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title: "Celtic: Fans lavish Hatem Abd Elhamed with praise on his 29th birthday"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/celtic-fans-lavish-hatem-abd-elhamed-with-praise-on-aces-29th-birthday/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Uways Nisar"
section: "SPFL News"
published: "2020-03-18T13:50:49Z"
modified: "2020-03-18T13:50:49Z"
---

# Celtic: Fans lavish Hatem Abd Elhamed with praise on his 29th birthday

**Celtic fans were lavishing Hatem Abd Elh****am****ed with praise as the defender turned 29-years-old.**

The £810k-rated, [as per Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/hatem-abd-elhamed/transfers/spieler/176990), Israeli has endured an injury-plagued debut season with the Hoops since moving from Hapoel Be’er Sheva in last summer’s transfer window. After featuring regularly at the start of the campaign, a muscle problem kept him out for over 110 days with the ace only recently making his comeback in the 5-0 win over [St Johnstone](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/hatem-abd-elhamed/verletzungen/spieler/176990).

He only made his international debut for his country last year and has gone on to make [five appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/hatem-abd-elhamed/nationalmannschaft/spieler/176990/verein_id/5547) during their European Championship qualifying campaign. Despite his little game time, he earned praise from manager Neil Lennon following his performance against Lazio in the Europa League with the Northern Irishman claiming he’d proven to be ‘real value for money’ [(via Daily Record)](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/neil-lennon-admits-hatem-abd-20730308). Supporters were full of complimentary messages for the defender on his birthday as they took to Twitter to react. Here are some of the tweets, where one fan called him the ‘absolute goat’ (greatest of all time):

> Happy birthday to the greatest ever
>
> — shaun elhamed (@Shaun\_bhoy\_1888) [March 18, 2020](https://twitter.com/Shaun_bhoy_1888/status/1240178848039342080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Best Celtic defender since Rieper. Happy birthday big man!
>
> — Kes Devaal (@KesDevaal) [March 18, 2020](https://twitter.com/KesDevaal/status/1240202394379706369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Best of all time
>
> — Yoda the jake (@Craig7256) [March 18, 2020](https://twitter.com/Craig7256/status/1240200958870794240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> who new a shared a birthday wae an absolute goat [https://t.co/OcDNEWbZ2S](https://t.co/OcDNEWbZ2S)
>
> — . (@MC\_1967\_) [March 18, 2020](https://twitter.com/MC_1967_/status/1240203531069665281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Easily the most handsome guy to ever play in Scottish football 🐐 [https://t.co/aggYAl8W0t](https://t.co/aggYAl8W0t)
>
> — Jordan (@JordanT67) [March 18, 2020](https://twitter.com/JordanT67/status/1240193319864537090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Greatest Player in Football History. [#facts](https://twitter.com/hashtag/facts?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [https://t.co/PBQ2u4NEN1](https://t.co/PBQ2u4NEN1)
>
> — Joshua (@jawshoeahhh) [March 18, 2020](https://twitter.com/jawshoeahhh/status/1240200542472806400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***Celtic fans, has Elhamed proven to be value for money this season? Join the discussion below!***