Alaa Aldeen Hassan
Palestinian footballer
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Alaa Aldeen Hassan (Arabic: عَلَاء الدِّين حَسَن, Hebrew: עלאא א-דין חסן; born 31 January 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Qatar Stars League team Al-Gharafa. Born in Israel, he plays on the Palestine national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 January 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Mashhad, Israel | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Gharafa | ||
| Number | 90 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Maccabi Haifa | |||
| Beitar Kafr Kanna | |||
| –2019 | Alemannia Aachen | ||
| 2019–2020 | Famalicão | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021 | Hapoel Kaukab | 11 | (3) |
| 2021–2022 | Kafr Qasim | 33 | (4) |
| 2022–2023 | Hapoel Umm al-Fahm | 13 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | Bnei Sakhnin | 2 | (0) |
| 2024–2026 | Al-Arabi | 18 | (4) |
| 2026– | Al-Gharafa | 6 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023– | Palestine | 7 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 January 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 March 2024 | |||
Club career
Born in Mashhad, Hassan started playing football for Maccabi Haifa and Beitar Kafr Kanna. He then moved to German club Alemannia Aachen and later to Famalicão.[1]
In March 2021, Hassan signed for Hapoel Kaukab and made his senior debut there.[2]
In October 2021, Hassan joined Liga Leumit club Kafr Qasim. On 26 October, he made his debut for the club in the 2–0 win against Maccabi Yavne in the Israel State Cup. After one season at the club, he joined league fellow Hapoel Umm al-Fahm.[3]
On 15 June 2023, Hassan signed a three-year contract with Israeli Premier League club Bnei Sakhnin.[3] On 2 January 2024, Bnei Sakhin announced the termination of Hassan's contract with the club due to "his lack of professionalism".[4]
In February 2024, Hassan joined Qatar Stars League side Al-Arabi.[5]
International career
On 6 September 2023, Hassan made his international debut with the Palestine national team in a 1–2 friendly loss to Oman.[6]
In January 2024, Hassan was named to Palestine's 26-man squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, held in Qatar.[7]
In July 2025, the Palestinian Football Association issued a statement condemning what it described as threats and intimidation directed at Hassan by an Israeli officer. The alleged threats included warnings of being pursued and harassed, as well as efforts to bring his career to an end. These actions reportedly took place during Hassan's visit to his hometown of Mashhad, during which his mobile phone was also confiscated. It has been reported that Bnei Sakhnin, was compelled to terminate his contract after he was called up to represent the Palestinian national team in September 2023.[8]