Monir Al Badarin ( ar, منير البدارين; bg, Монир Ал Бадарин; born 8 July 2005) is a professional

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who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for Shabab Alsamu. Born in Bulgaria, he represents Palestine internationally.

Club career

Al Badarin was born in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.Монир Ал Бадарин подписа първи професионален договор с Ботев Пловдив
/ref> He started his youth career at an early age at Rozova Dolina Kazanlak, before playing four years for

Beroe Stara Zagora Beroe ( bg, Берое) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Stara Zagora, that competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded in 1916 under the name ''Vere ...

and one year for

. After a short stay at

Pirin Blagoevgrad Futbolen klub Pirin ( bg, Футболен клуб „Пирин“), also known as Pirin Blagoevgrad is a Bulgarian football club based in Blagoevgrad, which currently competes in the First League, the top division of Bulgarian football. Th ...

, Al Badarin was signed by Botev Plovdiv. His performances at the youth level caught the attention of senior head coach Azrudin Valentić, who called him up to the winter camp with the first team. On 1 February 2022, Al Badrin signed his first professional contract with Botev Plovdiv. He became a regular for the

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, before making his debut with the first team on 22 May 2022, in the last match of the 2021–22 First League season against

Slavia Sofia PFC Slavia Sofia ( bg, ПФК Славия София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system, the First League. Slavia's home groun ...

. Monir left Botev on 5 July 2023 after mutal agreement.

International career

Born in Bulgaria, Monir is also eligible to Palestine at the international level due to his origins. He was called up for Bulgaria U17 team in April 2021. In July 2022, he joined Palestine U20 and made his debut on 17 July, scoring a goal in a

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against Oman U20. He scored once again on 26 July, in a match against Sudan U20.

Style of play

Al Badrin can play as either a

or forward.Испанци пожелаха наш талант
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Badarin, Monir 2005 births Living people Footballers from Stara Zagora Bulgarian people of Palestinian descent Bulgarian men's footballers Palestinian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Botev Plovdiv players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Palestine men's youth international footballers