| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | May 9, 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Sakhnin, Israel | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Wing back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Hilal Al-Quds | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994-99 | Bnei Sakhnin F.C. | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1999-2006 | Bnei Sakhnin F.C. | ? | (35) |
| 2006-07 | Maccabi Kafr Kanna F.C. | ? | (7) |
| 2007-09 | Hapoel Bnei Tamra F.C. | ? | (9) |
| 2009- | Hilal Al-Quds | ? | (?) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009- | Palestine | 12 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 December 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Husam Abu Saleh (Arabic:حسام ابو صالح) is a Palestinian footballer currently playing for Hilal Al-Quds as a full back and winger.[1] He received his first call up to the Palestine national football team in 2010 against Sudan. He has since played for Palestine at the 2010 WAFF Championship, the qualifying rounds of 2012 AFC Challenge Cup, and the 2014 World Cup qualifying.
Husam Abu Saleh is one of many Arab Israeli footballers plying 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 the legendary 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 Hapoel Bnei 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 Palestine Cup in 2010/11.[2]