Fahed Attal

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Fahed Attal
Arabic: فهد عتال
Personal information
Date of birth	January 1, 1985 (1985-01-01) (age 23)
Place of birth	Qalqilya, West Bank
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Al-Jazeera
Number	16
Youth clubs
{{{youthyears}}}	Islami Qalqilya
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
{{{years}}}	Islami Qalqilya Al-Jazeera	{{{caps(goals)}}}
National team
2006–	Palestine	16 (12)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Fahed Attal(Arabic:فهد عتال) (born January 1st, 1985) in Qalqilya,West Bank is a Palestinian Footballer currently playing for Al-Jazeera of Jordan. He is the second leading all-time scorer in the history of the Palestine national football team behind fellow striker Ziyad Al-Kord with 12 goals in 16 games. All of Attal's goals with the national team came in the 2006 calendar year earning him recognition from IFFHS International Federation of Football History and Statistics which cited Attal as the World's 8th leading scorer of international goals on par with the likes of David Villa and Bastian Schweinsteiger ^[1] Attal was also included in the Asian Football Confederation shortlist of 10 players for the 2006 AFC Player of the Year Award ^[2] So far, Palestine has a 100% record when Fahed Attal finds the back of the net (6-0-0).

[edit] National Team Goals

Competition	City	Year	Goals	Match & result
Friendly	Manama	16/02/2006	1-0 55', 2-0 75'	PLE 3 - Pakistan 0
Friendly	Manama	18/02/2006	2-0 79'	PLE 2 - Bahrain 0
AFC 2007 Asian Cup Qualifying	Amman	01/03/2006	1-0 75'	PLE 1 - Singapore 0
AFC Challenge Cup	Dhaka	01/04/2006	2-0 14', 3-0 20', 5-0 26', 6-0 32', 8-0 45', 11-0 84'	PLE 11 - Guam 0
AFC Challenge Cup	Dhaka	03/04/2006	3-0 30'	PLE 4 - Cambodia 0
AFC Challenge Cup	Dhaka	05/04/2006	1-0 30'	PLE 1 - Bangladesh 1

[edit] References

1. ^ "IFFHS 2006 World's Best Goalscorers", www.rsssf.com, 2007-08-02. Retrieved on 2007-11-02. 
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