Shahar Piven

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

Early life
Piven-Bachtiar was born in Birobidzhan, Russia. He immigrated to with his mother to Israel as a six year old and grew up in Rishon LeZion, Israel.

Career
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.

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

Club
Maccabi Tel Aviv
 * Israeli Premier League (2): 2018–19, 2019–20
 * Toto Cup (2): 2018–19, 2020–21
 * Israel Super Cup (2): 2019, 2020