Najwan Ghrayib

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Personal information
Najwan Ghrayib
Date of birth	January 30, 1974 (1974-01-30) (age 34)
Place of birth	Nazareth, Israel
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth
Youth clubs
1990–94	Maccabi Ahi Nazareth
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994-1995 1995–1997 1997-1999 1999-2000 2000-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-present	Maccabi Haifa Hapoel Petah Tikva Hapoel Haifa Aston Villa F.C. (£1M) Hapoel Haifa (£150K) Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Hapoel Petah Tikva Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Ahi Nazareth	23 (4) 49 (14) 55 (9) 5 (0) 40 (1) ? (?) 18 (2) 7 (0) ? (?)
National team²
1998–2001	Israel	18 (4)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 July 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 22 July 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Najwan Ghrayib (Arabic: نجوان غريب‎, Hebrew: נג'ואן גרייב‎), (born January 30, 1974) is an Arab Israeli footballer currently playing at boyhood club Maccabi Ahi Nazareth in Nazareth, Israel.

[edit] Playing career

[edit] England

After a successful season at Hapoel Haifa, Ghrayib received interest from English football club Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and was set to join the team before his proposed transfer fell through. That is when Aston Villa F.C. decided to make a swoop for the left back after club scout Ross MacLaren declared him to be the best left back he had ever seen^[1]. Aston Villa F.C. paid out £1 million for his transfer but Ghrayib saw no first-team action and was sold to Israeli side Hapoel Haifa for just £150K.^[2].