Bibras Natkho

Bibras Natkho (or Bebras Natcho,Adyghe: Пыйпэрыс Натхъо [bəjbars naːtχʷa], Hebrew: ביברס נאתכו‎; born 18 February 1988) is a Circassian-Israeli footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Serbian club Partizan and captains the Israel national team. He is the first captain of Israel to be of Circassian-Muslim origin.

Club Career

Hapoel Tel Aviv

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 Siroki Brijeg during the 2nd leg of the 2007–08 UEFA Cup second qualifying round at Bloomfield Stadium. 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 against 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).

Rubin Kazan

After losing 3–0 on aggregate in the Round of 32 of Europa League, Natkho moved to the eventual "European Dream" killers Rubin Kazan on 8 March 2010, signing a four-year deal with this Russian club. with transfer fee of €650,000 paid to Hapoel Tel Aviv.

Natkho then scored his first goal for the club, on 17 April 2010, in a 1–0 win over Amkar Perm. His second goal came in a 2–1 win over Rostov on 16 October 2010. However, injuries limited his playing time, as he made fourteen appearance and scored twice.

Natkho started the 2011–12 season well in all competitions, scoring his first goal on 27 May 2011, in a