Zaid_Qunbar
Zaid Qunbar
Palestinian footballer (born 2002)
Zaid Qunbar (Arabic: زيد القنبر; born 4 September 2002) is a Palestinian footballer who plays as an attacker for West Bank Premier League club Jabal Al-Mukaber and the Palestine national football team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Zaid Qunbar | ||
| Date of birth | (2002-09-04) 4 September 2002 (age 21) | ||
| Place of birth | Jerusalem | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Jabal Al-Mukaber | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2014 | Hapoel Jerusalem | ||
| 2014–2020 | Beitar Jerusalem | ||
| 2019–2020 | → Hapoel Hadera | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2021 | Shabab Al-Dhahiriya | ||
| 2021– | Jabal Al-Mukaber | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| Palestine U23 | |||
| 2023– | Palestine | 7 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 January 2024 | |||
Qunbar grew up in the Jabal Mukaber neighborhood in Jerusalem. He started playing on the Hapoel Jerusalem's youth team and then moved to Beitar Jerusalem. At the end of 2019, he left for Hapoel Hadera for two months.[1]
On 13 May 2023, he signed for Al-Wehdat SC from the Jordanian Pro League, but after a month he returned to Jabal Al-Mukaber.[citation needed]
In January 2024, alongside his brother Shehab, Qunbar was named in Palestine 26-men squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.[2]
International goals
- Scores and results list Palestine's goal tally first.
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 23 January 2024 | Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar |  Hong Kong | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2023 AFC Asian Cup |
- Itzhaki, Itzik (10 December 2020). ""אני ילד בן 18 שרק רצה לשחק": הערבי שכמעט עשה היסטוריה בבית"ר מדבר" (in Hebrew). Sport1. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- "PFA Releases 2023 Asian Cup Squad". Football Palestine. January 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- Zaid Qunbar – Israel Football Association league player details
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