Mu'nas Dabbur (sometimes Moanes Dabour or Muanes Dabur, , ; born ) is an Israeli professional

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who plays as a striker for Emirati club

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in the

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, and has played 40 caps for the Israeli national team.

Early life

Dabbur was born in

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, Israel, to an Arab-Muslim family of

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descent. His brother Anas Dabbur is also a footballer, who currently plays as a

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for

Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Maccabi Akhi Nazareth Football Club (; ) is an Israeli football club based in Nazareth. The club is currently in the and plays at the Ilut Stadium in Ilut on the outskirts of the city. History The club was formed in 1968, and played in Liga ...

. Dabbur's father Kasam died in a car accident in 2009.

Club career

Dabbur started his career in the Israeli Maccabi Nazareth and

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv () is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such as football, basketball, j ...

youth academies.

Maccabi Tel Aviv

He made his senior debut with

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club

in 2011. In the 2011–12 season, he participated in 26 league matches for Maccabi, scoring eight goals. In the 2012–13 Israeli Premier League season, he was part of Maccabi Tel Aviv's squad that has become champions after a ten-year drought spell, providing the team with 10 goals in 26 matches. His efforts were instrumental in securing the Israeli League Championship, marking the team’s first title in a decade. Dabbur started the season providing two important goals on 27 August 2011 against

Maccabi Haifa Maccabi Haifa () is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football, Basketball, Weightl ...

, goals that were described as "extremely crucial" for the rest of the season in the tight race for achieving the title. Dabbur ended the season after being injured for a one-month period during the warm up to the

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match against

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on 6 April 2013.

Grasshoppers

On 4 February 2014, Dabbur confirmed his transfer to the

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after its club

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paid a transfer fee of $425,000 to his previous Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv. On 16 February 2014, he had his first appearance at Zurich, when he came on from the bench in the second half scoring two goals and assisting once in a 5–1 win against St. Gallen. Dabbur finished his debut season at Grasshoppers with nine goals and four assists in 15 league matches. The 2014–15 season was comparatively less successful with Dabbur scoring 13 times in the league and five in the cup. He also provided 8 assists in the league, reaffirming his position as one of Grasshoppers' best and most valuable players. During the summer of 2015, several clubs were rumoured to be interested in Dabbur, including German club

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and Italian club

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. However, the only two clubs to bid for him were the aforementioned Palermo and his previous Israeli club

. Both bids were rejected and Dabbur signed a new, greatly improved contract with Swiss club Grasshoppers. Dabbur enjoyed a good start to the 2015–16 Swiss Super League season, scoring eight and assisting eight goals in his club's first eight games including a goal and a hat-trick of assists in Grasshoppers' opening game against

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Red Bull Salzburg

In May 2016, Dabbur signed with

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club Red Bull Salzburg for five years. During the 2017–18 season, Salzburg finished top of their Europa League group, for a record fourth time, before beating

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and

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thus making their first ever appearance in the UEFA Europa League semi-final. On 3 May 2018, he played in the Europa League semi-finals as

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played out a 2–1 away loss but a 3–2 aggregate win to secure a place in the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final. In February 2017, Dabbur was loaned mid-season back to his previous Swiss club of

, until the end of the season.

Sevilla

On 17 January 2019, Dabbur agreed terms to join Spanish

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club

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. He agreed to a four-year contract, but stayed with his previous

club Red Bull Salzburg until the end of the campaign. Dabbur made his debut with Sevilla during the

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matchweek 16, coming on as a substitute for

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in the 78th minute, in a 1–1 tie at

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TSG Hoffenheim

On 7 January 2020, it was disclosed that Dabbur had signed a contract until 2024 with German

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club

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for a reported fee of 12 million euros.

Shabab Al-Ahli

On 12 July 2023, Emirati club

announced the signing of Dabbur, for a reported fee of €1.5 million.

International career

In 2013, Dabbur was part of the Israel U-21 national team that played in the

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that was hosted in

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. Dabbur started in two out of three matches during the group stage of the tournament, against the U21 national teams of

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and

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. In May 2014, Dabbur was called up by coach

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in the senior

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25-man squad to play two

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against

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and

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. He made his senior debut against Honduras in a 4–2 victory on 1 June 2014. He scored his first goal for the national team against

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in a 4–0 victory on 3 September 2015, in

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. Dabbur said: "It’s a great honor for me to represent Israel. I always felt that I was proud to be invited to the team, and I want it to continue." Dabbur announced his retirement from Israel, on 26 July 2022.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dabbur goal.''

Honours

Maccabi Tel Aviv *

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Red Bull Salzburg *

: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 *

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: 2018–19 Sevilla *

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: 2019–20 Individual *

Top scorer: 2015–16 *

Top assist provider: 2015–16 *

Goal of the Year: 2015–16 *

Team of the Year: 2015–16 *

Top scorer: 2017–18, 2018–19 *

Player of the Year: 2018–19 *

Team of the Year: 2017–18, 2018–19 *

Top assist provider: 2016–17

References

External links

Dabour profile
on Shabab Al-Ahli official website * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dabour, Moanes 1992 births Living people Arab citizens of Israel Arab-Israeli footballers Israeli men's footballers Men's association football forwards Maccabi Akhi Nazareth F.C. players Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players FC Red Bull Salzburg players Grasshopper Club Zurich players Sevilla FC players TSG 1899 Hoffenheim players Shabab Al Ahli Club players Footballers from Nazareth Israeli Premier League players Swiss Super League players Austrian Football Bundesliga players La Liga players Bundesliga players UAE Pro League players Israel men's youth international footballers Israel men's under-21 international footballers Israel men's international footballers Israeli expatriate men's footballers Israeli people of Palestinian descent Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Austria Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Spain Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Germany Israeli expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Israeli Muslims 21st-century Israeli sportsmen

Early life

Club career

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Grasshoppers

Red Bull Salzburg

Sevilla

TSG Hoffenheim

Shabab Al-Ahli

International career

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

See also

References

External links