabi Haifa in 2015

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1992|6|21}}

| birth_place = Jisr az-Zarqa, Israel

| height = 1.76 m

| position = Left-back

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 2003–2010

| youthclubs1 = Maccabi Haifa

| years1 = 2009–2016 | clubs1 = Maccabi Haifa | caps1 = 153| goals1 = 5

| years2 = 2016–2019 | clubs2 = Eintracht Frankfurt | caps2 = 30 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2019–2020 | clubs3 = Ludogorets Razgrad | caps3 = 7 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2020–2022 | clubs4 = Maccabi Haifa | caps4 = 18 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2022–2023 | clubs5 = Bnei Sakhnin | caps5 = 19 | goals5 = 0

| totalcaps = 288

| totalgoals = 9

| nationalyears1 = 2007–2008

| nationalteam1 = Israel U16

| nationalcaps1 = 8

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2008–2009

| nationalteam2 = Israel U17

| nationalcaps2 = 15

| nationalgoals2 = 2

| nationalyears3 = 2009

| nationalteam3 = Israel U18

| nationalcaps3 = 3

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalyears4 = 2009–2010

| nationalteam4 = Israel U19

| nationalcaps4 = 5

| nationalgoals4 = 0

| nationalyears5 = 2011–2013

| nationalteam5 = Israel U21

| nationalcaps5 = 18

| nationalgoals5 = 3

| nationalyears6 = 2011–2020

| nationalteam6 = Israel

| nationalcaps6 = 21

| nationalgoals6 = 1

| club-update = 7 June 2021 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update = 15 May 2023

}}

Taleb Tawatha (or Twatha,{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/under21/photos/photoid=1961698.html |title=Taleb Twatha & Mohammad Kalibat (Israel) - Under-21 - nav_ - UEFA.com |website=UEFA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613011158/http://www.uefa.com/under21/photos/photoid=1961698.html |archive-date=2013-06-13}} {{langx|ar|طالب طواطحه}}, {{langx|he|טאלב טוואטחה}}; born {{birth date|df=y|1992|6|21}}) is a former Israeli professional footballer who plays as a left-back.

Tawatha started his career at Maccabi Haifa, where he won Israeli Premier League title in 2011 and the Israel State Cup in 2016. He became an integral part of the club's defence, making 204 appearances over the course of seven seasons. In July 2016, Tawatha signed for German club Eintracht Frankfurt of the Bundesliga for a transfer fee of €1.5 million, and was part of the team that won the DFB-Pokal in 2018. In August 2019, he was released and two weeks later signed as a free agent with Bulgarian club Ludogorets Razgrad.

A youth international for Israel from under-16 to under-21 level, Tawatha made his senior debut in 2011.

He also holds a Sudanese citizenship.{{cite web |url=http://www.eintracht.de/news/artikel/eintracht-frankfurt-verpflichtet-taleb-tawatha-55651/ |title=Eintracht Frankfurt verpflichtet Taleb Tawatha - Eintracht Frankfurt - Offizielle Website |website=www.eintracht.de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160706135047/http://www.eintracht.de/news/artikel/eintracht-frankfurt-verpflichtet-taleb-tawatha-55651/ |archive-date=2016-07-06}}