Daniel Mustafá
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Kabir Mustafá | ||
| Date of birth | 2 August 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Bell Ville, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Atlético Venezuela | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2003 | Talleres Córdoba | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2004–2006 | Talleres Córdoba | 8 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Racing Córdoba (loan) | 25 | (0) |
| 2007 | Alumni | 8 | (3) |
| 2007–2008 | Ben Hur | 29 | (2) |
| 2008–2009 | Estrela Amadora | 15 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Huesca | 1 | (0) |
| 2010 | Belenenses | 10 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Tigre | 2 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Independiente José Terán | 17 | (0) |
| 2012 | Boca Unidos | 4 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | San Marcos Arica | 39 | (4) |
| 2014– | Atlético Venezuela | 16 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2012– | Palestine | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 February 2015. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Daniel Kabir Mustafá (born 2 August 1984) is a Palestinian footballer who plays for Atlético Venezuela as a central defender. He also holds Italian citizenship.
Club career
The son of a father of Palestinian descent and a mother of Italian and Spanish ancestries,[1] Mustafá was born in Bell Ville, Córdoba. He started his playing career in the lower leagues of Argentine football, representing in succession Córdoba province clubs Talleres de Córdoba, Racing de Córdoba and Alumni de Villa María.
In 2008 he played for another modest side, Club Sportivo Ben Hur of Rafaela, and had his first abroad experience in the following summer, with Portugal's C.F. Estrela da Amadora, where he appeared in half of the Primeira Liga matches as his team was relegated due to irregularities.
Mustafa's next stop was in Spain, with Segunda División club SD Huesca. There, he only appeared in one (incomplete) match, and was released in mid-January 2010 after reporting later than expected from the Christmas break,[2] returning to the other country in the Iberian Peninsula as he joined league strugglers C.F. Os Belenenses, also Lisbon-based.
On 14 June 2010, after suffering another top flight relegation in Portugal, Mustafá returned to Argentina, moving to Primera División team Club Atlético Tigre.[3] In January 2013, after brief spells with Independiente José Terán and Boca Unidos, he joined San Marcos de Arica in the Chilean Primera División.[4]
In spite of his team's relegation Mustafá continued with the club but, in April 2014, returned to his homeland after the 8.2 earthquake.[5]
International career
In 2006, talks between Mustafá and the Palestinian Football Association in order for the former to represent the latter's national team took place, but no agreement was reached. Finally, he was selected for the squad that competed in the 2012 WAFF Championship, gaining his first cap on 8 December in a 1–2 loss against Kuwait.[6]
References
- ↑ Israel y Palestina, unidos por el fútbol (Israel and Palestina, joined by football); ESPN, 23 November 2012 (Spanish)
- ↑ Mustafa llega a Huesca pero es apartado de la plantilla (Mustafa arrives at Huesca but is ousted from squad); Marca, 6 January 2010 (Spanish)
- ↑ "Cae gente al baile..." [They keep coming...] (in Spanish). Olé. 14 June 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
- ↑ "San Marcos de Arica presentó a Nicolás Trecco y a un defensor de 1,91 metros" [San Marcos de Arica presented Nicolás Trecco and 1,91 meters defender] (in Spanish). Soy Chile. 5 January 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ↑ "Terremoto en el fútbol: Jugadores de San Marcos sufren con sismos" [Earthquake in football: San Marcos players suffer with tremors] (in Spanish). Cooperativa. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ↑ "Kuwait 2–1 Palestine" (PDF). The WAFF. 8 December 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
External links
- Argentine League statistics (Spanish)
- BDFA profile (Spanish)
- Daniel Mustafá at National-Football-Teams.com
- Daniel Mustafá profile at ForaDeJogo
- BDFutbol profile
- Soccerway profile