Shahar Piven-Bachtiar (, ; born 21 September 1995) is a Russian footballer who plays as a defender for Maccabi Tel Aviv. 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. Honours 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 References External links Dawn of a New Day: Piven reveals his fascinating story Shachar Hassan: That's how Shachar Piven became a regular car player in Maccabi Tel Aviv 1995 births Living people Israeli footballers Association football defenders Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam F.C. players F.C. Ashdod players Liga Leumit players Israeli Premier League players Russian emigrants to Israel Israeli people of Russian descent Israeli people of Soviet descent People from Birobidzhan