Nicola Hadwa Shahwan (born 1950) is a Palestine–Chilean[1] commercial engineer[2] and football manager. He was the first professional coach of the Palestine national football team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicola Hadwa Shahwan | ||
| Date of birth | 30 March 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Beit Jala, Palestine | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| Iván Mayo | |||
| El Sol de Quilpué | |||
| Quintero Unido | |||
| Vicuña Elqui | |||
| 2002 | Deportes La Serena | ||
| 2002–2004 | Palestine | ||
| 2004 | Palestino | ||
| 2005 | Unión La Calera | ||
| 2020 | Concón National | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 December 2020 | |||
He has criticized US imperialism[3] on TeleSur (a Venezuelan government propaganda channel), HispanTV (an Iranian propaganda channel) and Sputnik (a Russian propaganda channel). He has participated in scholarly conferences sponsored by institutions including the University of Valparaíso,[4] and on how emergent economies (especially China) have countered US weight around the world.[4]
Football career
editIn 2002, he was hired by Palestine Football Association to coach Palestine.[2] According him, the reasons why that country's Football Association contacted him was because he was the first one professional coach in the history of Palestinian football.[2]
In 2004, he renounced to Club Deportivo Palestino.[5]
On 3 December 2020, Hadwa joined Concón National.[6]
Political career
editIn 2017, he started a campaign to reach a seat in the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, being supported by Progressive Party then led by Marco Enríquez Ominami.[7] He also received support from people of Chilean football world like the coach Jorge Garcés.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Sueño palestino, fútbol chileno". news.bbc.co.uk (in Spanish). BBC Mundo. 2 May 2003. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ a b c "Un tremendo desafío". El Mercurio de Valparaíso. 14 October 2002. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ "Tertulias en Cuarentena, Nº 26: Irán". Africando.org. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Nicola Hadwa: El conflicto Israelí-Palestino y su impacto en América Latina". University of Valparaíso Institute of History. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ "Palestino: Renunció el entrenador Nicola Hadwa". Emol.com. 14 April 2004. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ "Bienvenido al National! Nicola Hadwa". Pikuki.com. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ "Conozca a los candidatos a diputados. Entrevista a Nicola Hadwa". Algarrobodigital.cl. 11 September 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ "Nicola Hadwa Post at Twitter". Twitter. 8 October 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2020.[self-published]