Oday Dabbagh

Oday Dabbagh
Oday Ibrahim Mohammad Dabbagh (born 3 December 1998) is a Palestinian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Belgian Pro League club Charleroi and the Palestine national team.
Dabbagh was top scorer of the 2020–21 Kuwaiti Premier League with Al-Arabi.
Club career
Hilal Al-Quds
Dabbagh made his professional debut at the age of 16 for Hilal Al Quds in the 2016–17 season. He scored his first professional goal on 26 December 2015, 23 days after his 17th birthday.
He scored two more goals that season, narrowly helping Hilal Al-Quds avoid relegation. The following season saw Hilal Al-Quds increase their goalscoring tally with 9, 12 and 16 goals respectively as Hilal Al-Quds won the Palestinian Premier League for the third time in a row. He won the WBPL Golden Boot Award for scoring 16 goals in the 2018–19 season. On 6 May 2019, Dabbagh became Palestine's all-time top scorer in the AFC Cup with a double goal against Lebanon's Nejmeh.
Al-Arabi
Dabbagh joined Al-Arabi on 14 January 2021, until the end of the season. Dabbagh helped Al-Arabi win the 2020–21 Kuwaiti Premier League title, and finished the season as league top-scorer with 13 goals.
Arouca
On 21 August 2021, Dabbagh joined Arouca in the Portuguese Primeira Liga, on a two-year contract. He made his debut on 28 August, as an 80th-minute substitute in a 3–0 defeat to Porto. On 18 September, Dabbagh scored his first goal in a 2–2 draw to Vitória de Guinarães.
In a 2–0 win over Estoril on 7 January 2023, he scored his first brace for the club. Two games later he scored twice in a 4–0 victory over Portimonense.
Charleroi
On 1 July 2023, Dabbagh officially signed for Charleroi in the Belgian Pro League on a three-year contract.
International career
Dabbagh made his national team debut on 27 March 2018, in a 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier game against Oman. He later appeared with the senior national team in the 2018 Bangabandhu Cup, which Palestine won. Dabbagh's first senior goal came on 6 September 2018, in a 1–1 draw with Kyrgyzstan.
At 20 years of age, Dabbagh was called up for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, and appeared against Australia and Jordan.
Personal life
Dabbagh was born in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Career statistics
Club
International
Scores and results list Palestine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dabbagh goal.
Honours
Hilal Al-Quds
West Bank Premier League: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
Palestine Cup: 2017–18
West Bank Cup: 2017–18
Qadsia
Kuwait Super Cup: 2019
Al-Arabi
Kuwaiti Premier League: 2020–21
Palestine
Bangabandhu Cup: 2018
Individual
Islamic Solidarity Games top goalscorer: 2017
Kuwaiti Premier League top goalscorer: 2020–21
References
External links
1998 births
Living people
Footballers from Jerusalem
Palestinian men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Hilal Al-Quds Club players
Al-Salmiya SC players
Qadsia SC players
Al-Yarmouk SC (Kuwait) players
Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait) players
F.C. Arouca players
R. Charleroi S.C. players
West Bank Premier League players
Kuwait Premier League players
Primeira Liga players
Belgian Pro League players
Palestine men's youth international footballers
Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games
Palestine men's international footballers
2019 AFC Asian Cup players
Palestinian expatriate men's footballers
Palestinian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait
Palestinian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Palestinian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Expatriate men's footballers in Kuwait
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium