Kenny Saief
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Saief with the United States in 2017
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kenneth Hasan Saief | ||
Date of birth | December 17, 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Panama City, Florida, U.S.[1] | ||
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Position(s) | Left midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Neftçi | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2006 | Maccabi Haifa | ||
2006–2008 | Hapoel Haifa | ||
2008 | Maccabi Netanya | ||
2008–2010 | Beitar Nes Tubruk | ||
2010–2011 | TSV 1860 München | ||
2011 | Bnei Sakhnin | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2011 | Bnei Sakhnin | 6 | (1) |
2011–2012 | Hapoel Haifa | 3 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 2 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Hapoel Ramat HaSharon | 28 | (9) |
2014–2018 | Gent | 81 | (13) |
2018 | → Anderlecht (loan) | 17 | (1) |
2018–2022 | Anderlecht | 12 | (0) |
2019 | → FC Cincinnati (loan) | 9 | (1) |
2020–2021 | → Lechia Gdańsk (loan) | 33 | (1) |
2021–2022 | → Ashdod (loan) | 30 | (4) |
2022– | Neftçi | 7 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2008–2009 | Israel U16 | 9 | (1) |
2011 | Israel U18 | 8 | (0) |
2011 | Israel U19 | 2 | (2) |
2013–2015 | Israel U21 | 2 | (0) |
2016 | Israel | 2 | (0) |
2017–2018 | United States | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of June 1, 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 15, 2018 |
Kenneth Hasan "Kenny" Saief (Arabic: كينيث حسن "كيني" سيف, Hebrew: קנת' חסן "קני" סייף; born December 17, 1993) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a left midfielder for Azerbaijan Premier League club Neftçi and the United States national team. He played for Israel internationally at both youth and senior levels, before switching allegiance.
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Early life
Saief was born in Panama City, Florida, U.S., to Druze-Israeli parents; The family returned to Israel when he was three.[3]
Club career
Saief began his professional career with Bnei Sakhnin in 2011, before he was transferred to Hapoel Haifa one season later. The next year, he moved to Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona and reached the final of the Israel State Cup. Saief made only two appearances however, which resulted in a transfer to Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon. There he gained more playing opportunities.
Saief attracted the attention of Belgian Pro League team K.A.A. Gent, who signed him for a three-year deal on August 8, 2014.[4] On May 22, 2018, Saief officially signed to Anderlecht.
On March 6, 2019, Saief was loaned to FC Cincinnati of Major League Soccer. On March 24, 2019, Saief scored his first MLS goal against the New England Revolution.[5] On June 11, 2019, Saief's loan was terminated due to injury complications.[6]
On February 12, 2020 he was loaned to Polish Ekstraklasa's Lechia Gdańsk until the end of 2019–20 season.
International career
Saief has represented the Israel national team at various youth levels. He reportedly stated that he expected to play for the United States national team,[7] although he was called up to the Israel national team and made his debut in a friendly 2–1 loss to Croatia.[8]
On June 3, 2017, Saief was called up by the United States as part of their 40-man preliminary roster for the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[9] As part of his callup, Saief filed a one-time switch with FIFA, tying him permanently to the US program.[10]
On June 22, 2017, U.S. Soccer confirmed that Saief had been approved by FIFA for a change of association.[11]
He was chosen to make his first start for the United States against Paraguay on March 27, 2018.[12]
Career statistics
- As of match played June 1, 2022 [13]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bnei Sakhnin | 2010–11 | Ligat HaAl | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | |
Hapoel Haifa | 2012–13 | Ligat HaAl | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |
Ironi Kiryat Shmona | 2012–13 | Ligat HaAl | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Ramat HaSharon | 2013–14 | Ligat HaAl | 28 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 31 | 10 | |
Gent | 2014–15 | Pro League | 20 | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 24 | 3 | ||
2015–16 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | – | 8[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 37 | 4 | |||
2016–17 | First Division A | 31 | 7 | 3 | 0 | – | 13[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 47 | 8 | ||
2017–18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
Total | 82 | 13 | 10 | 1 | – | 21 | 1 | 113 | 15 | |||
Anderlecht (loan) | 2017–18 | First Division A | 17 | 1 | – | – | – | 17 | 1 | |||
Anderlecht | 2018–19 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | 34 | 1 | |||
FC Cincinnati (loan) | 2019 | Major League Soccer | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Lechia Gdańsk (loan) | 2019–20 | Ekstraklasa | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
2020–21 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
Total | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | |||
F.C. Ashdod (loan) | 2021–22 | Israeli Premier League | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 4 |
Career total | 202 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 244 | 27 |
- ↑ One appearance in the Belgian Super Cup and seven in the Champions League
- ↑ Appearance(s) in the Europa League
Honors
Gent
See also
References
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External links
- Kenny Saief – Israel Football Association league player details
- Kenny Saief at Soccerway
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