Alaa Aldeen Hassan

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-Arabi. Born in Israel, he plays on the Palestine national team.

Alaa Aldeen Hassan

Personal information
Date of birth	(2000-01-30) 30 January 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth	Mashhad, Israel
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Al-Arabi
Number	23
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–	Al-Arabi	6	(1)
International career‡
2023–	Palestine	7	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 June 2024 ‡ 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 international debut with Palestine national team in a 1–2 friendly loss to Oman.^[6]

In January 2024, Hassan was named in the Palestine's 26-men 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]