Oday Dabbagh

Oday Ibrahim Mohammad Dabbagh (Arabic: عدي إبراهيم محمد الدباغ; born 3 December 1998) is a Palestinian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Primeira Liga club Arouca and the Palestine football team.

Oday Dabbagh
Personal information
Full name Oday Ibrahim Mohammad Dabbagh[1]
Date of birth (1998-12-03) 3 December 1998
Place of birth East Jerusalem
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Arouca
Number 15
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Hilal Al-Quds (40)
2019 Al-Salmiya (1)
2019–2021 Qadsia (3)
2020–2021 → Al-Yarmouk (loan) (6)
2021 Al-Arabi 18 (13)
2021– Arouca 37 (15)
International career‡
2015 Palestine U19 3 (0)
2017–2021 Palestine U23 15 (5)
2018– Palestine 27 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:49, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 June 2022

Club career

Hilal Al-Quds

Dabbagh made his professional debut as a 16 year old for Hilal Al-Quds during the 2015–16 season. His first professional goal came on 26 December 2015 – 23 days after his 17th birthday. He scored two more goals that season, helping Hilal Al-Quds avoid relegation.[2]

He increased his scoring output in the following seasons, scoring 9, 12, and 16 goals respectively, as Hilal Al-Quds won an unprecedented three straight West Bank Premier League titles. He won the WBPL's golden boot in 2018–19 after scoring 16 goals.[3]

On 6 May 2019, Dabbagh became Palestine's all-time leading scorer at the AFC Cup after scoring a brace against Nejmeh of Lebanon.[4]

Al-Arabi

Dabbagh joined Al-Arabi on 14 January 2021, until the end of the season.[5] Dabbagh helped Al-Arabi win the 2020–21 Kuwaiti Premier League title, and finished the season as league top-scorer with 13 goals.[6]

Arouca

On 21 August 2021, Dabbagh joined Arouca in the Portuguese Primeira Liga,[7] on a two-year contract.[8] He made his debut on 28 August, as an 80th-minute substitute in a 3–0 defeat to Porto.[9] On 18 September, Dabbagh scored his first goal in a 2–2 draw to Vitória.[10]

In a 2–0 win over Estoril on 7 January 2023, he scored his first brace for the club.[11] Dabbagh continued his excellent form after two games, assisting Arouca to a 4–0 victory over Portimonense, in which he also scored two goals.[12]

On 1 July 2023, he will move to Charleroi in the Belgian Pro League.[13]

International career

Dabbagh made his national team debut on 27 March 2018, in a 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier game against Oman. He later appeared with the senior national team in the 2018 Bangabandhu Cup, which Palestine won.[14] Dabbagh's first senior goal came on 6 September 2018, in a 1–1 draw with Kyrgyzstan.[15]

At just 20 years of age, Dabbagh was called up for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, and appeared against Australia and Jordan.[16][17]

Personal life

Dabbagh was born in the Old City of Jerusalem.[18]

Career statistics

Club
As of 19 February 2023[19]
Club League Season League Taça de Portugal Taça da Liga Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Arouca
Primeira Liga 2021–22 23410—244
Primeira Liga 2022–23 14721532111
Career total 371131534515

    International
    As of match played 11 June 2022[20]
    Scores and results list Palestine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dabbagh goal.
    List of international goals scored by Oday Dabbagh
    No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
    1 6 September 2018 Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan  Kyrgyzstan 1–1 1–1 Friendly
    2 11 August 2019 Karbala International Stadium, Karbala, Iraq  Syria 2–1 4–3 2019 WAFF Championship
    3 3–1
    4 5 September 2019 Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram, Palestine  Uzbekistan 1–0 2–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
    5 3 June 2021 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia  Singapore 2–0 4–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
    6 15 June 2021 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia  Yemen 1–0 3–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
    7 3–0
    8 24 June 2021 Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar  Comoros 2–1 5–1 2021 FIFA Arab Cup qualification
    9 8 June 2022 MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia  Mongolia 1–0 1–0 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification
    10 11 June 2022 MFF Football Centre, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia  Yemen 1–0 5–0 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification

    Honours

    Hilal Al-Quds

    Qadsia

    Al-Arabi

    Palestine

    Individual

    References
    1. "Oday Dabbagh". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
    2. "Will Oday Dabagh break out in 2017?". footballpalestine.com.
    3. "كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول". www.kooora.com.
    4. "هلال القدس يفوز مجدداً على النجمة اللبناني". www.alhadath.ps (in Arabic). 7 May 2019.
    5. "العربي يتفق مع بديل كيتا". كووورة. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
    6. "العربي بطلاً للدوري الكويتي الممتاز". www.aljarida.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 3 June 2021.
    7. "OFICIAL: Arouca contrata avançado internacional palestiniano". Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 August 2021.
    8. "Oday Dabbagh por duas épocas (Arouca)". A Bola (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
    9. "Em direto: FC Porto - Arouca". Tribuna Expresso (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 19 September 2021.
    10. "النجم عدي الدباغ يسجل أول أهدافه في الدوري البرتغالي الممتاز". WAFA Agency. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
    11. "Palestinian Football Phenomenon, Dabbagh Making History in Portugal". 8 January 2023.
    12. "Arouca-Portimonense: Bis de Dabbagh dá vista europeia na serra da Freita". www.jn.pt.
    13. "Arouca: Oday Dabbagh de saída para os belgas do Charleroi na próxima época". SAPO Desporto.
    14. "Plucky Palestine clinch Bangabandhu Gold Cup". Dhaka Tribune. 12 October 2018.
    15. "Palestine's teen idol Dabbagh a step closer to UAE 2019". Asian Football Confederation. 7 September 2018.
    16. "Palestine vs. Australia - Football Match Summary - January 11, 2019". ESPN. 11 January 2019.
    17. "Asian Cup Report: Palestine 0 Jordan 0". Goal.com. 15 January 2019.
    18. "طالب التربية الرياضية عدي الدباغ هداف للدوري الكويتي الممتاز". Birzeit University (in Arabic). 26 May 2021.
    19. Oday Dabbagh at Soccerway
    20. "Oday Dabbagh". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
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