Jaka Ihbeisheh
Personal information
Full name Jaka Fayed Allah Patrik Ihbeisheh[1]
Date of birth (1986-08-29) 29 August 1986
Place of birth Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia[2]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder, full-back
Youth career
Komenda[3]
0000–2005 Factor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2006 Factor 32 (1)
2006Slovan (loan) 10 (2)
2006Svoboda Ljubljana (loan) 4 (4)
2007 Slovan 16 (12)
2008 Krka 12 (4)
2008–2009 Aluminij 12 (3)
2009 Krško 11 (6)
2009–2011 Primorje 57 (8)
2011–2012 Rudar Velenje 4 (0)
2012–2013 Domžale 17 (2)
2013–2015 Krka 58 (3)
2015–2016 Rudar Velenje 26 (0)
2016–2017 Al Shamal
2017 BEC Tero Sasana 8 (0)
2018 SV Stegersbach 11 (2)
2018 Krka 3 (0)
2018–2020 Bravo 35 (2)
2020–2021 Radomlje 31 (2)
Total 347 (51)
International career
2014–2018 Palestine 17 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jaka Ihbeisheh (Arabic: ياكا حبيشة; born 29 August 1986) is a retired footballer.[4][5] Born in Slovenia, he represented Palestine internationally.

International career

In 2014, Ihbeisheh made his debut for the Palestinian national team.[1] 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.[6]

Personal life

Ihbeisheh was born in Ljubljana to a Palestinian father and Slovenian mother[7] 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.[8]

Career statistics

International

Scores and results list Palestine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ihbeisheh goal.[1]
List of international goals scored by Jaka Ihbeisheh
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
116 January 2015Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne, Australia Jordan1–51–52015 AFC Asian Cup
212 November 2015Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan Malaysia6–06–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
329 March 2016Dora International Stadium, Hebron, Palestine Timor-Leste1–07–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

  1. 1 2 3 Jaka Ihbeisheh at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. 1 2 "Jaka Ihbeisheh". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  3. Plestenjak, Rok (15 January 2022). "Slovenec, ki je dvignil Palestino na noge" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  4. Jaka Ihbeisheh at Soccerway
  5. Čavalić, Mirsad K. (5 January 2022). "Vodičan končal športno pot". Slovenski nogometni portal (in Slovenian). Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  6. "Asian Cup daily: moment of joy despite another pummelling for Palestine". The Guardian. 17 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  7. Mosonyi, Attila (12 January 2015). "Asian Cup qualification enough for Palestinian team". SBS. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  8. McIntyre, Scott (9 January 2015). "Asian Cup can bring Australia closer to the continent". SBS. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
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