Natkho with CSKA Moscow in 2015
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bibras Natkho | ||
Date of birth | 18 February 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Kfar Kama, Israel | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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CSKA Moscow | ||
Number | 66 | ||
Youth career | |||
Hapoel Tel Aviv | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2010 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 91 | (9) |
2010–2014 | Rubin Kazan | 104 | (21) |
2014 | PAOK | 17 | (3) |
2014– | CSKA Moscow | 66 | (17) |
National team‡ | |||
2004–2005 | Israel U17 | 12 | (3) |
2006 | Israel U18 | 4 | (1) |
2006–2007 | Israel U19 | 14 | (7) |
2007–2010 | Israel U21 | 23 | (5) |
2010– | Israel | 41 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 September 2015 |
Bibras Natkho (Hebrew: ביברס נאתכו, Adyghe: Бибэрс Натхъо [bəjbars naːtχʷa]; born 18 February 1988) is an Israeli-Circassian footballer, who plays as a midfielder for CSKA Moscow and the Israel national team.
Natkho joined Hapoel Tel Aviv's youth team together with Ben Sahar, moving through the ranks up to the first team at the start of the 2006–07 season, winning the State cup during that season. Throughout the years Natkho became an important player in Hapoel and in the Israeli national youth teams. Natkho made his League debut coming on as a substitute against Maccabi Netanya F.C. on 18 November 2006. Natkho's first professional goal was against NK Široki Brijeg during the 2nd leg of the 2007–08 UEFA Cup second qualifying round at Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv. After the arrival of coach Eli Guttman during the 2007–08 season, Natkho became a main part of the team, scoring his first league goal agasint Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. on 9 February 2008. Natkho made a few impressive performances at the beginning of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League helping Hapoel finish top of Group C, ending the European campaign drawing 0–0 on a raining evening and losing 0–3 away at the Central Stadium (Kazan).