Abdelatif Bahdari

Abdelatif Bahdari
Personal information
Full name	Abdelatif Bahdari
Date of birth	20 February 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Gaza City, Gaza
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 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
2001–2003	Gaza Sport
2002–2004	Al-Meshtal
2004–2009	Khadamat Rafah
2007–2008	→ Al-Am'ary (loan)
2008–2009	→ Hilal Ariha (loan)
2009–2011	Al-Wehdat
2011–2013	Hajer
2013–2014	Zakho
2014–2015	Al-Wehdat
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
2007–2021	Palestine
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 February 2020

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 2021, he earned 79 caps for Palestine national football team.

Club career

Al-Wehdat

Bahdari began his professional career when he moved to Jordanian Al-Wahdat in the summer of 2009. In his first year, Bahdari and fellow countryman Ahmed Keshkesh helped Al-Wahdat secure the Jordan FA Cup.^{[citation needed]}

Hajer

Bahdari's 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 Kuwait SC. He was also 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 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 in total minutes played. He was only held out of 4 league matches due to card accumulation, threat of card accumulation, or injury.^{[citation needed]}

International career

Bahdari captained the Palestinian national team in their first home World Cup qualifier against Afghanistan on 3 July 2011. He took over the captaincy on a full-time basis in 2015 during 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification^{[citation needed]}

International goals

Scores and results list Palestine's goal tally first.^[3]

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	Bhutan	1–0	10–0	2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
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