Salim Tuama

Infobox Football biography
playername = Salim Tuama سليم طعمه סלים טועמה


fullname =
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1979|08|9
cityofbirth = Flagicon|ISR Lod
countryofbirth = Israel
height = Height|m=1.73
position = Left Winger
currentclub = Flagicon|BEL Standard Liège
clubnumber = 11
youthyears = 1995–1997
youthclubs = Gadna Yehuda
years = 1998-2003
2003-2004
2005 2005-2006 2006–2007
2007-present
clubs = Hapoel Tel Aviv
Maccabi Petah Tikva
Kayserispor
Maccabi Petah Tikva
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Standard Liège
caps(goals) = 148 (27)
028 0(5)
005 0(0)
031 0(4)
030 0(8)
027 0(5)
nationalyears = 1999-2000
2005–present
nationalteam = Israel U21
Israel
nationalcaps(goals) = 010 0(1)
009 0(1)
pcupdate = 5 June, 2007
ntupdate = 22:40, 11 Octobert 2008 (UTC)

Salim Tuama ( _ar. سليم طعمه, _he. סלים טועמה; born August 9, 1979 in Lod, Israel) is an Israeli Arab Christian footballer.

He is a midfielder playing for Standard Liège who has in the past played for, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Maccabi Petah Tikva, Kayserispor, and the youth club Gadna Yehuda.

Tuama has lived his entire life in the city of Lod, yet began his career using the facilities of the Gadna club due to the poor conditions of the local fields and football schools in Lod.

Tuama became the hottest prospect in Israeli football in the 1998/99 season when he, along with wonderkids Kfir Udi, Omri Afek, and Pini Balili, all of whom had been harvested by renowned Israeli manager Dror Kashtan, led Hapoel to their first State Cup title since 1983, following by a double on the next season 1999/2000.

He also played a main role in the historic appearance of Hapoel Tel Aviv in the quarterfinals of the 2001/02 UEFA Cup where they were finally taken down by AC Milan.

At the time it was believed that Hapoel was on its way to a golden age, but then Kashtan left the club in 2004 to take a break from football. By then Tuama had moved on to the less prestigious Maccabi Petah Tikva, where they nevertheless won the Toto Cup (an event staged each year by league level for a financial prize). He received his first big break the following season by signing with the Turkish club Kayserispor (today, "Kayseri Eyssispor"), where he filled in a disappointing season with little playing time. At the same time his old Hapoel teammate Balili had signed with Sivasspor, a B league club he helped climb to the Turkish Super Premier League. In the same season he returned to Maccabi Petah Tikva to help them log in perhaps their most impressive finish, second place and a ticket to the UEFA Cup.

After a disappointing 2005/06 season with Maccabi Petah Tikva, in which Tuama had to shoulder the team almost single-handedly at times after a great start in the UEFA Cup qualifiers, he signed back with Hapoel Tel Aviv.On june 28 2007, Tuama had signed a 3 year contract with Standard Liège.

International goals

Honours

* Old Liga Leumit/Ligat ha'Al [Until 1999, the top division of Israeli football was the Liga Leumit; since then, it has been Ligat ha'Al.] (1):
**1999/00
* State Cup (2):
**1999/00, 2006/07
* Toto Cup (1):
**2001/02

*Belgian League (1):
**2007/08

*Belgian Supercup (1):
**2008

References

External links

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* [http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiID=30121 Profile at TFF.org]