| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Walid Badir | ||
| Date of birth | 12 March 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Kafr Qasim, Israel | ||
| Playing position | Central Defender/Defensive Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Hapoel Tel Aviv | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987-1989 | Hapoel Kafr Qasim | ||
| 1990-1992 | Hapoel Petah Tikva | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1992-1999 | Hapoel Petah Tikva[1] | 153 | (19) |
| 1999-2000 | Wimbledon | 21 | (1) |
| 2000–2005 | Maccabi Haifa | 141 | (28) |
| 2005–present | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 179 | (18) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1997–2007 | Israel | 74 | (12) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 August 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Walid Badir (Arabic: وليد بادر, Hebrew: וואליד באדיר, born March 12, 1974) is an Arab Israeli football player, currently playing as captain for Hapoel Tel Aviv.
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Badir was recognized early on as a valuable prospect, and played for the youth clubs Hapoel Kafr Qasim and Hapoel Petah Tikva, and later was given a spot on second teams premier league roster. Badir played for Petach Tikva for 7 consecutive seasons (1992–1997) and scored 19 goals.
During Walid Badir's time at Wimbledon he scored one league goal against Manchester United F.C. at Old Trafford.[2] However, other than this Badir was unable to make a sufficient impact in his time there.
Badir relocated to Maccabi Haifa in 2000-2001 at the beginning of the Avraham Grant era. Grant, a longtime manager of clubs like Beitar Jerusalem and Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C., moulded from young players like Badir and Yossi Benayoun one of the most dangerous clubs in the history of Israeli football. With Badir, Haifa would win four championships, failing only once, in 2002-03 when Maccabi Tel-Aviv won the title.
In 2005, while the club began a major campaign to revamp the roster with South American players like Gustavo Boccoli and Roberto Colautti, Badir signed with Hapoel Tel Aviv and became a major part of their 2005-06 season when they were runners-up to Maccabi Haifa and State cup winners, With Badir awarded the captaincy of the team ever since.
As of 2009, Badir had appeared in 76 games with Israel national football team, and scored 12 goals. His first appearance was in August 5, 1997 in a friendly match against Belarus (3-2).
One of his most notable games, was his 83rd-minute goal in Israel's tie against France in a 2006 World Cup qualifying match.
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