Tawfiq Ali Abuhammad ( ar, توفيق علي; born 8 November 1989) is a
Palestinian footballer
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who plays as a
goalkeeper for the
Palestine national football team and
Tarji Wadi Al-Nes
Taraji Wadi Al-Nes Sports Club ( ar, نادي ترجي واد النيص الرياضي) or simply Taraji Wadi Al-Nes is a Palestinian people, Palestinian Association football, football team, based in the town of Wadi Al-Nes outside of Bethlehem, t ...
in the
West Bank Premier League.
He received his first senior cap in the bronze medal match of the
2011 Pan Arab Games against
Kuwait
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. His first clean sheet as national team goalkeeper came on 29 February 2012 in a friendly against
Azerbaijan
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, that ended with a 2–0 win for Palestine.
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1989 births
Living people
Palestinian footballers
Palestine international footballers
Taraji Wadi Al-Nes players
Shabab Al-Khalil SC players
2015 AFC Asian Cup players
Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games
People from Gaza City
Association football goalkeepers
2019 AFC Asian Cup players
Asian Games competitors for Palestine
Palestine youth international footballers
West Bank Premier League players
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