Nicola Hadwa

Nicola Hadwa Shahwan (born 1950) is a Palestine–Chilean commercial engineer and football manager. He was the first professional coach of the Palestine national football team.

He has criticized US imperialism on TeleSur (a Venezuelan government propaganda channel), HispanTV (an Iranian propaganda channel) and Sputnik (a Russian propaganda channel). He has participated in scholarly conferences sponsored by institutions including the University of Valparaíso, and on how emergent economies (especially China) have countered US weight around the world.

Football career
In 2002, he was hired by Palestine Football Association to coach Palestine. According him, the reasons why that country's Football Association contacted him was because he was the first one professional coach in the history of Palestinian football.

In 2004, he renounced to Club Deportivo Palestino.

On 3 December 2020, Hadwa joined Concón National.

Political career
In 2017, he started a campaign to reach a seat in the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, being supported by Progressive Party then led by Marco Enríquez Ominami. He also received support from people of Chilean football world like the coach Jorge Garcés.