| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicola Hadwa Shahwan | ||
| Date of birth | 30 March 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Beit Jala, Palestine | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| Iván Mayo | |||
| El Sol de Quilpué | |||
| Quintero Unido | |||
| Vicuña Elqui | |||
| 2002 | Deportes La Serena | ||
| 2002–2004 | Palestine | ||
| 2004 | Palestino | ||
| 2005 | Unión La Calera | ||
| 2020 | Concón National | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 December 2020 | |||
Nicola Hadwa Shahwan (born 1950) is a Palestine–Chilean[1] commercial engineer[2] and football manager. He was the first professional coach of the Palestine national football team.
He has criticized US imperialism[3] 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,[4] and on how emergent economies (especially China) have countered US weight around the world.[4]
In 2002, he was hired by Palestine Football Association to coach Palestine.[2] 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.[2]
In 2004, he renounced to Club Deportivo Palestino.[5]
On 3 December 2020, Hadwa joined Concón National.[6]
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.[7] He also received support from people of Chilean football world like the coach Jorge Garcés.[8]