Mohamed Osama Ali Darwish (; born 20 February 1997) is a Palestinian

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who plays as a

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for the Palestine national team.

Club career

Born in

Beit She'an Beit She'an ( '), also known as Beisan ( '), or Beth-shean, is a town in the Northern District (Israel), Northern District of Israel. The town lies at the Beit She'an Valley about 120 m (394 feet) below sea level. Beit She'an is believed to ...

, Darwish began his senior career in Germany with

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. On 31 August 2017, Darwish joined

Oberliga Niedersachsen The Oberliga Niedersachsen (), sometimes referred to as ''Niedersachsenliga'' (Lower Saxony league), is the fifth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the German state of Lower Saxony (). Since 1994, the league was s ...

side

Arminia Hannover SV Arminia Hannover is a German association football club based in Hanover, Lower Saxony. History The club was founded in 1910 as ''FC Arminia Hannover'' and merged with ''Rugby-Verein Merkur'' in 1918, becoming ''SV Arminia-Merkur''. Two y ...

. Seventeen days later, he made his debut in a 2–0 home win against Eintracht Northeim after being named in the starting line-up. He moved to Hannoverscher SC for the 2019–20 season. On 30 August 2020, Darwish joined

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side Trepça '89. On 18 September 2020, he made his debut in a 0–2 home defeat against Arbëria after being named in the starting line-up. In November 2021 he signed for

Atlas Delmenhorst Atlas Delmenhorst is a German association football club from the city of Delmenhorst, Lower Saxony, playing in the fifth-tier Oberliga Niedersachsen. The club, originally formed with a merger in 1973, discontinued in 2002 after declaring insolv ...

. His early performances were praised by local media.

International career

On 31 August 2015, Darwish made his senior debut with

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in a

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against

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after being named in the starting line-up. On 31 December 2017, Darwish was named as part of the Palestine under-23 squad for

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. Ten days later, he made his debut with Palestine U23 in 2018 AFC U-23 Championship group stage against Japan U23 after coming on as a substitute at 60th minute in place of Shehab Qumbor.

References

1997 births Living people Footballers from Beit She'an Palestinian men's footballers Palestine men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Borussia Mönchengladbach players FC Schalke 04 players Hannover 96 II players SV Arminia Hannover players HSC Hannover players KF Trepça '89 players Atlas Delmenhorst players Shabab Al-Khaleel SC players Haras El Hodoud SC players Oberliga (football) players Regionalliga players Football Superleague of Kosovo players West Bank Premier League players Palestinian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Kosovo Expatriate men's footballers in Egypt Palestinian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Palestinian expatriate sportspeople in Kosovo Palestinian expatriate sportspeople in Egypt Palestine men's youth international footballers Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games {{Palestine-footy-bio-stub