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Salim Tuama
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli soccer player”. Today it says “israeli footballer who plays as a midfielder for maccabi sha'arayim”.
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Salim Tuama ( , ; born August 9, 1979) is an Arab-Israeli footballer who plays as a midfielder for Maccabi Sha'arayim .1 His former clubs include Hapoel Tel Aviv , Standard Liège , Maccabi Petah Tikva , Kayserispor , Larissa , Hapoel Bnei Lod and the youth club Gadna Tel Aviv Yehuda . An Arab citizen of Israel of Greek Orthodox descent, he has 13 caps for the Israel national team .
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israeli soccer player
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israeli footballer who plays as a midfielder for maccabi sha'arayim
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