Abdelatif Bahdari
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 February 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Gaza, Palestine | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre Back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Markaz Balata | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–1999 | Khadamat Rafah | ||
| 1999–2001 | Shabab Rafah | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2003 | Gaza Sport | ||
| 2002–2004 | Al-Meshtal | ||
| 2004–2009 | Khadamat Rafah | ||
| 2007–2008 | → Al-Am'ary (loan) | ||
| 2008–2009 | → Hilal Ariha (loan) | 22 | (7) |
| 2009–2011 | Al-Wehdat | 38 | (5) |
| 2011–2013 | Hajer | 37 | (7) |
| 2013–2014 | Zakho | 20 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Al-Wehdat | 19 | (4) |
| 2015–2016 | Shabab Al-Khalil | ||
| 2016–2017 | Tala'ea El-Gaish SC | ||
| 2017 | Abnaa Al-Quds | ||
| 2017–2018 | Shabab Al-Khalil | ||
| 2018– | Markaz Balata | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007–2020 | Palestine | 71 | (9) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 February 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2019 | |||
Abdelatif Bahdari (Arabic: عبد اللطيف البهداري; born 20 February 1984) is a Palestinian national team football player who plays in centre back for Markaz Balata.
Club career
Al-Wehdat
Bahdari began his fully fledged professional career when he moved to Jordanian powerhouse Al-Wahdat in the summer of 2009. His athleticism and power saw him become an automatic starter. In his first year, Bahdari and fellow countryman Ahmed Keshkesh helped Al-Wahdat secure the Jordan FA Cup. The 2010–11 season saw Bahdari move from strength to strength as an integral part of Al-Wahdat's historic quadruple winning team under the guidance of Croatian manager Dragan Talajic. In the league, Bahdari was part of a defence that conceded a mere 16 goals in 20 games, he also did his part on the other end of the pitch scoring twice in the league, once in the Cup semifinal against Kfarsoum, and the winner in the 2011 AFC Cup second round against Shurtan Guzar.
Hajer
Bahdari's fantastic season saw him attract the attention of many clubs in the West Bank, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. It was initially thought that Bahdari would join former manager Dragan Talajic at Kuwait SC. He was also heavily linked with Kuwaiti club Al-Nasr, he eventually signed with Shabab Al-Khaleel of the West Bank Premier League but the contract included a get-out clause if Bahdari received a professional contract from a club based abroad. On 1 July 2011 Bahdari signed a two-year deal with newly promoted Hajer Club of the Saudi Professional League. His salary (a rumored $280,000/yr.) would make him the best paid Palestinian athlete.[1]
Bahdari captained Hajer on more than one occasion and was crucial in securing a second season in the Saudi topflight for the Al-Hasa-based side. Bahdari's was Hajer's second top-scorer with 3 league goals and was second, behind Tawfiq Buhumaid in total minutes played. Bahdari was never substituted in his 22 league appearances. He was only held out of 4 league matches due to card accumulation, threat of card accumulation, or injury.
International career
Abdelatif Bahdari captained the Palestinian national team in their first home World Cup qualifier against Afghanistan on 3 July 2011 in the absence of regular captain Ramzi Saleh. He took over the captaincy on a full-time basis in 2015 during 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
International goals
- Scores and results list Palestine's goal tally first.[2]
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 6 September 2014 | Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines |  Chinese Taipei |
5–3 | 7–3 | 2014 Philippine Peace Cup |
| 2. | 29 March 2016 | Dora International Stadium, Hebron, Palestine |  East Timor |
7–0 | 7–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3. | 10 November 2016 | Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon |  Lebanon |
1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 4. | 5 September 2017 | Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan |  Bhutan |
2–0 | 2–0 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| 5. | 10 October 2017 | Dora International Stadium, Hebron, Palestine | 1–0 | 10–0 | ||
| 6. | 5–0 | |||||
| 7. | 6–0 | |||||
| 8. | 4 October 2018 | Sylhet District Stadium, Sylhet, Bangladesh |  Tajikistan |
2–0 | 2–0 | 2018 Bangabandhu Cup |
| 9. | 11 June 2019 | Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan |  Kyrgyzstan |
2–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
Honours
Personal
Best Player, Bangabandhu Gold Cup: 2018
Club
Al-Wehdat
- Jordan Premier League: 2010–11, 2014–15
- Jordan FA Cup: 2009–10, 2010–11
- Jordan FA Shield: 2010
- Jordan Super Cup: 2009, 2010
- West Bank Premier League: 2015/16
National team
References
- ^ "بهداري الوحدات يلعب لهجر". Alriyadh. 3 July 2011.
- ^ "Al-Bahdari, Abdul Latif". National Football Teams. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
External links
- Abdelatif Bahdari at National-Football-Teams.com
- Abdelatif Bahdari – FIFA competition record (archived)
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- 1984 births
- Living people
- Palestinian footballers
- Palestine international footballers
- Association football central defenders
- Expatriate footballers in Jordan
- Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia
- Palestinian expatriate footballers
- Markaz Shabab Al-Am'ari players
- Hajer FC players
- Al-Wehdat SC players
- Shabab Al-Khalil SC players
- Palestinian expatriate sportspeople in Jordan
- 2015 AFC Asian Cup players
- Palestinian expatriate sportspeople in Iraq
- Expatriate footballers in Iraq
- Palestinian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
- Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games
- Saudi Professional League players
- Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games
- 2019 AFC Asian Cup players
- Asian Games competitors for Palestine