Edgardo Abdala

Edgardo Abdala
Personal information
Full name	Edgardo Smith Abdala Montero
Date of birth	July 1, 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Monte Águila, Chile
Position(s)	Defensive Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Comunal Cabrero (manager)
Youth career
2000–2002	Fernández Vial
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003	Fernández Vial
2004	Palestino
2004–2005	Naval
2005–2006	Unión San Felipe
2006–2008	Ñublense
2009–2010	Huachipato
2011	Santiago Morning
2012	Fernández Vial
International career
2003–2008	Palestine
Managerial career
2016–2017	Fernández Vial
2017	Colegio Quillón
2018	Comunal Cabrero
2019	República Independiente Hualqui
2020–2021	Comunal Cabrero
2022–	Comunal Cabrero
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edgardo Smith Abdala Montero (born July 1, 1978) is a Chilean-born Palestinian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented the Palestinian national team.

Career

Abdala developed his career in Chile. A naturalized Palestinian, he represented the Palestinian national team from 2003 to 2008.^[1]

His last club was Fernández Vial in the 2012 Segunda División Profesional.^[2]^[3]

Abdala has developed a career as coach for teams at minor categories of the Chilean football. He started his career with Fernández Vial in 2016.^[2] In 2022, he returned to his hometown club, Comunal Cabrero, after leaving them at the beginning of 2021.^[4]

Personal life

He is the father of the footballer Joaquín Abdala.^[5]

References

^ (La Pelota es Mía) #EntrevistaLPEM con Edgardo Abdala on YouTube (in Spanish). 6 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b Maureira, Nicolás (3 August 2016). "Fernández Vial confirma a Edgardo Abdala como nuevo DT tras renuncia de Ramón Climent". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
^ "Fernandez Vial 2012 - Campeonato 2ª Division". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 September 2024.
^ "Comunal Cabrero se prepara con sangre joven de cara al 2022". Pasión de Hincha (in Spanish). 17 April 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
^ "Edgardo Abdala y situación de su hijo Joaquín: En Huachipato lo obligaron a firmar con Felicevich". AlAireLibre.cl (in Spanish). Cooperativa. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

External links

Edgardo Abdala at Soccerway
Edgardo Abdala – FIFA competition record (archived)
Edgardo Abdala at National-Football-Teams.com
Edgardo Abdala at BDFA (in Spanish)

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[1] (La Pelota es Mía) #EntrevistaLPEM con Edgardo Abdala on YouTube (in Spanish). 6 August 2020.

[biobio-2] Maureira, Nicolás (3 August 2016). "Fernández Vial confirma a Edgardo Abdala como nuevo DT tras renuncia de Ramón Climent". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. Retrieved 5 September 2024.

[3] "Fernandez Vial 2012 - Campeonato 2ª Division". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 September 2024.

[4] "Comunal Cabrero se prepara con sangre joven de cara al 2022". Pasión de Hincha (in Spanish). 17 April 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2024.

[5] "Edgardo Abdala y situación de su hijo Joaquín: En Huachipato lo obligaron a firmar con Felicevich". AlAireLibre.cl (in Spanish). Cooperativa. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

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