Emirati Club Al-Nasr – First Arab Club to sign Diaa Sabia an Israeli Footballer : September 2020

Dubai’s Al-Nasr Club has signed Diaa Sabia an Israeli-Arab attacking midfielder on as 2-year contract.

Sabia who is of Palestinian origin was born in northern Israel and moved to Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2012.

He played for the Maccabi Netanya Club for 4 years and has 10 caps in the Israeli National Team.

Sabia was subsequently sold to China’s Guangzhou R&F club and now has moved to Dubai’s Al-Nasr Club.

Al-Nasr’s move came 2 weeks after the UAE normalised ties with Israel.

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Emirati club Al-Nasr signed Israeli midfielder Diaa Sabia from Chinese club Guangzhou R&F. AFP / pix: firstpost.com

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Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E) / PALESTINE / ISRAEL