Alaa Atiya ( ar, علاء عطية; born 3 June 1990 in Gaza,

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) 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 ...

professional

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player currently playing for

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side Al-Yarmouk FC on loan from Ittihad Shajaeya.

Club career

He attracted the attention of many scouts when he scored 24 goals for Gaza Sport in the 2010–2011 season with Egyptian side Al-Ahly and Jordanian juggernauts

Al-Wahdat Al-Wehdat Sport Club ( ar, نادي الوحدات الرياضي}) is a Jordanian sport club founded in 1956. The club is based in and represents the Amman New Camp, a Palestinian refugee camp which is also known as Al-Wehdat. Al-Wehdat's hom ...

most interested in securing his services. After the 2010–11 season he moved to Ittihad Shajaeya but with league play suspended, secured a loan move to Al-Yarmouk. He scored in his debut in a 3–1 loss to

Al-Ramtha Al-Ramtha Sports Club ( ar, نادي الرمثا الرياضي) is a Jordanian professional football club based in Ar Ramtha, Jordan. Abdel-Halim Samara, was the president of the club (from 1967 to 2018), is considered to be the oldest club pr ...

and would score the winner from the penalty spot against Manshia Bani Hassan. He also scored in the

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quarterfinal second leg against Manshia Bani Hassan.

International career

In order to play with his country's national team in the

2012 AFC Challenge Cup The 2012 AFC Challenge Cup was the fourth edition of the tournament, an international football competition for Asian Football Confederation (AFC) member nations that are mainly categorized as "emerging countries" in the defunct Vision Asia progra ...

, Alaa' Attieh agreed to forego $5,000 in wages.Alaa' Attieh sacrifices $5,000 for the sake of the National Team - atlassport.ps
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against the

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on 24 February 2012 but was forced off in the first half with an injury. He scored Palestine's first goal at the

in the third minute against host

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

and also assisted on

Fahed Attal Fahed Adnan Foad Abdul Attal ( ar, فهد عتال; born 1 January 1985) is a Palestinian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the all-time top goalscorer of the Palestine national team with 16 goals. Club career Move ...

's second goal.

International goals

:''Scores and results list the Palestine's goal tally first.''

References

External links

* 1990 births Living people People from Gaza City Palestinian footballers Palestine international footballers Association football forwards Gaza Strip Premier League players {{Palestine-footy-bio-stub