{{short description|Palestinian professional football player|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Fahed Attal | image = | image_size = | fullname = Fahed Adnan Foad Abdul Attal | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|1|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Qalqilya, West Bank | height = 1.80 m | position = Striker | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Islami Qalqilya | years1 = 2003–2007 | clubs1 = Islami Qalqilya | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2006–2007 | clubs2 = → Al-Jazeera (loan) | caps2 = | goals2 = 8 | years3 = 2007–2010 | clubs3 = Al-Jazeera | caps3 = | goals3 = 18 | years4 = 2010–2011 | clubs4 = Al-Wahdat | caps4 = 13 | goals4 = 5 | years5 = 2011–2018 | clubs5 = Shabab Al-Khaleel | caps5 = | goals5 = | nationalyears1 = 2005–2012 | nationalteam1 = Palestine | nationalcaps1 = 39 | nationalgoals1 = 14 | pcupdate = | ntupdate = }}
'''Fahed Adnan Foad Abdul Attal''' ({{langx|ar|فهد عتال}}; born 1 January 1985) is a Palestinian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
==Club career==
===Move to Jordanian Premier League=== After grabbing the attention of scouts of clubs such as Al-Wahdat<ref>{{cite news | title=الوحدات الأردني يفاوض هداف العالم !!| work=www.kooora.com | date=2006-04-21 | url=http://www.kooora.com/default.aspx?showarticle=9211&obj=3009733}}</ref> with a dazzling performance at the 2006 AFC Challenge Cup Attal agreed a loan deal with Al-Jazeera of the Jordan League. After scoring 8 goals in his inaugural season, Attal was transferred on a permanent deal worth $21000 USD.<ref>{{cite news | title=العتال رسمياً للجزيرة الأردني مقابل 21,000 دولار | work=www.kooora.com | date=2007-07-05 | url=http://www.kooora.com/default.aspx?showarticle=23919&obj=3009733}}</ref> In 2010, he signed a one-year $50,000 contract to join Al-Wahdat<ref>{{cite news | title=العتال يوقع للوحدات مقابل "50" ألف دولار | work=www.addustour.com | date=2010-06-23 | url=http://www.addustour.com/ViewTopic.aspx?ac=%5CSports%5C2010%5C06%5CSports_issue986_day23_id246336.htm | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707084126/http://www.addustour.com/ViewTopic.aspx?ac=%5CSports%5C2010%5C06%5CSports_issue986_day23_id246336.htm | archive-date=2011-07-07 }}</ref> With the signing of Abdullah Deeb, Attal chose to search for a new club. He signed a one-year contract with Hebron-based Shabab Al-Khaleel of the West Bank Premier League.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
==International career== Attal was the all-time top goalscorer of the Palestine national team, with 14 goals in 39 games until 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|title=National Team Statistics|url=https://www.footballpalestine.com/nt-stats/|access-date=2022-03-07|website= Football Palestine}}</ref> Twelve of Attal's goals with the national team came in the 2006 calendar year earning him recognition from 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.<ref>{{cite news | title=IFFHS 2006 World's Best Goalscorers | date=2007-08-02 | website=RSSSF | url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/iffhs-scor.html| accessdate=2007-11-02}}</ref> Attal was also included in the Asian Football Confederation shortlist of 10 players for the 2006 AFC Player of the Year Award.<ref>{{cite news | title=AFC reveal list of nominees | work=FIFA.com | date=2006-11-17 | url=https://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=107686.html?cid=rssfeed&att=| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102055256/http://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=107686.html?cid=rssfeed&att=| url-status=dead| archive-date=November 2, 2012| accessdate=2007-11-02}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===International=== :''Scores and results list Palestine's goal tally first.''<ref>{{cite web |title=Fahed Attal |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/21155/Fahed_Attal.html |website=National Football Teams}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 16 February 2006 || Bahrain National Stadium, Manama || {{fb|BHR}} ||style="text-align:center;"| 2–0 ||style="text-align:center;"| 2–0 || Friendly |- | 2. || rowspan=2|18 February 2006 || rowspan=2|Bahrain National Stadium, Manama || rowspan=2|{{fb|PAK}} ||style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 ||rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | 1–0 ||rowspan=2| Friendly |- | 3. ||style="text-align:center;"| 2–0 |- | 4. || 1 March 2006 || King Abdullah Stadium, Amman || {{fb|SIN}} ||style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 ||style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 || 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualifier |- | 5. || rowspan=6|1 April 2006 || rowspan=6|Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka || rowspan=6|{{fb|GUM}}||style="text-align:center;"| 2–0 || rowspan=6 style="text-align:center;" |11–0 || rowspan=8|2006 AFC Challenge Cup |- | 6. ||style="text-align:center;"| 3–0 |- | 7. ||style="text-align:center;"| 5–0 |- | 8. ||style="text-align:center;"| 6–0 |- | 9. ||style="text-align:center;"| 8–0 |- | 10. ||style="text-align:center;"| 11–0 |- | 11. || 3 April 2006 || Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka || {{fb|CAM}}||style="text-align:center;"| 3–0 ||style="text-align:center;"| 4–0 |- | 12. || 5 April 2006 || Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka || {{fb|BAN}}||style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 ||style="text-align:center;"| 1–1 |- | 13. || 8 March 2012 || Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu || {{fb|NEP}} ||style="text-align:center;"| 2–0 ||style="text-align:center;"| 2–0 || rowspan=2|2012 AFC Challenge Cup |- | 14. || 19 March 2012 || Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu || {{fb|PHI}} ||style="text-align:center;"| 3–4 ||style="text-align:center;"| 3–4 |- | 15. || 14 May 2012 || Faisal Al-Husseini Stadium, Al-Ram || {{fb|VIE}} ||style="text-align:center;"| 2–0 ||style="text-align:center;"| 2–0* || rowspan=2|2012 Al Nakba Cup |- | 16. || 22 May 2012 || Hussein Bin Ali Stadium, Hebron || {{fb|IDN}} ||style="text-align:center;"| 2–1 ||style="text-align:center;"| 2–1* |- |} *Unofficial
==Honours== '''Al-Wehdat''' *Jordan League: 2010–11 *Jordan FA Cup: 2010–11 *Jordan FA Shield: 2010 *Jordan Super Cup: 2011
'''Individual''' *AFC Challenge Cup Golden Boot: 2006
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{NFT player|pid=21155}} *{{FIFA player|283590}} *[http://www.goal.com/en/people/palestinian-territories/56521/fahed-attal/national Goal.com profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305065356/http://www.goal.com/en/people/palestinian-territories/56521/fahed-attal/national |date=2016-03-05 }}
{{AFC Challenge Cup top scorers}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Attal, Fahed}} Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Qalqilya Category:Palestinian men's footballers Category:Al-Wehdat SC players Category:Shabab Al-Khaleel SC players Category:West Bank Premier League players Category:Palestine men's international footballers Category:Palestinian expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Jordan Category:Palestinian expatriate sportspeople in Jordan Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games Category:Asian Games footballers for Palestine