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 ( he, בֵּית שְׁאָן '), also Beth-shean, formerly Beisan ( ar, بيسان ), 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 se ...

, Darwish began his senior career in Germany with

Hannover 96 II Hannover 96 II is a German association football team from the city of Hannover, Lower Saxony. It is the reserve team of Hannover 96. The team's greatest success has been winning the now defunct German amateur football championship on three occa ...

. On 31 August 2017, Darwish joined

Oberliga Niedersachsen The Oberliga Niedersachsen ( en, Upper League Lower Saxony), sometimes referred to as ''Niedersachsenliga'' (Lower Saxony league), is the fifth tier of the German football league system and the highest league in the Germany, German States of German ...

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 Hannoverscher Sport-Club von 1893 e.V., commonly referred to as Hannoverscher SC or HSC Hannover, is a German association football club from Hanover, Lower Saxony. Hannoverscher SC play in the Regionalliga Nord, the fourth tier in the German foot ...

for the 2019–20 season. On 30 August 2020, Darwish joined

Football Superleague of Kosovo The Football Superleague of Kosovo ( sq, Superliga e Futbollit të Kosovës), also known as the ALBI MALL Superleague of Kosovo ( sq, ALBI MALL Superliga e Kosovës) for sponsorship reasons with Albi Mall, is the top level of the Kosovar football ...

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 who play in the fourth-tier Regionalliga Nord. The club, originally formed in a merger in 1973, folded in 2002 after declaring insolvency but was ...

. 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

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

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

2018 AFC U-23 Championship The 2018 AFC U-23 Championship (also known as the 2018 AFC U-23 Asian Cup) was the third edition of the AFC U-23 Championship, the biennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) ...

. 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 Hannoverscher SC players KF Trepça '89 players Atlas Delmenhorst players Shabab Al-Khalil 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