Shahar Piven

Shahar Piven-Bachtiar^[1] (Hebrew: שחר פיבן, Russian: Шахар Пивень; born 21 September 1995) is a Russian born Israeli footballer who plays as a defender for Hapoel Tel Aviv.^[2]

Shahar Piven

Piven-Bachtiar playing for Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Shahar Piven-Bachtiar[1]
Date of birth	(1995-09-21) 21 September 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Birobidzhan, Russia[1]
Position(s)	Centre-Back
Team information
Current team	Hapoel Tel Aviv
Number	21
Youth career
	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2023	Maccabi Tel Aviv	85	(1)
2015–2018	→ Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam (loan)	66	(0)
2018	→ F.C. Ashdod (loan)	14	(0)
2023–2025	Hapoel Jerusalem	31	(0)
2025–	Hapoel Tel Aviv	15	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 June 2025

Early life

Piven-Bachtiar was born in Birobidzhan, Russia.^[1] He immigrated to with his mother to Israel as a six year old and grew up in Rishon LeZion, Israel.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Piven started his senior career with Maccabi Tel Aviv. After that, he played for Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam. In 2018, he signed for Ashdod in the Israeli Premier League, where he made sixteen appearances and scored zero goals.^[3]

International career

He was called up again for the senior Israel national team on 14 November 2021, during their 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers - UEFA.^[4]

Honours

Club

Maccabi Tel Aviv

• Israeli Premier League (2): 2018–19, 2019–20
• Toto Cup (2): 2018–19, 2020–21
• Israel Super Cup (2): 2019, 2020