Abdelatif Bahdari


Abdelatif Bahdari 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 would make him the best paid Palestinian athlete.
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

GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.6 September 2014Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines5–37–32014 Philippine Peace Cup
2.29 March 2016Dora International Stadium, Hebron, Palestine7–07–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.10 November 2016Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon1–11–1Friendly
4.5 September 2017Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan2–02–02019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
5.10 October 2017Dora International Stadium, Hebron, Palestine1–010–02019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
6.10 October 2017Dora International Stadium, Hebron, Palestine5–010–02019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
7.10 October 2017Dora International Stadium, Hebron, Palestine6–010–02019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
8.4 October 2018Sylhet District Stadium, Sylhet, Bangladesh2–02–02018 Bangabandhu Cup
9.11 June 2019Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan2–22–2Friendly

Honours

Personal

Best Player, Bangabandhu Gold Cup: 2018

Club

Al-Wehdat