Shahar Piven

Shahar Piven
	Piven-Bachtiar playing for Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Shahar Piven-Bachtiar
Date of birth	21 September 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Birobidzhan, Russia
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Hapoel Jerusalem
Number	2
Youth career
	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015–2023	Maccabi Tel Aviv
2015–2018	→ Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam (loan)
2018	→ F.C. Ashdod (loan)
2023–	Hapoel Jerusalem
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 April 2024

Shahar Piven-Bachtiar^[1] (Hebrew: שחר פיבן, Russian: Шахар Пивень; born 21 September 1995) is a Russian footballer who plays as a defender for Hapoel Jerusalem.^[2]

Early life

Piven-Bachtiar was born in Birobidzhan, Russia.^[1] He immigrated to with his mother to Israel as a six year old and grew up in Rishon LeZion, Israel.^{[citation needed]}

Piven started his senior career with Maccabi Tel Aviv. After that, he played for Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam. In 2018, he signed for Ashdod in the Israeli Premier League, where he made sixteen appearances and scored zero goals.^[3]

He was called up again for the senior Israel national team on 14 November 2021, during their 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers - UEFA.^[4]

Maccabi Tel Aviv