Abdelatif Bahdari

Abdelatif Bahdari (Arabic: عبد اللطيف البهداري; born 20 February 1984) is a Palestinian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Markaz Balata. From 2007 to 2020, he earned 71 caps for Palestine national football team.

Abdelatif Bahdari
Personal information
Full name Abdelatif Bahdari
Date of birth (1984-02-20) 20 February 1984[1]
Place of birth Gaza City, Gaza
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1]
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– Palestine 71 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 February 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2019

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.[2]

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.[3]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.6 September 2014Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines Chinese Taipei5–37–32014 Philippine Peace Cup
2.29 March 2016Dora International Stadium, Hebron, Palestine Timor-Leste7–07–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.10 November 2016Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon Lebanon1–11–1Friendly
4.5 September 2017Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan Bhutan2–02–02019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
5.10 October 2017Dora International Stadium, Hebron, Palestine1–010–0
6.5–0
7.6–0
8.4 October 2018Sylhet District Stadium, Sylhet, Bangladesh Tajikistan2–02–02018 Bangabandhu Cup
9.11 June 2019Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan2–22–2Friendly

Honours

Al-Wehdat

Palestine

Individual

References
  1. "FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Palestine" (PDF). FIFA. 4 December 2021. p. 10. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  2. "بهداري الوحدات يلعب لهجر". Alriyadh. 3 July 2011.
  3. "Al-Bahdari, Abdul Latif". National Football Teams. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
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