| 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 as of 29 December 2020 | |||
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.
He has criticized US imperialism[3] on TeleSur, HispanTV and Sputnik. 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
[edit]In 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
[edit]In 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]
External links
[edit]- Nicola Hadwa coach profile at Soccerway (archived)