Fahed Attal

Fahed Attal
فهد عتال
Personal information
Date of birth	1 January 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Qalqilya, Palestine
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Shabab Al-Khaleel
Number	11
Youth career
	Islami Qalqilya
Senior career*
Years	Team
0000–2006	Islami Qalqilya
2006–2010	Al-Jazeera
2010–2011	Al-Wahdat
2011–	Shabab Al-Khaleel
International career‡
2005–2012	Palestine
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 March 2012; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 May 2012

Fahed Attal (Arabic: فهد عتال; born 1 January 1985 in Qalqilya) is a Palestinian professional football player currently playing for Shabab Al-Khaleel of the West Bank Premier League.

Club career

Move to Jordanian Premier League

After grabbing the attention of scouts of clubs such as Al-Wahdat^[1] with a dazzling performance at the 2006 AFC Challenge Cup Attal agreed a loan deal with Al-Jazeera of the Jordan League. After scoring 8 goals in his inaugural season, Attal was transferred on a permanent deal worth $210,000 USD.^[2] In 2010, he signed a one-year $50,000 contract to join Al-Wahdat^[3] Attal would play an important role in the team winning a historic quadruple but with the signing of Abdullah Deeb, Attal chose to search for a new club. He signed a one-year contract with Hebron-based Shabab Al-Khaleel of the West Bank Premier League.

International career

He is tied for all-time leading scorer in the history of the Palestine national football team with Ashraf Nu'man. He has 14 goals in 37 games. Twelve of Attal's goals with the national team came in the 2006 calendar year earning him recognition from International Federation of Football History and Statistics which cited Attal as the World's 8th leading scorer of international goals on par with the likes of David Villa and Bastian Schweinsteiger ^[4] Attal was also included in the Asian Football Confederation shortlist of 10 players for the 2006 AFC Player of the Year Award ^[5] Palestine had an undefeated record when Attal found the back of the net. This was until he scored against the Philippines in the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup where they lost 4–3.

International goals

Scores and results list Palestine's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	16 February 2006	Bahrain National Stadium, Manama	Bahrain	2–0	2–0	Friendly
2.	18 February 2006	Bahrain National Stadium, Manama	Pakistan	1–0	1–0	Friendly
3.	18 February 2006	Bahrain National Stadium, Manama	Pakistan	2–0	2–0	Friendly
4.	1 March 2006	King Abdullah Stadium, Amman	Singapore	1–0	1–0	2007 AFC Asian Cup qualifier
5.	1 April 2006	Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka	Guam	2–0	11–0	2006 AFC Challenge Cup
6.	1 April 2006	Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka	Guam	3–0	11–0	2006 AFC Challenge Cup
7.	1 April 2006	Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka	Guam	5–0	11-0	2006 AFC Challenge Cup
8.	1 April 2006	Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka	Guam	6–0	11–0	2006 AFC Challenge Cup
9.	1 April 2006	Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka	Guam	8–0	11–0	2006 AFC Challenge Cup
10.	1 April 2006	Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka	Guam	11–0	11–0	2006 AFC Challenge Cup
11.	3 April 2006	Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka	Cambodia	3–0	4–0	2006 AFC Challenge Cup
12.	5 April 2006	Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka	Bangladesh	1–0	1–1	2006 AFC Challenge Cup
13.	8 March 2012	Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu	Nepal	2–0	2–0	2012 AFC Challenge Cup
14.	19 March 2012	Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu	Philippines	3–4	3–4	2012 AFC Challenge Cup