Rateb Al-Awadat (; 13 October 1970 – 26 March 2021) was a

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ian

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, who was a

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who started his career with Hittin (Marka) Refugee camp team then joined Al-Faisaly until he retired and became a coach.

Career

Rateb Al-Awadat played his entire career for Al-Faisaly from 1987 to 2006. He was part of the Jordanian national team from 1998 to 2008, where he earned 46 caps scoring one goal. The mark of Rateb's retirement in playing football took place in an international friendly match between his national team Jordan against

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on 28 January 2008, when Jordan won 4–1. Rateb played the first 5 minutes of the match. As the match referee blew his whistle after the first 5 minutes to stop the match for Rateb to leave the field, Rateb gave the captain armband to his old international teammate

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as well as his #4 jersey to his old teammate of Al-Faisaly

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. He later became a manager at Al-Faisaly.

International goals

:''Score and result list Jordan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Al-Awadat goal''.

Personal life

In January 2021, Al-Awadat was treated for

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at the

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, Israel. as his Brother Khalid Al-Awadat Said in a Facebook live "that his brother didn’t know he is going to "Israel" as the transfer done by the Jordanian authorities and his family thought he is going to Germany. and he is refusing the treatment and want to go back to Jordan, because he is refusing to deal with the Israeli occupation." Al-Awadat died on 26 March 2021, aged 50.

References

Sources

Defeat Lebanon in a Friendly Marking the Retirement of Rateb Al-AwadatAl-Awadat Head Coach of Al-Faisaly (Amman) After the Departure of Al-Yamani

Replaced By Tha'er Jassam as Head Coach of Al-Faisaly (Amman)

Al-Awadat Returns to Coaching Al-Faisaly (Amman) After the Resignation of Math'har Al-Saeed

Sacked Once Again and Replaced By Romanian TitaRateb Al-Awadat Signs Up to Coach Al-Fayha' FC (KSA)

Al-Awadat Up to the Task of Coaching Al-Sheikh Hussein FC

External links

* * Jordanian men's footballers Jordan men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Footballers from Amman Al-Faisaly SC players Jordanian Pro League players Al-Faisaly SC managers Al-Fayha FC managers Saudi Pro League managers Jordanian expatriate football managers Jordanian football managers Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia 1970 births 2021 deaths Deaths from cancer in Jordan 2004 AFC Asian Cup players {{Jordan-footy-bio-stub