Hatem Abd Elhamed (or Elhamid, Arabic: حاتم عبد الحميد, Hebrew: חאתם עבד אלחמד; born 18 March 1991) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a defender for Bnei Sakhnin and the Israel national team.
[4] Abd Hamed started playing football at the age of 16 in the youth teams of Bnei Sakhnin.
In the 2010/11 season, he signed a professional contract in his team Maccabi Tel Aviv FC.
Abd Elhamed made his professional debut on 8 August 2010 in a Toto Cup match against his boyhood club, Bnei Sakhnin.
[6] A month later, he made his league debut for Charleroi, coming on as a substitute for Ederson in the 73rd minute against Standard Liège on 12 March 2011.
On 24 July 2019, Scottish champions Celtic announced the signing of Abd Elhamed from Hapoel Be’er Sheva on a four-year contract.
[10] Celtic manager Neil Lennon said in February 2021 that Abd Elhamed had been suffering from homesickness, as his family was still living in Israel and he was unable to visit them due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
[12] He made his Israel national football team debut on 10 June 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Poland, as an 82nd-minute substitute for Nir Bitton.