Bibras Natcho

Hapoel Tel Aviv

Natcho joined Israeli club Hapoel Tel Aviv's youth team with fellow Israel youth international Ben Sahar, moving through the ranks up to the first team at the start of the 2006–07 season, winning the Israel State Cup during that season. Throughout the years, Natcho became an important player in Hapoel and in the Israeli national youth teams. Natcho made his Israeli Premier League debut coming on as a substitute against Maccabi Netanya on 18 November 2006. Natcho'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. After the arrival of Israeli coach Eli Guttman during the 2007–08 season, Natcho became a main part of the team, scoring his first league goal against Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. on 9 February 2008. Natcho 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.

Rubin Kazan

After losing 0–3 on aggregate in the Round of 32 of Europa League, Natcho 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. Natcho 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…

Throughout his career, Natcho has played for nearly every Israeli national team together with his colleague, Beram Kayal. He represented the national team at the Valeri Lobanovsky Memorial Tournament 2007 that was victorious for it. As a former captain of the Israel under-19 team, Natcho was called up for the senior team friendly match held 12 August 2009 against Northern Ireland, but wasn't capped. Natcho made his first appearance for the senior side in a friendly match against Romania on 3 March 2010, when he came on as a substitute. He scored his first international goal against Azerbaijan on 7 September 2012. In 2018, he became the first captain of the Israel national team of either Circassian or Muslim origin. On 25 March 2023, he retired from international football.

Club

As of 23 May 2026

International

As of match played 25 March 2023

Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first.

Hapoel Tel Aviv

Israel State Cup: 2006–07 Rubin Kazan

Russian Cup: 2011–12 Russian Super Cup: 2012 CSKA Moscow

Russian Premier League: 2015–16 Individual

UEFA Europa League Top assist provider: 2013–14 UEFA Europa League Team of the Group Stage 2013–14 Russian Premier League Central Midfielder of the Season: 2011–12, 2014–15 Serbian SuperLiga Player of the Week: 2021–22 (Round 2), 2022–23 (Round 13), 2024–25 (Round 23) Orders

President's Medal: 2023