{"id":105201,"date":"2023-07-02T17:00:36","date_gmt":"2023-07-02T15:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=105201"},"modified":"2023-06-24T06:58:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T04:58:36","slug":"24-00-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=105201","title":{"rendered":"Soccer Player From Israel Listed as Romanian on Website for His New UAE Team"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Soccer Player From Israel Listed as Romanian on Website for His New UAE Team<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Shiryn Ghermezian<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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A screenshot of the Al Ain club website where Omer Atzili\u2019s nationality is listed as Romanian. Photo: Screenshot<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The official website for the UAE Pro League soccer team Al Ain now includes a profile for the club\u2019s newest member, Israeli midfielder Omer Atzili, who signed<\/a> a three-year contract with the team on Wednesday, but his nationality on the website is listed<\/a> as Romanian.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 29-year-old was born in Israel but holds a Romanian passport that he obtained in 2015, according to the Israeli publication Mako,<\/a> which added that Atzili is now the first Israeli Jew to play in the United Arab Emirates.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some Al Ain fans expressed dismay<\/a> on social media after the team signed the Israeli player and criticized the team\u2019s attempts to mask Atzili\u2019s Israeli background.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAl-Ain does not tell you that it was an Israeli player who was signed and not Romanian. Al-Ain\u2019s shame continues,\u201d an Emirates media outlet reported, as cited by Mako.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ahmed Al Nuaimi, the president of the association against the normalization of relations between the United Arab Emirates and Israel, was also quoted saying, \u201cAl-Ain is forcing its fans to cheer for a player they\u2019ve never wanted. The Israeli player will damage the image of the club.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Atzili, a two-time consecutive Israeli Footballer of the Year, signed with Al Ain for a salary that is reportedly almost four times what he earned with his previous team, Maccabi Haifa. The athlete, who also previously played for Beitar Jerusalem, made some requirements in his contract related to his religious observance and as a result he will be allowed to not play or train during some Jewish holidays, including Yom Kippur, according to i24News.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Soccer Player From Israel Listed as Romanian on Website for His New UAE Team Shiryn Ghermezian A screenshot of the Al Ain club website where Omer Atzili\u2019s nationality is listed as Romanian. Photo: Screenshot The official website for the UAE Pro League soccer team Al Ain now includes a profile for the club\u2019s newest member, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[26,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105201"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105201"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105425,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105201\/revisions\/105425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=105201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=105201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}