Mahmoud Yousef (; born 30 July 1997) is a
Palestinian
Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...
footballer
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who plays as a
forward
Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward.
Forward may also refer to:
People
* Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
* Forward (basketball), including:
** Point forward
** Power forward (basketball)
** Sm ...
for
Ihud Bnei Kafr Qara in
Liga Bet
Liga Bet ( he, ליגה ב', lit. ''League B'') is the fourth tier of the Israeli football league system. It is divided into four regional divisions.
History
League football started in Israel in 1949–50, a year after the Israeli Declaration of ...
. He also played for the
Palestine national team since 2017.
International career
Yousef scored the winning-goal for Palestine against
India
India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...
in
2016 AFC U-19 Championship qualification
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on 2 October 2015.
Yousef received his first international call-up for a
2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier against
Bhutan
Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountai ...
on 10 October 2017.
International goals
:''Scores and results list Palestine's goal tally first.''
References
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1997 births
Living people
Israeli men's footballers
Palestinian men's footballers
Palestine men's international footballers
Palestine men's youth international footballers
Men's association football forwards
Shabab Al-Khaleel SC players
Markaz Balata players
Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. players
Hapoel Bnei Lod F.C. players
Hapoel Bu'eine F.C. players
Hapoel Karmiel F.C. players
Ihud Bnei Kafr Qara F.C. players
Israeli Premier League players
West Bank Premier League players
Liga Leumit players
Palestinian people of Israeli descent
Footballers from Acre, Israel
Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games
Asian Games competitors for Palestine
21st-century Israeli sportsmen
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