Oday Ibrahim Mohammad Dabbagh ( ar, عدي إبراهيم محمد الدباغ; born 3 December 1998) is a Palestinian professional

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who plays as a

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for Belgian Pro League club

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and the Palestine national team. Dabbagh was top scorer of the

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with

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Club career

Hilal Al-Quds

Dabbagh made his professional debut at the age of 16 for Hilal Al Quds in the 2016–17 season. He scored his first professional goal on 26 December 2015, 23 days after his 17th birthday. He scored two more goals that season, narrowly helping Hilal Al-Quds avoid relegation. The following season saw Hilal Al-Quds increase their goalscoring tally with 9, 12 and 16 goals respectively as Hilal Al-Quds won the Palestinian Premier League for the third time in a row. He won the WBPL Golden Boot Award for scoring 16 goals in the 2018–19 season. On 6 May 2019, Dabbagh became Palestine's all-time top scorer in the

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with a double goal against Lebanon's Nejmeh.

Al-Arabi

Dabbagh joined

on 14 January 2021, until the end of the season. Dabbagh helped Al-Arabi win the

title, and finished the season as league top-scorer with 13 goals.

Arouca

On 21 August 2021, Dabbagh joined Arouca in the Portuguese

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, on a two-year contract. He made his debut on 28 August, as an 80th-minute substitute in a 3–0 defeat to Porto. On 18 September, Dabbagh scored his first goal in a 2–2 draw to Vitória. In a 2–0 win over Estoril on 7 January 2023, he scored his first brace for the club. Dabbagh continued his excellent form after two games, assisting Arouca to a 4–0 victory over

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, in which he also scored two goals.

Charleroi

On 1 July 2023, Dabbagh officially signed for

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in the Belgian Pro League on a three-year contract.

International career

Dabbagh made his national team debut on 27 March 2018, in a 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifier game against Oman. He later appeared with the senior national team in the

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, which Palestine won. Dabbagh's first senior goal came on 6 September 2018, in a 1–1 draw with Kyrgyzstan. At 20 years of age, Dabbagh was called up for the

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, and appeared against

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and Jordan.

Personal life

Dabbagh was born in the

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of Jerusalem.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Palestine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dabbagh goal''.

Honours

Hilal Al-Quds * West Bank Premier League: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 * Palestine Cup: 2017–18 *

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: 2017–18 Qadsia * Kuwait Super Cup:

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Al-Arabi * Kuwaiti Premier League:

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Palestine * Bangabandhu Cup:

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Individual * Islamic Solidarity Games top goalscorer:

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* Kuwaiti Premier League top goalscorer:

References

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