Zaid Qunbar

Zaid Qunbar
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-09-04) 4 September 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Jerusalem
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Al-Ahly Benghazi
Youth career
2011–2014 Hapoel Jerusalem
2014–2019 Beitar Jerusalem
2019–2020 Hapoel Hadera
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Jabal Al-Mukaber
2021–2022 → Shabab Al-Dhahiriya (loan)
2023 Al-Wehdat SC
2023–2024 Jabal Al-Mukaber
2024 Al-Ittihad Club
2024– Al-Ahly Benghazi
International career‡
Palestine U23
2023– Palestine 13 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024

Zaid Qunbar (Arabic: زيد القنبر; born 4 September 2002) is a Palestinian footballer who plays as an attacker for Libyan Premier League club Al-Ahly Benghazi and the Palestine national football team.

Club career

Qunbar grew up in the Jabal Mukaber neighborhood in Jerusalem. He started playing on the Hapoel Jerusalem's youth team and then moved to Beitar Jerusalem. At the end of 2019, he left for Hapoel Hadera for two months.[1]

On 13 May 2023, he signed for Al-Wehdat SC from the Jordanian Pro League, but after a month he returned to Jabal Al-Mukaber.[citation needed]

International career

In January 2024, alongside his brother Shehab, Qunbar was named in Palestine 26-men squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.[2] He scored his first international goal in a 2–0 win over Hong Kong on 23 January.

On 15 October 2024, Qunbar rescued Palestine during the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification against Kuwait where he scored a 90+3th stoppage time goal to equalise the match at 2–2.

Career statistics

International

As of match played 19 November 2024[3]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Palestine 2023 2 0
2024 11 3
Total 13 3
Scores and results list Palestine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Qunbar goal.
List of international goals scored by Zaid Qunbar
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 23 January 2024 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar  Hong Kong 2–0 3–0 2023 AFC Asian Cup
2 15 October 2024 Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar  Kuwait 2–2 2–2 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 19 November 2024 Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan  South Korea 1–0 1–1 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

  1. ^ Itzhaki, Itzik (10 December 2020). ""אני ילד בן 18 שרק רצה לשחק": הערבי שכמעט עשה היסטוריה בבית"ר מדבר" (in Hebrew). Sport1. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  2. ^ "PFA Releases 2023 Asian Cup Squad". Football Palestine. January 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Zaid Qunbar". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
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