Taleb Tawatha
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Tawatha playing for Maccabi Haifa in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 21 June 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Jisr az-Zarqa, Israel | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | S.C. Kafr Qasim (Manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2010 | Maccabi Haifa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2016 | Maccabi Haifa | 153 | (5) |
| 2016–2019 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 30 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Ludogorets Razgrad | 7 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Maccabi Haifa | 18 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Bnei Sakhnin | 19 | (0) |
| Total | 288 | (9) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007–2008 | Israel U16 | 8 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Israel U17 | 15 | (2) |
| 2009 | Israel U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Israel U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Israel U21 | 18 | (3) |
| 2011–2020 | Israel | 21 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2025– | S.C. Kafr Qasim | ||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 October 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 May 2023 | |||
Taleb Tawatha (or Twatha, Arabic: طالب طواطحه, Hebrew: טאלב טוואטחה; born 21 June 1992) is a former Israeli professional footballer who plays as a left-back. He now serves as a manager for S.C. Kafr Qasim, after initially being the Assistant Manager for Adham Hadia, who left the club to manage Ligat Ha'al side Maccabi Bnei Reineh F.C.
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.