Shahar Piven-Bachtiar

Shahar Piven

Piven-Bachtiar playing for Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Shahar Piven-Bachtiar
Date of birth	(1995-09-21) 21 September 1995 (age 31)
Place of birth	Birobidzhan, Russia
Position	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Hapoel Tel Aviv
Number	21
Youth career
	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2023	Maccabi Tel Aviv	85	(1)
2015–2018	→ Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam (loan)	66	(0)
2018	→ F.C. Ashdod (loan)	14	(0)
2023–2025	Hapoel Jerusalem	31	(0)
2025–	Hapoel Tel Aviv	41	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 June 2026

Shahar Piven-Bachtiar (Hebrew: שחר פיבן, Russian: Шахар Пивень; born 21 September 1995) is an Israeli footballer who plays as a defender for Hapoel Tel Aviv.

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.^{[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.

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

Maccabi Tel Aviv

• Israeli Premier League (2): 2018–19, 2019–20
• Toto Cup (2): 2018–19, 2020–21
• Israel Super Cup (2): 2019, 2020

• Dawn of a New Day: Piven reveals his fascinating story^{[link removed]}
• Shachar Hassan: That's how Shachar Piven became a regular car player in Maccabi Tel Aviv